…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
“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
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
we welcomed the adversity that was thrown at us and continued to become the best version of ourselves. We become the class of perseverance. Continue reading Lions Come Roaring Back
Advertisements The Northland largely white community makes a stand for Minority rights by Peggy Bair Parkville – History of Racial Conflict Residents of the town of Parkville, MO will be the first to admit that it has a very checkered past, (if it is to be stated in the kindest terms), regarding race relations and racism. On April 14, 1855, an angry mob townspeople – … Continue reading Parkville March for Unity
