McPherson Optimist Club carrying on Halloween Carnival legacy Those who have attended the traditional Halloween Carnival in the past know that Beta Sigma Phi used to run the Halloween Carnival for decades. Now, after about three years of not having it due to the pandemic, the carnival is back and now in the hands of the McPherson Optimist Club.
SOLOMON – Bouncing back from a loss to Little River, the Moundridge football team went on the road Friday to Solomon and earned a hard fought, 42-34 victory over a feisty Gorilla team. The Wildcats jumped out early for a first quarter 14-0 lead as Lane Durst returned the first of his two interceptions 60 yards for a score while Henry Hecox scampered 63 yards for a second score later in the stanza.
LITTLE RIVER – Celebrating their 2022 homecoming the right way, the Little River football team buried visiting Herington on Friday with a 48-0 shutout victory. Now 5-1 for the season, the Redskins are ranked number four in 8-Man Division I as they prep for a road trip to Pretty Prairie on Friday.
ELLINWOOD – Friday night, the Inman football team continued to play like the top-ranked team in Class 1A that they are as they went on the road and shut down and shutout Ellinwood 38-0. With the win, the Teutons remain unbeaten at 6-0 as they face another road trip on Friday to Conway Springs.
Speaking Truth Clay Center, Kansas – There are people whose life is one chaotic moment after another. Constant crises.
It’s tempting to blame the pandemic for the dizzying rates of mental health concerns among American teens. We are all familiar with the impact Covid is having on our lives, and the disruption it continues to cause in the lives of young people. Kids witnessed vehement disagreements between neighbors, friends, and family over the decisions that had to be made in response to the pandemic, and felt the stress at home as parents faced economic and work changes, all without many of their usual support systems. However, rates of mental illness among children and adolescents have been steadily rising throughout the last decade. In 2019, nearly 20% of deaths in the 10-24 age group were suicides and nearly 16% of high schoolers had made a suicide plan. Even back in 2019, more than one in three teens suffered persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.
DEAR DR. ROACH: No wonder COVID-19 doesn’t go away -- people don’t seem to take it seriously anymore. I work with someone who tested positive for COVID, spent one day out of work, and then came back the very next day with “casual” use of a face mask. I work in direct contact with customers for about 30 minutes each. One of them said their spouse tested positive, yet they weren’t even wearing a mask, even though they were exposed.
Kim Baldwin, McPherson County farmer and rancher The morning air has turned crisp, the temperatures have begun to drop, and the sun noticeably rises a little bit later every morning. It is definitely beginning to feel like fall on the farm.
Bobby “Bob” Ray Parker, 83, of McPherson, KS, passed away October 7, 2022. .
Bernice Helen Schletzbaum (Heidebrecht) was born on April 4,1928 to Pete and Helen (Doerksen) Heidebrecht at Lake Inman, Kansas. .