Opinion

Finding common ground

GUEST COLUMN, Jackie Mundt, Kansas Farm Bureau

Good friends can have a good time no matter what they are doing together. That is how I ended up helping with a Yoga on the Farm event at Hildebrand Dairy near Junction City recently. The event was organized by CommonGround Kansas, an organization of farm women in Kansas who share information and personal stories about farming and the food they grow.

Yoga on the farm events have been around for years but this was my first time attended one. I was pretty impressed to see around 50 people show up on a hot June weekend to moo-ve through poses on a lush green lawn next to cattle grazing in a pasture. The cows didn’t make anyone too self-conscious because they only stared at the humans in the strange poses for a little while before they got back to snacking on the grass.

Who are we really helping by allowing illegal immigration?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Reita Isaacs, Liberal

Good evening to all. I’m not always certain my opinion will be published in the right time-frame, so this quote by President John Adams (1735-1826) is appropriate at all times: “I am apt to believe that Independence Day will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.”

Ms. Sheryl Martin Hall was called Sherry Hartshorn during the years she spent having fun and running around with my daughter, always a pleasure with no idea she would become an educated woman capable of spilling such vitriol. What a waste of time and energy promoting No Kings Day. Did you accomplish anything other than voicing your extreme resentment for President Trump trying to rid our country illegals that are creating mayhem and murder all around our United States of America?

Most impactful decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in a decade

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

Many wrongly think that the recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States affected birthright citizenship. That argument may not be far away, but that was not the question the SCOTUS recently addressed. However, what they did address is very impactful and perhaps one of the defining decisions of the high court in recent memory.

Many may not feel the impact immediately, but the SCOTUS basically just made sure they were SCOTUS and every other court was not.

Another time

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

“I’m going to take the pontoon out tonight, and you’re invited to join me,” my parents’ neighbor Rod told them.

It was a nice night — not too warm, with very little wind. It was a perfect night for a pontoon ride around the lake.

My parents co-own a pontoon boat with their next-door neighbors, Char and Rod. Even with two families owning it, it doesn’t get a lot of use. If either couple has company, they might take the boat out for a spin, but most days, the boat sits idle. Rod has decided to change this.

Fishing, the ever-changing nature of life, and education

SAINTS PERSPECTIVE, SCCC President Brad Bennett

On week four of my column tour of Seward County Community College’s core values, we have reached the final one: consistency.

Consistency can be a difficult thing to maintain. It is a battle between being rigid – and quickly outdated – or so adaptable that nobody has a sense of order. I am so proud of the way SCCC has made consistency a priority in our operations. This spans from updated policies that truly reflect everyday practices, and then implementing those policies fairly and regularly, to the quality of our product.