August 2022

Virginia Wildeman

Virginia Wildeman, age 93, of Grainfield, Kansas, passed away on August 14, 2022, at Gove County Medical Center. Services are pending with Schmitt Funeral Home, Quinter.

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IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED…

Dear Readers, All I wanted to do was pick some flowers. This summer’s been so hot I’ve mostly enjoyed wild blooms from afar, through the windows an air-conditioned house or car. So when my phone’s weather app claimed it was only 73 degrees outside and our yard was blanketed in soft light filtered by a cloud cover, I thought “At last, here’s my chance!” Plus for the first time in weeks, I could take a stroll down my favorite path along our back pasture, the one that winds along the trees lining the creek.

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Not just a boys’ game

By Charles Chaney BCTG Sports Editor The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference is always trying to stay at the forefront of the rest of the NJCAA. That doesn’t pertain to only technology or game play, either.

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