tschram

tschram

  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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TOP EDUCATORS ON FORT

School of Advanced Military Studies Associate Professor Jim Greer walks through the classroom as SAMS students, including Lt. Col. Timothy McDevitt, Maj. Katie Baumann and Maj. Wesley Henderson, work with legos, modeling clay and other mediums to explain emergence, reflexive control and more during an exercise in the Design and Systems Thinking class Jan. 13 in Muir Hall on Fort Leavenworth. Greer has been named the Command and General Staff College's 2022 Civilian Educator of the Year. PRUDENCE SIEBERT/FORT LEAVENWORTH LAMP

ROTARY HONORS

Rotary Club of Leavenworth members collected monetary donations during the holiday season and $832 was donated to CASA. Shown are President Shari Hansen, CASA volunteer recruiter Stephanie Canal and Past President Tamara Sevcik. SUBMITTED BY TAMARA SEVCIK

CDC needs to improve communication on masks, vaccines

Americans don’t trust their public health experts, a serious problem in the best of times but downright dangerous amid a pandemic. Just 44% of Americans trust in the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, while only 40% trust Dr. Anthony Fauci (the nation’s point man on all things COVID) according to an NBC News survey conducted this month. Trust in politicians is even lower.

States weigh ‘bounties’ after abortion ruling

WASHINGTON – A Texas law that relies on private citizens to enforce a ban on most abortions inspired copycat proposals as state lawmakers use similar enforcement methods to affect gun ownership, education and transgender rights.

Paramedic didn’t know Floyd wasn’t breathing

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A paramedic who treated George Floyd on the day he was killed testified Wednesday at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers that he wasn’t told Floyd wasn’t breathing and had no pulse when officers upgraded the urgency of an ambulance call.

Biden eyes historic Supreme Court pick

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has already narrowed the field for his first Supreme Court pick. Biden said as a presidential candidate that if he were given the chance to nominate someone to the court, he would make history by choosing a Black woman.

Wife’s focus on gifts ruins visit with couple’s daughter

Dear Annie: Our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren live in another part of the country, so we are only able to see them a few times a year. On our most recent visit, my wife asked my daughter where she kept some of the very nice, expensive wedding gifts that had been given to them by friends of ours. My daughter wasn’t sure, pointing out that they have a large house and that the wedding gifts, though nice, are not something they use and that with five young children, she wasn’t sure where they were.

James David Farris

James David Farris, 82, Atchison City Commissioner, and longtime past City Attorney, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. Private family graveside services will be on Monday, January 31st, 2022, at the Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial Garden.

Stirring up the masses

To the editor: Once again, our so-called “representative,” Pat Proctor, is stirring up the masses with lies and wild speculation. This time around, it is a purported “secret meeting” being held by the USD 453 Board of Education to “impose new mandates on our kids, parents and teachers!" Taking cues from the Trump playbook, Proctor is telling his supporters things that are patently false or misleading in hopes that he can get them to show up in great numbers at the meeting and disrupt the proceedings of duly elected officials.

Biden looking to prove he can rally US allies

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s effort to rally support, both at home and abroad, ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest big test of his ability to bridge ideological gaps and balance competing interests to build effective coalitions.