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  • Letter to the Messenger

    February 3, 2016

    On Trying to Predict John Q. Public Submitted by Helen Roser Years ago, I took a course from a wonderful tough New York editor. It was called “Writing for Publication.” On the first day, she roared...

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  • Ask Sarah

    By Sarah Duggan on February 3, 2016

    Culture Story Contest entries It’s not too late to get your submissions in for the 2016 Culture Story Contest. You don’t have to be a seasoned writer to enter the contest and be in the running for a...

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  • Dollar-A-Day donors give Good Sam Fund a big boost

    By Becky Fitzgerald on January 27, 2016

    The new year has started off with a significant increase to our Good Samaritan Fund as a result of a successful Dollar-A-Day campaign. In early December, letters and donation cards were sent to...

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  • Outdoor Encounters

    By Nathan Bolls on January 27, 2016

    Last summer I had the opportunity to ask Kermit, the Muppet frog, about what frogs and toads do as winter approaches. He wasn’t much help. For the four species of toads that may be found in NE Kansas...

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  • Kansas Celebrated

    By Polly Ferrell on January 27, 2016

    Our 7th Annual Kansas Day Celebration was a grand success with ninety persons attending to honor 155 years of Kansas as a state. Music from The Haymakers welcomed everyone with a few toe tappin’,...

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  • Outdoor Encounters

    By Nathan Bolls on January 20, 2016

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  • Letter to the Messenger

    January 20, 2016

    On the Mystery of the Disappeared Meat Stew Submitted by Helen Roser  Meat, during World War II, was consumed mostly by our troops, with smaller proportion for civilians. Thus it was that the most...

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  • Ask Sarah

    By Sarah Duggan on January 20, 2016

    Welcome, new “residents” There are some new residents at Meadowlark Hills! For the fourth year in a row an anthropology class from Kansas State University will be living at Meadowlark Hills and...

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  • Outdoor Encounters

    By Nathan Bolls on January 13, 2016

    Outdoor Encounters Submitted by Nathan Bolls An old Irish proverb says “The most beautiful music of all is the music of what happens.” Those words remind me of wild non-hibernating homeothermic...

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  • Outdoor Encounters

    By Nathan Bolls on January 7, 2016

    Now, even in the-dead-of-winter, the great blue heron frequently is seen standing and stalking its prey for long periods of time in shallow water along the edges of lakes, streams and ponds, even...

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