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Adieu, Santa
Roger Verdon, the burly Irishman from New York who found love and home in Little Sweden, died Oct. 6 at his home in Lindsborg. He had struggled for two years with heart disease. He was 75.
The Gospel breaking through
Bethany College recently hosted a choral workshop, and Messiah Church was used for an alto sectional. As 80 young people walked through our doors, I said to them, “Welcome to Messiah! We’re glad you’re here!” as they looked around, and one of the things they saw was the Progress Pride Flag hanging in the hall.
Program gets genetic tests for rural children
When 3-year-old Sebastian was just a baby, his mom, Cynthia Olguin, could tell he was missing certain developmental milestones.
What you can control
Our local Oktoberfest celebration took place a few weeks ago. This event is one of my favorites, and one of my biggest volunteer commitments.
Homeless: work often won’t cover rent
Julie Riggins has spent much of her adult life looking for housing to avoid being homeless. Despite earning a paycheck during many of those years, Riggins rarely had enough money to afford rent for the housing that was available.
City shows few to no lead water pipes
The Environmental Protection Agency last week said that to help assure healthful drinking water, the nation̓s cities had 10 years to eliminate all lead pipes. Three years ago, Kansas was reported to have the third-highest number of lead pipes per capita among the 50 states.
Planting puts shade to Victorian ideal
This year Sue and Martin Eddy have grown unconventional plants in front of their house on South Washington. These are plants that attract butterflies, bees, and moths to pollinate them, that do not need to be mowed, and that require little to no irrigation once established.
Fast-growing chain buys News-Record
Main Street Media last week sold The Lindsborg News-Record to CherryRoad Media, a privately held New Jersey company that expanded from information technology in late 2020 and has since bought or started more than 80 small newspapers in 18 states, saying it wants to promote local journalism. Main Street publisher Frank Mercer drove from headquarters in Russell on Oct.