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Pratt–Dove season opened Sept. 1. Kansas dove hunting has changed considerably in the past few years. Although the mourning dove is still the primary quarry, Kansas hunters enjoy pursuing four species of doves in split fall and winter seasons. The season for all doves runs Sept. 1-Oct. 31 and Nov. 6-14. During these segments, two [...]
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The window depicting the Proclamation of the Kingdom has special meaning for several parish families. Funded by the Frakes, Grollmes and Wichman families, it was originally dedicated to Lou Ann Wichman and Helen Marie Grollmes. The two young girls were killed in a car accident on Dec. 12, 1953, returning from a Christmas program in [...]
by Sara Peterson-Davis Few had much to say for the red, blue, green and gold glass panes set in the windows of St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Valley Falls, except that maybe they let in more light than the heavy curtains that had hung there before. But there was one exception – a [...]