The McPherson College Citation of Merit award recipients for 2023 are Dwight Oltman ’58 (posthumously), Zane Smith ’66, and Garold Minns ’73. These recipients exemplify the college’s mission of Service, Scholarship, and Participation through their lifelong commitment to the values they developed as students at McPherson College.
at Kansas Independent College Association and Foundation The Kansas Independent College Foundation received over 70 total nominations for its annual collection of merit-based scholarships. A volunteer panel of nine judges helped select the 21 winners.
The McPherson College C.A.R.S. Club or College Automotive Restoration Students Club invites the community to their 23rd annual car show on May 6 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m at McPherson College, which features 350 to 400 cars, coming from Southern California and the East Coast.
Sarah Razak, a fourthgrade teacher at Washington Elementary, has always loved learning and teaching others. An educator of 21 years, Razak was fortunate to have great educators throughout her lifetime.
Cristian Garcia and Payton Schlicht, McPherson High School Seniors recently came home with $700 from the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge at Kansas State University on April 20. Garcia and Schlicht participated in MHS Entrepreneurship teacher Christopher Strathman’s Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in December, and had the opportunity to present their Mobile Car Wash business against other students’ ideas from all over the state.
This is from a fictional book submitted by a community member, not a news story. End of Chapter 1: Ida Mae, Emma, and Daisy (continued from edition 4/25 of the Sentinel) Next to speak was Daisy Mackenzie, a lady in her mid-forties, who was the president of the local chapter of the Zen Meditation Society.
In the last six months, the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum has been on an impressive run of securing grant funding for critical repairs and restoration to its 1898 Smoky Valley Roller Mills and 1904 Worlds Fair Swedish Pavilion buildings – about $120,000 in funding.
The McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation hosted the McPherson County Student Art Exhibition and Scholarship Competition this past weekend, April 20-23, at the McPherson Museum, with a reception held on Friday.
Although Arbor Day is on April 29, the City of McPherson will be celebrating a day early. McPherson has been a Tree City USA for 45 years and annually the city hosts an Arbor Day observance and proclamation.
