…finding the right polling place and finally slipping that ballot into a machine to earn a simple little sticker that says something a lot of Americans consider a point of personal pride: “I voted” Continue reading Extra Ballot Boxes for Kansans
Advertisements The Art of Bee-ing in Easton, KS by Peggy Bair Keeping bees happy isn’t a perfect science but it is a family endeavor for the veteran-owned Martin family. Hillside Honey Apiary is in Easton, KS, a small town nestled in Leavenworth County. Shelley and her husband Ty Martin tend about 80 hives. The farm has a myriad of custom products ranging from face creams … Continue reading Hillside Honey
Advertisements Nefarious Graffiti Artist Goes Legit by Peggy Bair Saturday, under a noonday sun, Jester Frost is at David Brewer Park in Leavenworth, KS with a roll of cellophane and a red wagon filled with spray paint. A woman with several children are hanging out watching him as he stretches the plastic between two posts at a picnic shelter. It takes him only a few … Continue reading Jester Frost
Advertisements United as One Christians Come Together to Heal Divisive Social Climate by Peggy Bair The grassy open space at 4th & Chestnut next to First United Methodist Church Leavenworth was the site of the outdoor event United as One Thursday night in Leavenworth, KS. Sixteen area churches joined together to bring the event which continues September 18 and 19th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. … Continue reading United as One
“We would like to say we feel very privileged that our customers continue to hang in there with us during what has been a very stressful year for all,” Mary said. Continue reading The Bean Patch
Farming Tradition Near Farley, MO Stretches to Six Generations of Oberdieks – from HeartKC Continue reading River’s Edge Produce
Advertisements A Season in the Life of Jirak Family Produce by Peggy Bair Any given day out in Cummings, KS, Mark and Theresa Jirak will be getting dirty. The Jirak Family Produce farm is never short on chores as it produces slicing tomatoes, grape tomatoes, green beans, eggplant, sweet corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, zucchini, yellow straight neck squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, peppers, winter squash and honey. When … Continue reading From Their Family to Yours
Advertisements Outdoor Escape for Your Inner Cowboy By Peggy Bair About 10 years ago, a couple of Kansas teenagers, Michael Green and Cody Heim, bumped fists in a promise to each other for the future: that they would own a ranch and spend their lives as cowboys helping other people experience the joys of country life. In the most unlikeliest of times, that dream came … Continue reading Watkins C Ranch
Advertisements By Peggy Bair Kansas Baker Making Life a Little Sweeter and Lot More Fun By all outward appearances, Misty Dunning is just a regular citizen of Basehor, KS. She lives in a nice house at the end of a cul de sac with her husband and daughters. It’s all perfectly normal. She grew up in a small town in western Kansas with only one … Continue reading Sugar and Spice – and Everything Vice
