Opinion

We lose words by talking less

In the flotsam of things I read each week — academic research, online news, sports stories and fiction — one tidbit can get naggily lodged in my thoughts.

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Lifestyle

'A Prairie Life'

“A Prairie Life,” Saline County artist Debbie Wagner’s sculpture in felted wool, silk, beads, embroidery, and hedge wood. This is also the title of her show at the Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center, 114½…

News

Vultures stick to tower

Every year the storied cliff swallows return to Capistrano’s old mission, and the turkey vultures return to Lindsborg’s water tower. Lindsborg government officials have wished that the dozens of big birds did not, because of…

Community

Five-day chamber music festival next week

Lindsborg will host a new event, the Smoky Valley Chamber Music Festival, from May 19 through May 23. This free concert series was founded by Lindsborg native Caroline Beckman as a part of her doctoral…

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Sports

Bieker and Keller win tennis regional

Smoky Valley’s Jack Bieker and Pierce Keller won the doubles championship at the regional tennis meet held May 9 at Smoky Valley. Vikings tennis as a whole placed third among nine schools. Central Plains won.…