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Special to the Record My journalism addiction developed long ago — when I was the reporter for my 4-H club. Being the editor of my high school newspaper followed. Then I majored in journalism at Kansas State University and worked on the K-State Collegian, the student newspaper. The addiction blossomed when I was a reporter and co-manager of a twice-weekly English-language newspaper in Costa Rica. A similar job nudged it along at a weekly newspaper in Kansas. Although I recently retired after nearly 40 years as a journalism professor, I’m continuing my weekly online column, “Kansas Snaps...

By ERIC MEYER Staff reporter Reports of at least 67 new cases of COVID-19 in Marion County since Wednesday provided stark evidence Monday that the county's 10-month pandemic was showing no signs of lessening. The county was one of only seven statewide exhibiting an increase in cases last week. Bethesda Home in Goessel and Parkside Homes in Hillsboro were among 28 long-term care facilities in the state labeled as COVID-19 clusters. State data cite 20 cases at Bethesda in the 14 days that ended Jan. 17 and 5 cases at Parkside in the 14 days that ended Jan. 14. Overall, the new cases bring to at...

But it hasn’t always been easy. Moore admits that he allowed himself to become bitter after a rare cancer derailed his athletic dreams and he battled an addiction. “I had a lot of struggles in my life,” he said. “I grew up a Christian and fell into a lot of sin and struggle.” It was then, he said, that God “broke him in powerful ways” and allowed him to rediscover Christ with a call to spread the gospel through TREK Multiply, the mission agency of the Mennonite Brethren church. Moore will train for two months in Wichita with team leaders Bob and Kelly Pankratz.

Commissioners took several steps to improve the county’s roads and bridges during Tuesday’s meeting. Commissioners hired Asphalt Paving and Maintenance LLC for $198,900 to crush 39,000 tons of concrete formerly used as road surfacing. “It’s a tremendous amount of concrete that will be used all over the county for several years,” engineer Brice Goebel said. Commissioners also hired BG Consultants for engineering services to replace a bridge on Eagle Rd. that crosses French Creek. The county will pay the engineering company $46,500. Rebuilding 20 miles of Nighthawk Rd. will get starte...

150-year family farms to be honored Kansas Farm Bureau plans to begin recognizing sesquicentennial farms that have been in the same family for 150 years. Farms must be 150 years old by Dec. 31 to qualify. It will be part of the bureau’s annual “Century Farm” program, which honors farms spanning 100 years within a single family of owners or operators. Deadline for consideration in 2021 is May 15. Applications for both programs are available at county Farm Bureau offices and at www.kfb.org/centuryfarm. Last modified Jan. 7, 2021