The wheat is greening, the fruit trees are blooming and spring planting is in full swing. One day the temperatures reached nearly 90 degrees, and then two days later we received a dusting of snow. Needless to say, it’s all part of spring in Kansas!
(Our series of “Profiles of McPherson County Business Leaders” highlights Kris Burge) MCPHERSON – Since the age of his middle years of high school, Kris Burge has been intrigued with the ‘good spirit’ atmosphere he found when getting his hair cut at a barbershop in Lyons. Burge is the owner/operator of KB’s Barbershop along West Kansas Avenue in McPherson.
MCPHERSON – The Covid-19 pandemic put many things to a halt during its tenure. The McPherson High School baseball team had other plans, as they held the third annual abilities camp for special ed students at Grant Complex on Saturday, April 9th.
“Riley Beren, who is seven years old, collects eggs in the family pool at the Easter Member Appreciation membership only easter egg hunt held at the YMCA. The event was held on Friday, April 15th from 5:30-7:00 P.M. and also had a family fitness class, bounce house, obstacle course, and snacks available for the members throughout the event.” Photos by Joel Muhs
TOPEKA — The Kansas unemployment rate remained steady at 2.5% in March while inflation eclipsed wage improvements to produce a decline in real earnings, state labor officials said Friday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment figure for the state held at the February level after diminishing far below the 3.5% recorded in March 2021, based on estimates by the Kansas Department of Labor and the U.S.
LINDSBORG – This past week, the Smoky Valley USD 400 high school musical theater received notices that they have earned a listing for Jester Award nominations and Regional Honorees for this year. In a statement released by Eric Lundstrom, Smoky Valley Theater Director, it was explained that Jester Awards is a program through the Music Theater in Wichita in which high schools pay to have their musical productions adjudicated.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State funds for Kansas’ public schools have been held up as Republican lawmakers push for policies critics say would punish educators for court rulings that forced the GOP-controlled Legislature to boost its spending.
TOPEKA — Psychologist Shawna Wright said only four of the state’s 105 counties have enough behavioral health professionals to meet demands of the population, and that shortage contributes to looping of mentally ill people in and out of the criminal justice system.
Real cowboys ride horses and work with cattle, but the dictionary has numerous definitions for “cowboy.” Working cowboys who ride horses generally dislike and disagree with certain other dictionary wording. That is “one having qualities as an aggressive, independent businessman; a romantic figure in folklore.” Whatever Daniel Webster says, it really doesn’t matter.
TOPEKA — Republican Sen. Rick Kloos added his voice to a national movement to ban books from public school libraries by demanding immediate removal from Shawnee Heights High School of the autobiography “Gender Queer” because he contends it wasn’t suitable for teenagers.