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Where have your conversations been this week? Have you been surrounded by like-minded people, having conversations where you all just confirm what you already believe?

There will be a regular USD 271 Board of Education meeting on Monday, September 7, beginning at 5:30 p.m., in the District Office. The agenda is as follows: Agenda • Call to Order • Additions or Deletions to the Agenda • Approval of the Consent Agenda: a.) Minutes of previous meeting—August 5th; b.

Linda Melton met granddaughter, Daniele Melton, and roommate, Catlin Doornlof of Wichita at Hays Thursday evening, August 20th. The girls were on their way home from a vacation to the Colorado Springs area.

Two culverts will be replaced at E and 20 Road by the county road and bridge department. The Rooks County Commissioners approved the culvert bid from J J Drainage in the amount of $7,610.

Jeff Pape of Hays (walking into the Sentinel and hearing Hallie bark at him): “Your doorbell is ringing.” Nancy Becker: “I sure love the purple fountain grass in the Main Street planters!

McKenna Horn and her brother Daxton took advantage of the nice weather earlier this summer by going for a walk in their neighborhood. They are the children of Ethen and Maddy Horn of Stockton..

REGULAR SHOWTIMES • Friday, Saturday, Sunday, & Monday at 7:00 p.m.• $6 Adults; $5 12 & Under; and 3 & Under, FR Magik, Wolfsbane and other teenage mutants try to come to grips with their superpowers while staying at a secret famility.

The first sentence of Rick Warren’s book, The Purpose Driven Life is this: “It’s not about you.” It is a very short and very simple statement, but one that gets to the very core of Christianity. Where is your focus? Is it on you or on others?

A reader has informed us of a recent phone call she received regarding a credit card scam. The person on the other end informed her that activity on her credit card showed it was being used in another state, etc., and to take care of the problem she was to press 2.

FLAWED BUT FAITH- FUL. Most people are well aware that David certainly lived a less than perfect life. He not only sinfully lusted after Bathsheba, another man's wife, but he actually used his kingly authority to commit adultery with her.