Grilling: it's all about the sauce (and the seeds)
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It's officially grill season. While you're brushing off the grill grates and prepping your proteins and vegetables, don't forget to make a bright and zesty sauce for serving. Herbaceous, citrusy …
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By Lynda Balslev
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6/2/23
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Carla's Country Gardens cultivate joy
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — During the pandemic era, many people turned to gardening and greenhouses to help with the stress and anxiety of that turbulent time. For many, greenhouses were the only …
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By Char Strong / news@morningsun.net
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6/2/23
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Find inner peas
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Jesse Gilmore, a horticulture agent with the K-State Extension Office, visited with area residents at the Pittsburg Public Library on Tuesday to discuss the benefits of community gardens, a piece of land gardened or cultivated by a group of people individually or collectively.
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6/2/23
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It all started with Bobo
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Former Frontenac resident and KSC graduate, Ben George, is back with an intriguing story about hard work, college, and how a neighbor’s dog named Bobo serendipitously impacted his fate. — …
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J.T. Knoll
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6/1/23
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June is Dairy Month
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As I look at the calendar I realize “June, National Dairy Month” is with us once again. This month brings back some special memories associated with milk. Probably the memory farthest …
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By Lois Carlson
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5/31/23
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All Together Now
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What’s “All Together Now”—a Beatles song, an ideal to strive for, or the theme of our Summer Reading Program?
Trick question—it’s all three! And …
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Carol Ann Robb
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5/31/23
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Vinyl records: Just a hipster fad?
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I'm just an analogue girl living in a digital world. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I was raised on old school country like Patsy Cline and George Jones all on vinyl records. When I was in high …
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By Char Strong / news@morningsun.net
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5/31/23
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Mental Health Awareness
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May has been Mental Health Awareness Month. If you are on social media at all, you have seen the memes about "Check on your strong friends" and "Be kind." My cynical Gen X nature gets a little tired of the lip service given to mental health in this country. Are we really doing these things?
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By Char Strong / news@morningsun.net
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5/26/23
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Memorial Auditorium expands parking
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
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Compiled by Phil Burgert / news@morningsun.net
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5/26/23
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Fire in the closet, Part 3
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Here’s the conclusion of the three-part story by former Pittsburg resident, Jim Gore, about a mysterious fire in the family home at 1805 South Broadway, in Pittsburg. — J.T.K.
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J.T. Knoll / Morning Sun Columnist
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5/25/23
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Frontenac to stock steam shovel ponds with fish
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
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Compiled by Phil Burgert / news@morningsun.net
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5/25/23
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Social media
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As promised, this week’s column is on the types of social media.
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Lois Carlson. / Morning Sun Columnist
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5/24/23
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Pittsburg says taxi drivers have no more rights than any other motorist
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
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Compiled by Phil Burgert / news@morningsun.net
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5/24/23
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How does your garden grow?
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My grandparents were masters when it came to gardening. The back half of their spacious backyard overflowed with vegetable plants — lettuce, beans, potatoes, okra, cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, and a gooseberry plant or two (which I gave a wide berth because of the sticker-y branches and I didn’t care for the fruit. Still don’t). My grandmother then canned or froze all that produce, as well as fruit they picked from the orchard in Parker, which then fed them the rest of the year. Some years they rented a garden plot elsewhere in town so they could grow even more produce. They had the greenest of thumbs and we got to reap the fruits — and vegetables — of their labor.
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By Carol Ann Robb / Pittsburg Public Library
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5/24/23
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Club Notes
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Saturday, May 20
Little Balkans Quilt Guild Sew Day
The Little Balkans Quilt Guild Sew Day will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church, 6th and Pine Streets.
Little …
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5/20/23
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Return of the infectious microbe
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I’m just getting over my second bout of the varse. You might know it by its more commonly referred to infectious microbe name — virus.
Thur kin tuh wuhn nuther … buht thur …
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By J.T. Knoll
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5/20/23
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Gen X Girl's Guide to 50
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We were dubbed "Generation X" by author Douglas Coupland in 1991. "Whatever'"was our mantra (still is). "Slackers." "The Lost Generation." "The Forgotten Generation." "Latchkey Kids" These labels all …
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By Char Strong / news@morningsun.net
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5/19/23
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Chicken Skewers: Greening the goddess
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The essence of a green goddess sauce is (surprise!) an abundance of fresh green herbs. It's a light, bright and refreshing dip, dressing or crema. Precisely which herbs you use in the sauce is …
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By Lynda Balslev
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5/19/23
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Boyfriend steps up to act as caregiver
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DEAR ABBY: I have been with my boyfriend for three months. We've had our ups and downs. He's more into me than I am into him. I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and he has offered to drive …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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5/19/23
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Woman develops mysterious relationship with neighbor
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DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend, "Jana," and I have been together for 18 years. We live in a small community. About a year ago, a young single guy moved in next door. Jana and "Aiden" took an immediate …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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5/18/23
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