GARDEN BLOOMS
Elephant ear plants are shown taking bloom. Photographs by Ed Wettig Red salvia, white begonias and yellow moonbeam coreopsis are shown in the Leavenworth garden of Lynne and Ed Wettig.
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Commissioner responds to state representative’s comments
During a Leavenworth City Commission meeting this week, one commissioner responded to comments a local state representative made concerning the city’s proposed budget for 2023. “I’m tired of all the political posturing and the attacks on our hardworking commission, city staff,” Commissioner Nancy Bauder said Tuesday.
Abortion question boosts early Kansas voting for primary
Early voting is surging in Kansas ahead of next week’s statewide abortion vote and the electorate so far is leaning more Democratic than usual. More than 2½ times as many people had cast early ballots as of Tuesday compared to the same point in the 2018 mid-term primary, the Kansas secretary of state’s office reported.
County updated on new Council on Aging home
When speaking with county commissioners Wednesday, the director of the Council of Aging said she would like for her agency to be moved into its new home by Oct. 1. But the county’s building and grounds director was a little less optimistic about meeting that specific target date.
Big Tech is steamrolling America’s newspapers
Google and Facebook have enormous economic and political power in society – especially over the news industry. Many ask if they have played a role in the misinformation that erodes our free press and plagues our democracy.
EDUCATING NEW STUDENTS
State Rep. Pat Proctor spoke last week in the chamber of the Kansas Statehouse to international military students from the 2023 class of the Command and General Staff College about state government, separation of powers and the American system of government. Rep. Pat Proctor
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Ella Rose Barry, a recent graduate of Leavenworth High School, was awarded a $2,500 PEO Star Scholarship. Her sponsors are the members of Chapter EN, Leavenworth. Ella will attend the University of Virginia in the fall and plans on majoring in communications. The PEO (Philanthropic Education Organization) Star Scholarship is awarded to a senior exhibiting excellence in leadership, academics, extra-curricular activities, community service and potential for future success. Lisa Gray
GRILLED LEMON HERB PORK CHOPS
PREP TIME 2 HOUR 25 MINS 6 SERVINGS INGREDIENTS • 1/4 cup lemon juice • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil • 4 cloves garlic, minced • 1 teaspoon salt • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano • 1/4 teaspoon pepper • 6 (4 ounce) boneless pork loin chops INSTRUCTIONS • In a large resealable bag, combine lemon juice, oil, garlic, salt, oregano, and pepper. Place chops in bag, seal, and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.
Republican AGs sue U.S. agency over LGBTQ school guidance
More than 20 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
NEWS BRIEFS
Woman killed when plane crashes in Illinois pool is ID’d An aircraft passenger who died last weekend when a small plane crashed into a swimming pool in southern Illinois has been identified as a 56-year-old woman from the Peoria area. Centralia police said Cheryl Monserat-LaGreca of Lacon, Illinois, died on impact when the 1948 Beechcraft A35 aircraft crashed Saturday less than a mile from the Centralia Municipal Airport.