Poems and a flying squirrel
Nine poets read to an audience of about 30 people Sunday afternoon in the courtyard of the Red Barn Studio Museum. Topics included 9/11, disillusionment on a Boy Scout camping trip, and teenage angst over Farrah Fawcett.
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City approves $14.5 million, 'revenue neutral' budget
For the second year in a row, the Lindsborg City Council on Monday night approved a budget that would not raise property tax collections, this time by scrimping, using tax credits, and essentially giving the Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum free utilities rather than $20,000 from the general fund. A resolution brought to the council by city staff would have allowed increasing the property tax collection in 2026 by about $51,000, a 4.7 percent boost for the general fund.
Kiwanis will crown park entry with arch
The Lindsborg City Council agreed Sept. 2 to let the Kiwanis Club span sandstone posts at the south end of Swensson Park with a steel arch bearing the names of park and city.
Red Barn will host poetry classes, readings
The Red Barn Studio will host a poetry reading Sunday, and two weekends later have poetry workshops followed by reading, including from workshop students. Nine… Login to continue reading Login…
'I cannot run idle'
Vaughn Davis grew up farming, and after marriage to Robert Melander she helped raise food for another 58 years before his failing eyesight brought them to live in Lindsborg. A woman who had walked five to six miles a day to get her work done – and had never learned to drive a car – now looked for in-town occupation.