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FFA at Thomas More Prep Marian is a somewhat new club and was started up as a new club in 2017. As years have gone by, the club has grown in popularity.

Suicide and the stigma attached to it will be the focus of a free public lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My brother-in-law (age 78) recently developed dementia. Everything after the age of about 20 is gone for him, and he lives in the past, though he does still connect with my sister. For some time now, he has taken a psychopharmaceutical (Zoloft) for PTSD, stemming from earlier experiences. My question is, what is there to do in cases when past trauma(s) may have been erased from memory? Is there still a need to continue the medication? Is there any research on this matter? And, what about afflictions such as schizophrenia or bipolar and anxiety disorders that many presume to be attached to chemical problems in the brain? Do these, too, “disappear” when the memory of earlier life disappears? -- U.T.

Dear Amy: I have a “second time around” query. In our late teens some 45 years ago, “Bret” and I shared quite an infatuation.

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, yet suicide can be prevented. Volunteers from Western Kansas are joining the quarter of a million people who are walking in towns across the United States to draw attention to the fight for suicide prevention.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt urged legislators Tuesday to adopt a state sales tax exemption for purchase of diapers and feminine hygiene products. Schmidt, the state attorney general challenging Democratic Gov.