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The Rotary Club of Leavenworth recently inducted Cassie Blakley. She is shown with her sponsor Greg Nash.

Matt Nojonen, director of the Leavenworth Public Library, was guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Leavenworth weekly luncheon. He gave an update of the upcoming events at the library.

We live in a consumer society in which we are constantly being challenged and encouraged to improve the quality of our lives by having more material things. The world of advertisement and commercialism teaches us that labor-saving devices will make our lives easier, cosmetics will improve our looks, Coke or Pepsi will give us fulfillment, beer will win us friends, a new car will give us happiness, buying lottery tickets will give us hope to join the rich and famous. The happy, fulfilled life consists of more money, more possessions, sexual attractiveness and financial security. How do we, as

Basehor resident Lea King has been using the shopping service Instacart since the pandemic began to have groceries delivered to her elderly parents as well as herself. Because it was convenient for someone else to do the shopping for her and deliver the groceries to her home, King put in an order and was expecting her groceries to be delivered around 8:30 p.m. March 21. She had placed her order that afternoon and was thankful that she didn’t have to get out in the rainy, spring evening.

The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association has named Leavenworth Times sports editor Derek Wiley as among its Media of the Year award winners for 2022. “I am lucky to work in a county that loves wrestling and has so many awesome wrestlers with amazing stories to tell,” Wiley said.

Patrick Madden was born in Ireland in 1840. He emigrated to the United States, and on Feb.

At the recent Friends in Service of Heroes (FISH) Armed Forces Day celebration in New Century, Kansas, Rep. Pat Proctor, right, presented a commendation on behalf of the Kansas Statehouse to the survivors of the Roadrunners squad, which served with the Golden Dragon Battalion (1st Battalion, 14th Infantry) in Pleiku, An Khe and Cambodia from 1968 to 1970. Roadrunners present were SPC5 Dennis Summerfield, SSG Rhea Rakes, SPC Dean Smith and CSM Larry Joe Powell. Proctor served with the Golden Dragons as an Army captain from 1999 to 2000. Rep. Pat Proctor

With the advent of spring weather, I have resumed walks along Leavenworth’s riverfront. Some days the Missouri River flows below its gauge zero datum. Other days it reaches two or three feet above it. Every additional foot of water depth increases the flow by about 4,300 cubic feet per second. Gauge zero datum represents the agreed upon height above sea level that allows river depth to be compared from day to day and year to year.