Frank J. Buchman

Cowboy • Horseman • Writer

Corn Picking And Quilt Show Saturday At Alta Vista’s Ag Heritage Park

It’ll be a “step back in time” at Alta Vista on Saturday. “Old-fashioned corn harvest will highlight activities planned at Ag Heritage Park on the south edge of Alta Vista, which will be celebrating its 125th anniversary during the annual Old Settlers Day celebration, on September 22,” announced Connie Larson, park board president.

Right Medicine Helpful When Needed

“We don’t take pills.” Others sometimes make that statement, and we’ve been known to as well. Yet, seemingly, there is no end to advertisements urging people to “take pills.” There are pills for heartburn, running-nose, cough, allergies, high-blood-pressure, low-blood-pressure, itchyfeet, stay-awake, go-to-sleep, uppers, downers and all-rounder’s, stomachache, headache, backache, leg-ache, even heartache, so it would […]

Chase County Cowboys And Families Are Top Ranch Rodeo Team

It’s all in the life of cowboys and their families. That’s ranch rodeo to Bud Higgs and Randy Peterson. Perhaps more readily recognized as the Buck Creek-Lonesome Pine Ranches team for their two decades of arena success, Higgs and Peterson are cowboys by profession and family men at heart.

Pageant To Relive Kaw Indian History At Council Grove This Weekend

Although the Kaw Tribe was exiled from Kansas 139 years ago, members of the Kaw Nation will return once again to their Kansas homeland to tell the story of their ancestors for the outdoor drama pageant, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 14-15, at 8 o’clock in the Old Riverbed Amphitheater at Council Grove.

Hazards Can Be Cautionary Necessities

“Pesticides are poison to kill.” Again we were reminded of that after recent showers. Insecticides, herbicides, de-wormers, cattle pour-on, mouse bait, and on and on are intended for a single purpose: “To kill.”