LEAVENWORTH – Erik Shannon Kittrell, 54, of Leavenworth, Kan., passed away, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022 at the St. Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. He was born March 13, 1967, to Sandy Kittrell and Ann Mullins in Camp LeJeune, N.C.…
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The high school boys swimming season is well underway. The United Kansas Conference meet will take place Tuesday, Feb. 8 at Lansing High School. The… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
The Beta Epsilon chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa met in mid-January to participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and created fidget aprons to donate to facilities caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In 1994, Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act which turned the former Martin Luther King Jr. Day into a day that is dedicated to volunteer service in honor of King’s legacy. ADK members used that designated day to make a difference in the lives of people they will never meet.
Lions district Gov. Varia Castro, and past district Gov. Rick Dodson recently presented awards for Lions member anniversaries, including John Havens (35 years), John Schmidt and Bob Patzwald (30 years), Juanita Brundy, Rolly Dessert and Walt Clark (25 years), Stacy Driscoll and Robert Poynter (20 years), Rudy Garity, Rodger Benefiel, John Kincaid, Liddell Hobin and James Westmorland (15 years), and Bill Bledsoe and Barbara Wright (10 years). NANCY BAUDER
My friend Jon forgot I have a 6-year-old son. I’m the only mom he knows who doesn’t post their kid everywhere – or anywhere.
WICHITA, Kan. – More than 1,000 staff members in the state’s largest school district are in quarantine because of COVID-19, but currently all Wichita schools are open.
James Dow Jacobson, aged 87, passed away on January 28, 2022. Dow was born on November 11, 1934 in Newtown, Missouri. He was the son of Bonnie Jewell Markel and Henry Francis Jacobson. He graduated in 1952 from Northeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri. Dow began his career in construction in 1958, and later founded Dow Jacobson Construction Company. In this chosen career, he built many homes in Kansas City, Lansing, Leavenworth, and Basehor, Kansas, including the subdivisions known as Adams Acres, Sherwood Forest, Hickory Ridge, Fawn Valley, Knollwood, and South 3rd Court. Dow was well thought of and he was proud that he was often the builder of choice in the area. He said he always built each home as if he were building it for himself. Dow was amazed that he could take a giant stack of lumber and turn it into a house. He received his last call to build a house when he was 80 years old. He truly loved his profession.
On the day after the 2016 presidential election, a steady stream of students lined up outside my campus office to talk about the future of our profession. These were journalism students, rightly worried.
UNITED NATIONS – The United States and Russia squared off Monday in the U.N. Security Council, where Moscow lost an attempt to block a public meeting on Moscow’s troop buildup near Ukraine’s borders and Western fears of an invasion.