Husband is rude to reader’s mother who has dementia
Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for a long time, and he is a great guy. However, when it comes to my 80-year-old mom, it’s another story.
tschram
Teen arrested after fire at school
A teen was taken into police custody following a small fire Friday in a bathroom at Leavenworth High School, police and fire department officials said. The fire was reported at 2:40 p.m.
ON THE AGENDA
• The Leavenworth City Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.
Politics critical to effective natural resources management
We were at a Kansas wildlife managers’ meeting and our keynote speaker was Gov. Mike Hayden, who actually has a degree in wildlife management. I’m pretty sure that someone asked the governor why he went into politics instead of just enjoying his work as a wildlife manager. His answer sticks with me to this day.
Supreme Court to hear affirmative action cases
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decide whether the use of race in the admissions processes at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violates civil rights law and the Constitution, reviving a controversial legal debate over affirmative action that has been years in the making.
Justices won’t hear proxy vote dispute
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to the proxy voting system that Democrats put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic. McCarthy had sought a declaration that proxy voting, an absent representative giving authority for someone in attendance to cast his or her vote, was unconstitutional.
How a potholder reminded me of my early lessons in race relations
Last month, the day after Christmas, I taught two of our young granddaughters how to weave potholders. This is a family tradition, in which both boys and girls learn how to stretch vertical loops of cotton onto a metal rack and then weave horizontal loops through them to form a tight weave.
Antisemitism in Texas synagogue hostage crisis downplayed yet again
When I passed the armed guards posted outside my synagogue Saturday morning, I had almost become desensitized to their presence. It had been nearly three years since the most recent synagogue shooting on U.S.
Election tactics
To the editor: In the early morning hours last Tuesday, the day following the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, I read a Facebook post by a wise and respected community member asking three questions about the lack of outrage regarding the all-out assault on voting rights across our country.
Michael J. Blevins
February 16, 1961 - January 20, 2022 Mike married the love of his life, Debbie Stockwell, in 1984. Mike and Debbie and their children Chris, Megan and Tera moved to the Easton community in 1989 and established a homestead that welcomed any friend or animal who came down the lane.