In a service full of hopeful songs and encouraging words, St. John s Missionary Baptist Church kept the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. alive Monday with its annual MLK Youth Program.
The program opened with a few words of welcome from the Rev. Allen Smith followed by the singing of Lift Every Voice and Sing.
A big theme of the day was about King s dream to unite people from different backgrounds in the United States to make it better and to move forward by loving those people.
The first speaker was a Kansas Wesleyan University student, D Andre Childress, who told the story of his life, about the questions he had to ask, such as who the Ku Klux Klan is and why people look at him differently because of the color of his skin.
CHAPMAN Though the COVID-19 pandemic halted much of the entertainment industry around the world, one company in central Kansas is bringing the family entertainment of Branson, Mo., to homes across the Midwest and around the world.
BDS Productions will premiere the show We Are Branson and We Miss You on Jan. 30. Doug Thompson owns the company with his siblings Roger Thompson and Lynda Lowry, and it is named after their mother, Barbara Doris Stensaas. Doug Thompson said the company produced a similar broadcast last year filmed at Branson Country Music Hall. We took the talent, turned it into a program and released it, Thompson said. That went out to a potential audience of over 50 million.
As COVID-19 vaccines begin to become available for more people in Kansas, one senior living center in Salina turned the opportunity for its residents to receive shots into a day of fun.
Brookdale Salina Fairdale hosted a vaccine party for its residents Thursday, complete with games, photos and, of course, the first of two rounds of COVID-19 vaccines.
Melissa Holcom, executive director at Brookdale Fairdale, said this was a welcome day for the residents and staff. It s a great mood (today), Holcom said. Energies are up and people are happy.
She said everyone there was hoping this marked the beginning of the end of the pandemic.
Salina Family Healthcare Center will be hosting a free COVID-19 community testing drive-thru event in coordination with Salina’s Salvation Army, NAACP and North Salina Community Development from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Salvation Army, 1137 N. Santa Fe Ave. in Salina.
There will be 400 tests available, and the first 50 community members who get tested will receive a $20 voucher for Prairieland Market food.
This weekend the NAACP and North Salina Community Development will be passing out 400 goodie bags with information about the event. The bags also will contain hand sanitizer, sanitizer wipes, paper towels, sanitizing spray, granola bars and a face mask for community members who live in north Salina.