The North Sunflower Academy softball team got the 2020 season off to a start this past week. Pictured in front are Preslie McCool, Kaitlyn Smither, Jenny Hewitt and Shenryia James. In the second row are Carson Scallion, Lena Morris, Hollie Clem, Baylee Hewitt, Meridyth Scallion and Penelope Patterson.
Good Mornin’! Good Mornin’!
It’s blocking and tackling. It’s fundamentals. It’s sweat and repetition. It’s running wind sprints till you puke and hitting the blocking sled and chopping your feet. It’s also a whole lot more.
It’s football.
The greatest game in the world with a ball that bounces oddly.
Rev. Guy Burke didn’t want to be lazy. Sure, Indianola’s First Baptist Church Pastor could post a though-provoking social media post and let the comments take over but he wanted more.
Normally, Brooks Rizzo finds herself indoors looking over patients as a Family Nurse Practitioner at North Sunflower Medical Center.
One of the sacred traditions across Sunflower County is Vacation Bible School.
This summer’s edition will be on hold a bit though. Area churches and organizations are still plowing through what it will take to keep everyone safe and sanitized for VBS.
One of the sacred traditions across Sunflower County is Vacation Bible School.
This summer’s edition will be on hold a bit though. Area churches and organizations are still plowing through what it will take to keep everyone safe and sanitized for VBS.
When the COVID-19 outbreak hit, information was everywhere. Some from reliable sources but much was not. At North Sunflower Medical Center, it’s Ashley Williams’ job as Infection Control Nurse to sift through the reliable source info and get it in the hands of those who need it.
Duck hunting first brought Hunter Goodin to Drew and the young hunter was hooked on the rich land that produces abundant crops for farmers and provides plenty of water for ducks. His father would later buy into a private duck hunting club that built on that foundational love.
The coronavirus has Humpty Dumpty-ied just about every industry.
One of the first that “all the Kings’ horses and all the king’s men” had to figure out how to put back together again is education.
The Indianola Rotary Club got a first-hand view of just how that will be done in the Sunflower County Consolidated School District.
COV(D-19 has thrown up plenty of hurdles but for local civic clubs, the internet and technology has kept members in touch.
The Indianola Rotary Club has been meeting via Zoom, and though the meals aren’t shared elbow-to-elbow, each week’s guest is presented for all to see and partake.
