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On average, families have less than three minutes from the time the first smoke alarm sounds to escape a fire. Working smoke alarms provide the early warning and critical extra seconds needed to escape and cut the risk of dying in home fire structures in half.

This year Halloween was a quiet one with lots of trick-or-treaters out and about getting their bags filled with candy around the neighborhoods in Stockton. Other than the usual smashed pumpkins, no tricks materialized throughout the evening hours.

THE SHS STRIDERS competed in the Midwest Showcase held on Saturday, October 30th at TMP in Hays, competing against high school teams from across Kansas. They came away with a I Rating and a Best In Creativity Award for their performance to “Astronaut in the Ocean.

TANNER PFEIFER didn’t do a lot of roaring on the Sigma Phi Halloween Parade route, but the circus lion enjoyed the ride. He is the son of Colton and Rachelle Pfeifer..

YOUNGSTERS weren’t the only ones dressed up for the Halloween Parade…so were those who are young at heart! Erin Dibble is preparing for her next career as an airline attendant..

TRENT LOOK was feeling his power, being dressed up as a Blue Power Ranger..

HARPER KELLER participated in her first Sigma Phi ESA Halloween Parade last Friday..

We should all be invested in our families, our churches, and our communities. We can invest our time, our money, and our love. When you do invest, what is your expectation for a return on your investment?

TRUE TREASURE. It was a silent movie, but a blockbuster, when released in 1923. Directed by Cecil B. Demille, who also directed the 1956 version, "The Ten Commandments" was filmed, in part, in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes in southern California.

My yearly checkup was Friday in Salina and I saw wet country with water standing and soybeans and milo still to be harvested. I stopped at Bennington for a short visit with my brother and sister-in-law, Dale and Melva Stillwagon. Dale is busy hauling cattle since harvest is stalled.