People & Living

April 8, 1993 • Ethel Freemyer, Fairfax, has been elected Volunteer of the Year by the Atchison County Committee of OATS, Inc. Ethel has been an OATS rider since she  Continue Reading »

Mother Nature played a cold April Fool’s joke on Easter Sunday. Hurry up Spring! WCF SOF Check out the scavenger hunt sponsored by A Perfect 10 Salon in celebration of  Continue Reading »

Heather Olson was the guest speaker at Fairfax Kiwanis March 27. Heather Olson, R.N., Community Hospital-Fairfax (CH-F), was the speaker at Fairfax Kiwanis on March 27, 2018. Heather is a  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Julie Sanders Tarkio/Westboro UMC As the days get longer and the sun gets brighter, the world seems to burst with excitement. I love seeing all the signs  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) Executive Director Mon­ica Bailey was the guest speaker at the Tarkio Rotary Club meeting on March 27. She explained about the new ACDC grant for  Continue Reading »

Allen-Schiffern American Legion Post #199 and Auxiliary Unit #199 celebrated the birthday of the American Legion by hosting a veterans’ breakfast on Saturday, March 17, 2018, at the Tarkio Legion  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Jean Mensen Piecemakers Quilt Guild met March 13, at 5 p.m. at Community Hospital-Fairfax. The meeting was called to order by Bev with 10 members present. Roll call  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Geri Duren, Auxiliary Secretary The Ralph Greer American Legion Auxiliary met March 5, 2018. President Evelyn called meeting to order. Nancy gave opening prayer. Secretary’s report was gone  Continue Reading »

A column by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill There are a lot of head-scratchers I come across in Congress, and every time I think I’ve seen it all, I’m blown away  Continue Reading »

By Georgia Gilley The TEC Club met Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at Martha’s Bed and Breakfast with all members present. Everyone was glad to escape the gloomy weather that welcomed  Continue Reading »

On Sunday, March 25, the children of the United Methodist Church in Rock Port re-enacted the procession of Jesus entering Jerusalem as part of their Palm Sunday service. Those who  Continue Reading »

March 26, 1943 When a convoy of eighteen huge army trucks and the accompanying group of some forty soldiers stopped overnight in Rock Port last Friday, one thing which caught  Continue Reading »