Viewpoint: I know how to have a lot of fun

After we got the paper out last week, I took a short trip to Kansas to see my next oldest brother, Steve. Steve and his wife Pam live in a house in Salina that Pam’s dad built them after they got married. They raised two children there, and now travel to see three grandsons in Wichita.

Viewpoint: Time Spent at Your Job

One of the common themes echoed by the Colorado City Metro District and the Rye Fire Protection District is a shortage of employees.

Viewpoint: I’ve Never Venmo’d

I’ve always tried to be nice to Lori’s family. June 2 was our 36th anniversary, and over those years we have spent a lot of time with her family. Last weekend was a good example. We were with up to 30 members of her family for some of Friday and Sunday and all of Saturday.

Viewpoint: Rye High Helps Student Thrive, Not Just Survive

I managed to find a chair almost straight away from the stage at the Rye High School graduation ceremony last Thursday night. I had the pleasure of sitting to the right of a mother, grandmother and older brother of one of the 60 graduates.

Viewpoint: Reflections on teachers

I’m getting all geared up for the Rye High School graduation on Thursday night. Sixty seniors will say goodbye to high school and move into the next phase of their lives. We’ll have the complete story next week.Salary.

Viewpoint: Goodbye Old Friend

One night last week, Lori and I began searching the internet to find out what we could about old friends we had lost track of. You know those people you promised yourself you would stay in touch with, but didn’t.You were introduced to one of them in a January 30, 2024 Viewpoint.

Viewpoint: Local Government at It’s Best

A Pew Research poll shows that just 9% of Democrats say they trust the federal government at a great or fair amount. Republicans give federal government a 26% great or fair amount of trust. The numbers were almost exactly the opposite during the Biden Administration.

Viewpoint: Presidential Line of Succession in Place No Matter What

In September, of 2016, the political thriller drama, Designated Survivor starring Kiefer Sutheland, aired on ABC. Sutherland stars as Thomas Kirkman, an American academic named as the designated survivor for the State of the Union address, and moves from the U.S.

Viewpoint: What Animal is Most Likely to Kill You?

Growing up on a farm in Western Kansas and raising cattle, I developed a lot of respect for the possible danger when one of our cattle had a new baby calf.

Weekly Devotion: Does Familiarity Breed Contempt?

“ This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body.