The photos and books that the Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum puts online for free access has grown to more than 7,500 images, a 50 percent increase in nine months, and work on the project in the museum’s crowded, windowless basement continues.
The Bethany College men’s golf team placed third out of nine at the Evangel Spring Invitational on March 10-11 in Springfield, Mo.
Judging by the score, it would appear to many that a football game broke out in the middle of spring in Bethany College’s 25-15 loss to Friends on Saturday, but instead the game took place on a baseball diamond as the Swedes dropped the series and fell to 10-14 on the year. After a 1-4 start to the season, the Bethany College baseball team ripped off six wins in their next seven games, including a series split against Huston-Tillotson, a series sweep over Waldorf, and a series sweep over Sterling.
The Bethany College softball team lost both games at Oklahoma City University on March 11, and both games at home against Evangel University on Saturday.
The Bethany College men’s and women’s tennis teams both lost 4-3 at home against Kansas Wesleyan University on March 11. Two days later in Bartlesville, the men won 5-2 against Oklahoma Wesleyan University, and the women lost 6-1.
The Smoky Valley Public Schools board met Monday to screen candidates for the job of superintendent. The meeting was closed to the public.
TOPEKA — Republican legislation to establish child support payments for pregnancy-related costs — and, in turn, establish “fetal personhood” — revealed tension among legislators as one Democratic senator inserted a bipartisan tax credit provision. Senate Democrats agreed that House Bill 2062, which requires courts to consider fetuses when determining child support judgments, risked providing legal precedent for treating fetuses as people.
The McPherson County Community Foundation Board of Directors picked Chief Financial Officer Michelle Huddle to replace President/CEO Becky Goss, who will retire on Dec. 31.
My husband, Jeff, and I did our best to take advantage of unique Scandinavian opportunities during our final weeks abroad. Since it was winter, that naturally meant skiing! We managed to watch two World Cup events and ski the 56-mile-long Vasaloppet race.