Wake up, little hummingbird. Wake up! As Spring’s new beginnings Bring color and flowers, All God’s creation craves sunlight and bowers, So flitting through leafy garden and swamp, Drink your fill of God’s nectar— Hover, fly backward, and romp! Hum, hum, little hummingbird, It’s Spring, so wake up! © By Cathy Feemster, 2026 Photo by […]
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. – Theodore Isaac Rubin, American psychologist Some of you readers and advertisers may have noticed that there is a new delivery person for East Wichita News news racks. […]
With a trophy taller than she is, Sarah Frangenberg is basking in a whirlwind summer after being named Miss DMI Senior National Soloist for 2013, rushing off to college at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), and planning her all expenses paid year of touring for DanceMakers, Inc. Frangenberg, a graduate of Kapaun-Mt. Carmel High […]
St. Nick There once was a man called St. Nick. His sleigh full of gifts was real slick. When he saw kids in need, He found elves to give heed, And each year their kind work did the trick. Sin Sin walked forth on a bleak winter’s day. He leered at our souls as […]
“Water is basic,” explained Texie Randle, a retired Wichita school teacher who just returned from her second mission trip to Haiti last month. “Pure water is one of the best ways to help eliminate disease so people can get healthy and get a job. I’ve been on other mission trips, but this one gets to […]
She was the last kid to be picked for the team . . . the middle school girl who didn’t fit in . . . a nerd. But Dyane Smokorowski wanted to be a teacher since she was in preschool. And she did. In fact, the Andover Middle School language arts teacher was named Kansas […]
I saw a butterfly this morning, Its white wings flitting by. I saw a butterfly this morning, Then another caught my eye. Springtime was smiling this morning, White wings, green grass, blue sky. A light breeze caressed my cheek this morning, And a robin sang, “Oh, my!” Hooray for God’s Creation […]