Family Stories

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: FAMILY STORIES Clouds hung low over Highway 50 as I drove westbound toward Chase County one October morning. Leaves were beginning their brilliant farewell. A few days earlier, Ila Mae Whitlock who lives near Elmdale, had called, saying that she had stumbled across a few …

Saluting a Life

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: SALUTING A LIFE “Whoop – whoop – whoop!” A Salina police officer used his siren to clear an intersection as the funeral procession began. “They’re doing those ‘whoops’ for your mom,” I told Dave with a smile as we drove away from the church. Headed …