Back in ’83-’84 the S.E.K. Special Education Cooperative compiled local history gathered by elementary and middle school students into a book. Today’s column features excerpts from that book, …
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J.T. Knoll
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8/11/21
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Fred and Marjorie Giefer, members of St. Michael’s Parish in Girard, celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, August 10.
They were married August 10, 1946 at St. Joseph Church …
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8/10/21
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This week’s chronicle, submitted by Bill Lavery, is about his great-grandfather, Michael Joseph Lavery, who was born in 1867. — J.T.K.
In 1903, Mike Lavery and his Big Green Band of Frontenac …
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J.T. Knoll
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8/4/21
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — From Aug. 6 through Aug. 13, the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts will stream four concerts recorded during the annual Pittsburg Festival of the Arts in June.
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8/3/21
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Before I left for Chicago in 1973 to find a new life I could write home and describe, I had the good sense to spend a night and day with Grandma Ada Fowler in Arcadia.
The most memorable part of …
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J.T. Knoll
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7/21/21
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This week’s column features another excerpt from an essay by music lover Don Falletti about the big bands that played at PSU (then Kansas State Teacher’s College) when he was a student there. — …
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J.T. Knoll
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7/14/21
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Here’s another excerpt from “Frogdancer,” an autobiography by former Arma native Frank Louis Jeler Jr. — J.T.K.
Arma Theater
There was picture show theater in Arma where I failed to …
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J.T. Knoll
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7/7/21
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In late September, 2013, Linda and I were sitting on our front porch glider when a pickup rolled up and the daughter of a friend strolled across the brick street and said (with a very mischievous …
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J.T. Knoll
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7/2/21
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This week’s column by Gary Gleason is excerpted from his essay “Boyhood Days in Pittsburg, Kansas.” Gary is now retired and living with his wife in Gainesville, Georgia. — J.T.K.
During …
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J.T. Knoll
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6/30/21
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This week’s column features the second excerpt from an essay by music lover Don Falletti about the big bands that played at PSU (then Kansas State Teacher’s College) when he was a student there. …
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J.T. Knoll
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6/23/21
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