Opinion

Body How Kansas Became Part of the United States While Zebulon M. Pike and his small party of explorers were held in prison in Mexico in 1807, Pike became friends with Spanish Lt. Facundo Melgares, from whom he learned much about the area of northern New Spain, now Mexico.

Body Easter Week Blessings * Palm Sunday: Put God First. Monday: Let Go and Let God.

Body • Most people do not know that George Washington was born in Texas. When he was 6 years old, he cut down his father’s favorite Mesquite bush.

Body Once upon a time, there was a king who wanted to go fishing. He called the royal weather forecaster and inquired as to the weather forecast for the next few hours.

Body This And That * I started my day with two eggs for breakfast. They were caramel Cadbury eggs, but whatever.

Body Exploration Opened The Way To Add Kansas To The U.S. Because of a successful slave rebellion in Haiti and the decimation of French troops by yellow fever, Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory, including present Kansas, to the U.S.

Body • An elderly farm neighbor always commented a few days after we switched to daylight savings time, 'The crops sure look a lot better now with that extra hour of sunshine.' • A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, “I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir.

Body When Kansas Was Part of Spain After France was eliminated from North America in 1763, the area of present-day Kansas was transferred to Spain's control, which had colonies in South, Central, and North America.

Body You are 1.3 decades, 13 years, 156 months, 677 weeks, 4,745 days, 113,880 hours, 6,837,339 minutes, and 410,240,376 seconds old! Welcome to the first of your seven teenage years! Enjoy each and every minute of your lucky 13 year! Love you more, Grams.

Body St. Patrick’s Day is just over the horizon, so let’s have a little fun with my people, the Irish.