Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Greg Doering, Kansas Farm Bureau

According to recent reports the summer heat is causing corn to sweat in the field. Is it the corn’s profuse perspiration causing the issue or maybe the county fair is the party responsible?

More likely it’s just summer in early August. There are two options, hot and humid or hot and dry. Either way, the corn is still sweating, with each acre pumping up to 4,000 gallons of water into the air every day. Kansas’ 6.4 million acres of corn pumps out enough sweat each day to cover a football field in more than 15 miles of water.

GUEST COLUMN, Cora Hoffer, Center for Rural Affairs

Energy affordability and reliability are being threatened in rural America, with costly consequences for families, farmers, and small-town economies.

On July 23, the U.S. Department of Energy rescinded a $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee for a new high-voltage transmission line designed to deliver power across the Midwest, including low-cost wind and solar energy resources.

MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

[After several months of studying the life of Jesus, we saw that His parting commission was to build the Church. With the directive to Peter, “Feed my sheep”, Christ’s Church was established. We’ve also looked at the importance of showing love in the church and finding unity despite differences. In 1 Corinthians chapters 12, 13, and 14 we are told that there’s no value in efforts without love. The following is adapted from an article first published June 25, 2020, during COVID-19 lockdowns, regarding the Church.]

SAINTS PERSPECTIVE, SCCC President Brad Bennett

Earlier this summer, the sound of music drifted across the Seward County Community College campus. I mean that literally. The community theater group Rainbow Players staged its production of “The Sound of Music” at the Clifford & Irene Pepper Showcase Theater. The cast featured several members of the SCCC staff and relatives of faculty and staff, but in my view, every person on stage was a member of the Saints family.

That’s because we truly view our campus as home to the community, a place where people can eat, exercise, learn and be entertained, whether that is by watching the summer league Bee Jays baseball team or cheering for the Saints basketball team — or enjoying a musical.