Archive By Author - Chuck Smith
Old isn’t always best
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a series of articles on the possible replacement of one of the county's historic stone bridges.)
America could turn it off
In 1965, America lost one of its first motion picture sex symbols, when Clara Bow, the It Girl, died of heart disease.
Lead the way to freedom, Barbie!
It's a tale as old as the cultural revolution - you remember, when Mao decided to destroy everyone in China who dared to think for themselves, and his reaction was to beat them until they thought right. You know. Like him.
Scrapping a new law
Scrap metal dealers in rural areas of Barton County have new regulations to follow, due to a resolution that has been approved by the Barton County Commission.
The night America died
There was a time, back when "daddy was a cop, on the east side of Chicago, back in the USA, back in the bad old days" it was "when a man named Al Capone, tried to make that town his own" and "brother what a night it really was, brother what a fight it really was."
Keep free exchange free
At the turn of the millennium, there was significant discussion about the importance of the Internet remaining a free and open form of communication and for the expression of ideas.
Mapping out the future
State regulations require county officials to keep commission boundaries as equal as possible, and this week the Barton County Commission approved a plan to remap the five commission districts to achieve that purpose.
TB is still out there, and here, too
This week there were two pieces of news that should have acted as wake-up calls for Americans who are complacent about the state of public health around the world.
Long, hard work honored
Almost three centuries of service to the citizens of Barton County were honored by the Barton County Commission Tuesday morning.
Judge Theis made the right decision
District Judge Franklin R. Theis is what we call a judge out here in the real world. He made the news because he dismissed the lawsuit that was brought against Jared and Lindsay Rowley, the Topeka couple who were taken hostage back in 2009. Oh, year, it was their kidnapper who filed the suit. That's right. Jesse Dimmick "contended that he had a legally binding oral contract with Jared and Lindsay Rowley that they would ...
Park is doing well
A Manhattan company has been approved to install monitoring wells on city park land to make sure there is no oil contamination in the southeast part of the community.
The law
This is Kansas, and for the most part, it is still a state of rural communities, a place where you would expect that people could trust each other, but you would not always be right.
Books are still open
Barton County residents who want to participate in the coming city elections still have a few days to file, according to information from County Clerk Donna Zimmerman. The election will be held on April 3.
Stop mor protesters
You can't find it around here, but there is a national food chain, Chik-fil-a, that has a hilarious ad campaign in which cows hold up crude signs that read: "Eat more chikin!"
Railroad work coming to SE Great Bend
The southeast part of Great Bend will see a major street improvement at no cost to the city.
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