Caleigh Grace Iwanski of Stockton was among 3,484 graduates who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during commencement exercises on May 3, 17, and 18. Iwanski earned a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science and a Bachelor of Science in Grassland Systems from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

We all like to have a helper, someone to guide and advise as we go through our life journey. It is a gift from God that all who believe have just that Helper—the Holy Spirit.

GOOD-SOIL HEARTS. The Parable of the Soils is one of Jesus' better- known teachings (Matt. 13; Mark 4; Luke 8). As we have seen in the last two articles, Jesus tells a story of four kinds of soils. Each represents four kinds of responses to Him and, thus, four kinds of hearts. In short, the context points to the fact that very few people believed that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah who had been promised from the beginning of time.

The statewide Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge (KEC) recently awarded more than $75,000 in total prizes to 31 aspiring entrepreneurs. In April, 72 businesses and 81 students participated in the event at the K-State Student Union in Manhattan.

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Local Residents Encouraged to Know Your Water With much of the state facing drought conditions and increasing concerns over water quality, it is essential for citizens to Know Their Water. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), approximately 73,000 individuals in Kansas rely on private wells from groundwater sources, roughly 2 percent of the state's population.

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