If you are an avid hiker, cyclist, or dog walker in McPherson, chances are you are familiar with the set of trails behind Bremyer Dog Park. Located near east Avenue A and Centennial Dr, the trails began as a vision and were transformed into the highly frequented areas they are today.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NOV. 08 CITY COMMISSION MEETING Mayor Tom Brown started the city commission meeting on Nov.
The community was invited to Hospice and Homecare of Reno County in McPherson to hear more about the business and the importance of quality-of-life care on Nov. 3 for the weekly Chamber Connections.
Louisiana State University Art Professor Jeremiah Ariaz is hoping to finish his project “Fourth Estate” soon. Ariaz started taking pictures of old newspaper buildings as a way to visualize democracy in rural America.
In a ceremony during halftime of the Bulldog football game on Saturday, Nov. 5, President Michael Schneider and his guests “broke ground” to signal the beginning of the Campus Commons building. With its location on Kansas Avenue, the Campus Commons will create a symbolic new “front door” for the campus.
More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 14 – 21.
McPherson High School Thespian Troupe #3796 presents The Play That Goes Wrong at the McPherson Opera House Nov. 10 and 12 at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 will be a Matinee at 1 p.m. Tickets for adults are $9, students are $7 and seniors are $5.
Joel 2: 11 “And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?” Jesus indicated in the Olivet Disclosure (Matthew 24), wars would increase in frequency and intensity. In the War of 1812 during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in the Baltimore harbor, Francis Scott Key wrote (originally as a poem) “The Star Spangled Banner.” It was during this period in history, the world began to see the intensity Jesus spoke about.
Central Christian College of Kansas student-athletes helped the City of McPherson put up lights at Lakeside Park on Nov. 6.
To this day, there has not been an official, accurate list of all the Kansas servicemen and women who died serving in the military during World War II. A two-year-old nonprofit historic project called Stories Behind the Stars is set out to change that.