September 2022

Happy camper

Dear Readers, Official ticket sale numbers have not been released for last week’s Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS. I attended Bluegrass throughout my college years but always returned to my dorm at night. s year I was among the throng of “campers.” ugh the number of tickets and camping permits sold will eventually quantify the WVF 50th’s attendance, when it comes to Winfield Bluegrass “campers” and how many there were, that’s a whole different ball of mathematic wax. Our tent was home to two while others housed many more, plus there were folks living out of RVs and travel trailers, cars, and vans. Before last week, I had only vague memories of camping from when I was quite young and I wasn’t sure how I’d get along or if I’d enjoy it, though I was thrilled at the prospect of seeing old friends and attending the festival again. My concerns beforehand were met with a nonplussed reply, ” re are Happy Campers…and those that don’t camp.” Which of course left me wondering “Which one am I?”

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Incremental Conditioning Revisited

2 Timothy 3:2-5 “For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! Have you noticed how our society has changed over the last thirty or so years? Assuming one is old enough to remember from 1990 and before, this question may create a curiosity within us and cause us to ask why and how.

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Lady Braves break winless skid

The Ottawa University women’s soccer kicked the door in. The Lady Braves finally broke through for a victory after knocking on the door in the past couple of weeks, Ottawa had two ties and a 2-1 loss in its previous three matches before the Sterling match this week. Ottawa put together its best outing of the season in the 4-1 road win. It was head coach Candice Fabry’s first win at the helm of the Lady Braves soccer program.

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RETOOL AND RELOAD

The Ottawa University women’s volleyball dug deep into the roster after a series of injuries in the first couple of weeks into the season. Many teams may have come apart, especially with the schedule Ottawa faced.

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Layoffs at Emporia State have tenured faculty across Kansas wondering if they’re next

WICHITA, Kansas — Last week, Emporia State University professor Max McCoy penned a column that began, “I may be fired for writing this.” McCoy, Emporia State’s sole journalism professor and advisor to the student newspaper, was among 33 faculty members laid off as part of a large-scale restructuring in response to declining enrollment. His column had criticized the move and university leadership.

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