Fall 2020: Local Roots, Global Impact: Fredonia’s Olympian Janell Smith Carson
In the mid-1960s, almost a full decade before the banner of Title IX would pave the way for the proliferation of female athletics throughout the country, a wiry, young teenage girl from Fredonia, Kansas, proudly carried a different banner – that of United States Olympian. Janell Smith Carson qualified...
Fall 2020: Publisher’s Pick – Where to Eat
Enjoying a meal at the Dutch Country Cafe in Garnett is satisfying on so many levels beyond just a full belly. When you walk (or waddle) out – likely with a container of leftovers you couldn’t finish at the table – you’ll be glowing from the experience of a...
Fall 2020: Emmett Kelly Museum
Emmett Kelly was born in Sedan, Kansas, in 1898 and brought his iconic character “Weary Willie” to life in 1937. The Emmett Kelly Museum was opened in 1967 to honor the character and the man behind him and is filled with artifacts and memorabilia about the famous clown. The...
Summer 2020: Local Roots/Global Impact: 50 Years a Journalist, Forever a Kansan
Though he’s lived away for nearly 50 years, Sam Ford’s second home and much of his heart remain in Southeast Kansas. In our Summer issue Sam gave us insight into what it was like growing up in Southeast Kansas in the 50’s and 60’s and took us on a...
Summer 2020: Meet the Mural Man…Leading the SEK Mural Movement
Artist Jim Stukey (from our Summer cover) isn’t afraid of large surfaces: His canvases are the brick, plaster and stucco exteriors – and sometimes interiors – of often very tall, very wide buildings. His murals are part of a movement that has picked up speed in recent years in...