“Anyone can love the mountains, it takes a soul to love the prairie,” Willa Cather. Sometimes it is heard that people traveling through Kansas complain there is nothing to see. It’s all so flat and crops are grown on each side of the highway. It is...

Greg Manning was a Tuesday afternoon visitor of Cliff and Glenny Barnes. Mary Foley and Walt Wilson picked up the government commodities in Belleville last Wednesday morning and delivered them to the Christian Church basement for sorting and boxing....

Mary Foley accompanied Mike and Mindy Kilgore, Bennington, to Pittsburg, Kan., last Friday. They stayed for the weekend with Megan, Nathan and Evan Keener. The group celebrated Evan’s second birthday with a party on Saturday. The theme and his f...

Wanda Frasier enjoyed getting away Wednesday and Thursday into the Sand Hills of Nebraska. Enroute she stopped in Franklin at the park with the WWII planes, tank and other military memorabilia, in observance of Veteran’s Day. She traveled on to t...

David and Lori Barnes, Smith Center, visited Cliff and Glenny Barnes last Wednesday and took them out for lunch. David was doing some electrical work for his parents. Wand Frasier attended a rally and cruise Friday in McPherson for President Donald T...

Bruce and Sharon Custer, Hoisington, visited Gary and Penny Turner and Cliff and Glenny Barnes last Wednesday. The group had lunch at the local cafe and caught up on what each one had been doing. Bruce was the high school principal at White Rock in...

The Burr Oak Fire Department held its October meeting last Wednesday at the fire hall. A supper of ham and beans, cornbread and relish tray was served prior to the meeting. Attending were Steve and Tammy Cosand, Scott Yelken, Tim Warner, Cody...

The community was saddened by the unexpected death of Larry Gillett last Wednesday evening. His funeral was held on Monday, at the Burr Oak United Methodist Church. Pastors Les Ellis, Tom Korb and Rod Rose were the officiants. Larry, 77, was a 1961...

Mary Foley stayed last Monday and Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mindy, and Mike Kilgore, Bennington. Kan. Visitors at the home of Nick and Kelley Bunting since Nick returned home from the hospital were Cheryl Hillman, Greg and Brynlee Manning,...

Cliff and Glenny Barnes accompanied Jeff and Diana Ord, rural Guide Rock, on an eight-day trip to Lucedale, Miss., and Dothan, Ala. They left on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 26, and arrived at the home of Genry and Heather Ellison, Lucedale, on...

Commodities will be distributed at the Esbon Community Center from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The Burr Oak Community Club is hosting its annual baked potato-salad-dessert bar supper from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday evening, at the Burr Oak Community...

Michael Donley, 60, died at his home in Burr Oak on Thursday. A memorial service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the Burr Oak United Methodist Church on Friday, Feb. 21. Michael is survived by his wife, Judy, brothers, Daniel and Patrick and a...

Kelley and Nick Bunting hosted a birthday party honoring Cheryl Hillman at their Burr Oak home last Tuesday evening. Attending for cake and visiting were Jessica Barnes, Greg and Brynlee Manning, Tabitha, Braiden and Makaya Juarez, Walt and Peggy...