Bad weather doesn’t keep business hours.Of the top 10 tornadoes that have wreaked death and destruction in Kansas, most came near or after dark, according to the National Weather Service. The Udall tornado of 1955 struck at 10:15 p.m.
Apparently, there is an interest by the present administration in Washington to increase the number of children born in the United States because it seems that most women are not too eager to have kids right now. Or, if they already have a child, they do not want to have any more.I have read in the papers and online and listened to several radio programs that have studied this situation, and there are several reasons why American women are reluctant to have at least 2.1 kids, the so-called replacement number to keep the population steady.
Summer is knocking on the door, which for many folks means picnics and swimming and gardening and other outdoor activities.That also means sun. Lots and lots of sun.Ashley Svaty, a family and consumer sciences specialist at K-State’s Northwest Research-Extension Center in Colby, said it’s “critically important that we think about protecting our skin’s health.”“There is a statistic (from the American Academy of Dermatology) that it only takes one blistering sunburn during childhood or adolescence to nearly double a person’s chance of developing melanoma,” Svaty said.
Are Republicans the new infrequent voters? In a new Catalist study, researchers say yes. Big shifts may be coming in both political campaigning, and election laws.Unlike mis-reported “horse race” polls during election season, the Catalist study is public opinion polling done right.
“When I feel uncomfortable is when I find I grow the most,” a friend recently said to me. Those words filtered through my mind as I sat next to a Gold Star family on Memorial Day at a remembrance ceremony at the WWI Museum.
It came so much quicker than I thought it would. It brings me to tears, yet I’m so happy.
As a Kansas public school teacher and parent, I am deeply concerned about ongoing attacks on public education, most recently through executive actions by the Trump administration that include eliminating the Department of Education and targeting the free speech of students.Halting federal support for our schools and students will ensure historically marginalized students do not receive equal opportunities, will take away resources such as student lunches and special education programming, and will stifle learning communities. Despite these attacks, educators and communities are showing fight and resilience that is cause for hope.Some leaders in Washington are pushing the Educational Choice for Children Act.
To the editor:I am April Cromer, a candidate for Lansing United School District 469. With over two decades of experience in the criminal justice field, I have collaborated with special U.S.
During my 1980s college years, our student group urged the university to divest from any South African interests. Many campuses nationwide saw students protesting that country’s legalized system of racial oppression, apartheid.
To the editor:Increasing student achievement should be the most important focus of schools. Since serving as a board member, I, along with some fellow board members, have demonstrated the changes needed by requiring the annual Building Needs Assessment, which is required by state law, to be completed by the Board of Education with teachers and administrators.