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- Club Magic manager says he's trying to turn around a new business at an old, and troubled, location May 25, 2013 · 67 comments
- Former area Boy Scouts react to decision allowing gay scouts May 24, 2013 · 54 comments
- Wichita might fine residents over use of water May 24, 2013 · 21 comments
- Police department's case for a new facility not likely to show on next year's budget, officials say May 25, 2013 · 11 comments
- On the street: Should residents or businesses who use too much water be fined? May 24, 2013 · 29 comments
- Opinion: Discrimination more than just poor service May 25, 2013 · 19 comments
- House rejects Senate-approved tax package; Legislature adjourns; new plan teed up May 24, 2013 · 14 comments
- Opinion: Why gay role models matter May 23, 2013 · 49 comments
- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013 · 61 comments
- Simons' Saturday Column: KU’s legislative lobbying effort lacks clout, continuity May 25, 2013 · 17 comments
- Bill Self: Security tricky subject May 25, 2013
- Lawrence pastor seeks to reconnect youth to NAACP May 25, 2013
- Simons' Saturday Column: KU’s legislative lobbying effort lacks clout, continuity May 25, 2013
- House rejects Senate-approved tax package; Legislature adjourns; new plan teed up May 24, 2013
- Club Magic manager says he's trying to turn around a new business at an old, and troubled, location May 25, 2013
- No problem: Harmon-Thomas puts FSHS girls track in first May 25, 2013
- French family cares for the graves of Americans killed on D-Day May 30, 2011
- House rejects exception from abortion restrictions for rape, incest, abuse victims March 19, 2013
- Free State girls clinch 6A state track title May 25, 2013
- Opinion: NYC has seen enough of Anthony Weiner May 25, 2013
Glove stories: Kansas University baseball players talk about their first — and current — gloves
My grandfather gave the money to me for my first glove, a Diamond King fielder's model purchased at McCrory-Otasco's for seven dollars circa 1960. I still have it & I still use it when the great nephews come to visit.
May 3, 2013 at 4:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Has the drought affected any of your trees?
Here's a tip, newspaper delivery person: You can't save a tree from drought after the fact. That is to say, when it's already in the form of a newspaper, putting it in a knotless plastic bag & tossing it in a puddle on the rainy driveway...
April 27, 2013 at 9:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Opinion: Olympian's pursuit of track sponsorships a race worth running
If there's ever a local beer mile event, sign me up for the geezer division. I've been training for a long time & recently added the running to it.
April 21, 2013 at 6:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Dog-biscuit nonprofit run by the homeless popular among canines, owners alike
Our doggie loves their bacon cheeseburger treats. We get 'em at the LMH gift shop.
April 20, 2013 at 9:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: NRA sway?
The paranoia about a supposed gun registry is laughable. The government wouldn't need a list to quash you, so what difference does it make?
April 20, 2013 at 8:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Shame on us
Except no one is blaming the gun. We can, however, find blame with a system that won't consider taking even the most basic steps towards public safety.
April 20, 2013 at 8:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Bill Self: OSU team to beat
Uh, ok.
April 19, 2013 at 3:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
What is your favorite poem?
There is a marvelous collection of poetry edited by Caryn Miirriam-Goldberg entitled:
"Begin Again - 150 Kansas Poems" Here are two samplings of this wonderful anthology:
We Read - by Kevin Rabas
At the Olpe Chicken House behind the glass there's a copy
of Ken Ohm's new book Ducks Across the Moon.
An old woman and her husband cane their way
to the counter, pay with cash, the bills
old and crumbled and green, and ask about the book.
The kid behind the counter, who looks like the town
quarterback, says, I didn't write it," annoyed,
"Heck, I don't know." And the old couple walks on,
go home, along the way mentioning books they do
know, and love, and read, and then slump in peace, sleep
on their La-Z-Boys, the tv snow, the books
held in their laps, the reading lamps still on.
***
You Look Beautiful - by William J. Harris
The husband says, You look beautiful."
Not hearing, the wife says,
"Have you seen my glasses?"
"I said, you look beautiful."
"Well, let's find my glasses
And we'll see."
***
Thanks, Ronda, for introducing me to this fine volume of Kansas poetry.
April 19, 2013 at 2:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
What is your favorite poem?
"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
April 19, 2013 at 7:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Roberts, Moran vote against expanded background checks in gun sales
There is no intent to create a government gun registry. The government doesn't care about that. If case you haven't noticed, the US military is the best in the world. Should some fantastical event occur wherein a coup directs it to dominate the citizenry, nobody's gonna check some data base to see who owns what kind of firepower. They're just gonna smash you & your 'Red Dawn' fantasies.
April 18, 2013 at 3:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )