I spent the first week of the New Year laying to rest my grandmother, who lived to be 87 years old. Joyce McNeal, of Bluefield, W.Va., passed just before Christmas, leaving behind a small family, including two grandsons who fondly remember summers in the West Virginia mountains and small-town hospitality.
Christian non-profit Shiloh Ranch Ministries, located six miles north of Solomon, has been helping Kansas children and families go through tough times for the past 16 years.