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A pretty bloom of daylily is shown in the Basehor garden of Ron and Victoria Davids. Ron Davids .

Dear Amy: My brother and I are both in our late 30s. After years of strife and our mother's refusal to respect any of our stated boundaries, in early 2020 (after several pointless therapy sessions with her), we made the decision to go "no contact." We told her in therapy and in writing that we were no longer going to have a relationship, along with the SPECIFIC reasons why.

Colorful foliage is shown in front of an apartment in downtown Leavenworth. Walt Mack .

Daylily is shown blooming in the Basehor garden of Ron and Victoria Davids. Ron Davids .

Shown is a blackberry lily in the Basehor garden of Ron and Victoria Davids. Ron Davids .

Zinnia is shown blooming in the yard of Herb and Carolyn Merrick in Lansing. Herb Merrick .

An opening reception of “Photographic Treasures of Historic Leavenworth, Kansas” was held last week at the Commerce Bank Box Gallery in downtown Kansas City. Shown are Lee Stieger and Mary Ann Brown, LCHS board of directors, Robin Trafton, director of Box Gallery, and Jonathan Kemper, chairman emeritus, Commerce Bank Kansas City. The exhibit of 18 oversized prints from the glass plate negative collection owned by the Leavenworth County Historical Society at the Carroll Mansion Museum was made possible through a grant from Commerce Bank. The exhibit is free and open to the public through Sept. 8, after which it will become a traveling exhibit, highlighting post-Civil War days in the first city of Kansas. Mary Ann Brown

Shown is a bee among the echinacea in the Basehor garden of Ron and Victoria Davids. Ron Davids .

Shown is a scene from 69 years ago during the early stages of building of the Centennial Bridge in northeast Leavenworth. Jim Baskas .