The Center of our Concerns
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The way we center our lives is different now than it was when I was growing up. I got to thinking of this when I was out mowing.
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By Bobby Neal Winters / news@morningsun.net
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6/7/22
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May was a bit overdramatic
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There was a basketball player at my high school who was overdramatic. Anytime an opposing player even brushed up against him he would yell in pain and grab his arm.
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By Dr. Richard Baker, AIF, Steadfast Wealth Management
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6/7/22
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Mothers are the backbone of our country
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It was great receiving the lifetime achievement award from the National Football Foundation. I appreciate the newspaper covering it.
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6/4/22
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Driving Miss Terre
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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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By J.T. Knoll / news@morningsun.net
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6/4/22
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Screaming on the sidelines: Confessions of a semi-reformed sports dad in Kansas
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Any parent who has a child playing sports has a story like this.
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By Eric Thomas, Kansas Reflector
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6/4/22
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Time management and where to start
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We all have the same amount of time in a day, it is limited, and we cannot do everything! Are you like me, trying several things, buying all the planners and organizing tools for better time management?
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By Tara Solomon-Smith, Wildcat Extension District
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6/3/22
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Real estate is a commodity, as is wine
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Real estate is a commodity, as is wine. A wealthy collector might give $1 million for a particular bottle. However, wine makers don’t raise prices across the board, because that high figure was only in that collector’s mind.
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6/3/22
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Evil in Texas
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I truly believe that the children who were murdered in Texas are now in a better place. Pray for us that we might be as well, and that we do better by the innocents still among us.
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By Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review
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6/2/22
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Milk money, pigeons, and mayo sandwiches
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This week we return to Ben George’s memoir and his early days in Frontenac. — J.T.K.
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6/2/22
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The little boats ‘never faltered’
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I’m an Anglophile. I like the people, the countryside, their sense of history. And they like tea. A lot. In fact, tea helped get them through World War II.
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By Carol Ann Robb, Pittsburg Public Library
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6/1/22
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A food and sore muscle memory
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I swore I was going to eat a little less meat. I guess I shouldn't swear. A spontaneous invitation to visit friends in the Tetons threw a wrench into my plans.
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By Lynda Balslev / news@morningsun.net
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6/1/22
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‘We don’t know where to start’
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I want you to have everything you need to get the retirement you’ve been dreaming about. I have been able to help my clients become well prepared for what happens when they stop working.
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By Dr. Richard L. Baker, AIF, Steadfast Wealth Management
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6/1/22
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Spoons, knives, boiled eggs, and beans
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Consider the spoon. I will wait a moment while you get yourself to thinking spoon-shaped thoughts.
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By Bobby Neal Winters / news@morningsun.net
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5/31/22
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This is a special time of year
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As my husband and I were driving to several cemeteries here in Southeast Kansas for our annual Memorial Day visit, where we have many family members and friends buried, we enjoyed the rich countryside.
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By Lois Carlson / news@morningsun.net
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5/31/22
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On the mend...
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On Mother’s Day, Linda got cards, flowers, phone calls, texts, candy... and COVID-19.
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By J.T. Knoll / news@morningsun.net
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5/28/22
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Thoughts for Memorial Day
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For nearly 40 years, my father served as a Methodist minister in Montana and across much of eastern Kansas. From Great Falls to Fort Scott to Topeka to Emporia to Pittsburg, he rebuilt and revived a dozen congregations until he retired in 2007 from the Frontenac and Opolis Methodist churches.
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By Dustin R. Strong / dstrong@morningsun.net
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5/28/22
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The wizard behind the curtain
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Donald Trump tried to purge two Georgia Republicans for committing one unpardonable sin: standing up to the former president and telling the truth, that he lost the state to Joe Biden by more than 11,000 votes.
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By Steven V. Roberts, Syndicated Columnist
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5/27/22
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Did Putin wait until Biden became president to invade Ukraine?
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In the days after Russia attacked Ukraine, there was a lot of talk among Republicans that Vladimir Putin would not have invaded had Donald Trump still been president.
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By Byron York, Washington Examiner
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5/27/22
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Autobiography of Laurence Paul Wilson, part 3
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This week continues Laurence Wilson’s memoir with his school and pedaling papers experiences in Girard. — J.T.K
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J.T. Knoll / news@morningsun.net
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5/26/22
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Facts make us better informed voters and citizens
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The right of women to have access to a legal abortion is a very contentious and divisive issue.
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5/26/22
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