by RICK DANLEY // June 1, 2015 One evening, years ago, when Thelma Cook was still working as a club manager and bartender at the Holiday Park Motel in Chanute, a man from Georgia walked into the club, eyed the oil paintings on the wall and decided to purchase the lot. But he had to … Continue reading The Marvelous Art of Thelma Cook
by RICK DANLEY // March 30, 2015 Soon Iola will be as known for the trails that encircle the town as it is for the historically large courthouse square at its center. An aerial view of the county — showing the Prairie Spirit Trail dropping in from the north, the Southwind coming up from Humboldt … Continue reading The Trail Capital of Kansas
by RICK DANLEY // April 22, 2015 CHANUTE — Having heard that Gov. Sam Brownback would be addressing a group of business leaders Tuesday morning at a reception hall in downtown Chanute, four participants from the local Circles Out of Poverty program assembled outside the building’s entrance to protest the substance of recent legislation. Their … Continue reading On Brownback
by RICK DANLEY // January 2, 2015 HUMBOLDT — In 2008, as Thabo Mbeki was entering his final year as president of South Africa, the country was still feeling its way toward a racially integrated economy after decades of apartheid rule. Mining — gold, platinum, diamonds — remained the country’s industrial backbone. And Sandvik, a … Continue reading The Kamangas
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