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How would it feel to be without home?

As November is homeless awareness month, Compass Behavioral Health, 3000 N. 14th Ave., in Dodge City, asked a group of consumers, “what would your sign say if you were in that situation?” Carla Caraveo, housing program team leader, said she initiated the project because she was inspired by the documentary “We are All Homeless,” by artist and director Willie Baronet.

Once forbidden, gambling now embraced by NFL

Gambling has gone from the forbidden topic in the NFL to a key part of the league’s present and future. The days of lobbying against widespread legalized sports betting, preventing broadcast partners from even discussing point spreads and even prohibiting players from holding a fantasy football convention because it was at a casino are firmly in the past.

The life of Hercules Juneau

He was from a family of French-Canadians and the capital of Alaska is named after a cousin of his. Hercules Juneau established the Juneau Lumber Company which thrived in Dodge City for decades.

A week of reminiscing

Last week was a week of reminiscing. First of all, all five of us siblings were able to get together for a few days, which rarely happens anymore since we are now located in Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee. Secondly, my brother is selling his beautiful home and absolute whitetail-deer haven buried deep in the southern Ohio woods, and I got to spend a little time with him there. Thirdly, while we were there, my niece’s daughter harvested her first deer and my nephew’s daughter trapped her first raccoon. Now the harvest of these two may not seem much like reminiscing, but it reminded me of how my siblings and I became hunters and trappers, and our nieces, nephews and their kids are the generations that will keep these traditions alive after we siblings have gone-on.