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Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia Guest Columnist Freedom of the press, of speech, of religion, of assembly and to petition the government are woven, like stars in the flag, into the fabric of the First Amendment. The blood of patriots...
Read MoreJoan Dorsey Contributing columnist “To everything, turn, turn,turn there is a season.” Growing up, when Gardner was a very small town, everything was perhaps a bit simpler. Maybe it really wasn’t, I was just young and anything...
Read MoreDorthy Rosby Contributing columnist When I sat down at my desk this morning, I noticed a pencil needed sharpening. I don’t actually use pencils to write; I use a computer. Nevertheless it did need sharpening, and I’ve never been...
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Dorthy Rosby Contributing columnist I can get lost getting out of an unfamiliar shower. That’s why I have a GPS device, though I probably won’t use it in the shower. It saves me time—and temper—getting where I need to go. That’s...
Read MoreJoan Dorsey Contributing columnist Well it is almost end of air conditioning season. Tempers flare and office co- workers conspire against each other in some businesses. Families are divided. It is the age-old story, the...
Read MoreDorthy Rosby Contributing columnist If you’d noticed at all, here’s how you might have interpreted what happened outside my home recently: Oh, a car with out-of-state plates. Someone in the neighborhood must have guests. End of...
Read MoreJoan Dorsey Contributing columnist My grandparents, The Richardson’s, started out raising their family in Prairie Center, Kan. Prairie Center was eventually absorbed by the Sunflower Ammunition Plant when the war efforts ramped...
Read MoreDorthy Rosby Contributing columnist I can get lost getting out of an unfamiliar shower. That’s why I have a GPS device, though I probably won’t use it in the shower. It saves me time—and temper—getting where I need to go. That’s...
Read MoreJoan Dorsey Contributing columnist Just a quick update on my housemate/puppy. Well, Max is now 11 months old. He weighs in at about 15 lbs and is about shin high. Much to my dismay, he runs the place. If dogs aren’t your thing,...
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