Former Plainville resident, Calvin L. Hair, age 67, of Savannah, Mo., passed away April 2, 2021, at his home after a lengthy illness. 

Calvin was born October 17, 1953 in Ransom to Orville and Willa (Snodgrass) Hair.

He was a graduate of Ransom High School and Cleveland Chiropractic College.

He served in the Kansas National Guard from 1986 to 1990 and was honorably discharged. He owned and operated Hair Chiropractic Clinic in Plainville, retiring in 2012. He was a member of the Savannah United Methodist Church and the Savannah Lions Club.

Hello from Topeka.  First Adjournment is scheduled for Friday then we will be off for the remainder of April and back for the “veto” session beginning on May 2nd. We were on the floor last week passing both House and Senate bills and this week we will have a number of conference committees; these are made up of select members of the House and Senate to work out differences in bills and then both houses need to pass the bills for them to go on to the governor for either signage or veto. Here are some of the things that happened last week:

A couple years ago I was at an event where a fellow Farm Bureau staffer from another state lamented he spent so much of his time dealing with the legislative process, there wasn’t much of a chance to really fight for agriculture.

I certainly admired his passion, but I believe “fight” was an unfortunate word to use. I’m not suggesting political fights aren’t necessary, rather I think they should be treated like real fights and saved for the rare instances when other options have been exhausted.

A Russell man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for the second-degree murder and abuse of a child, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.