Marilyn Kay White

December 30, 1940 – August 17, 2021

Marilyn Kay White

December 30, 1940 - August 17, 2021

Visitation for Marilyn Kay White will be held Tuesday, August 24, 2021, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Kit Carson. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the church.

Burial will be at the Kit Carson Cemetery.

“Hic habitat felicitas” – “Here dwells happiness” – confidently proclaims an inscription found in a Pompeiian bakery nearly 2,000 years after its owner lived and possibly died in the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the city in A.D. 79. What did happiness mean to this Pompeiian baker?

Ningbo-Zhousan may not exactly be a household name, but find something in your house made in China and it’s quite likely it was delivered from there.

Life in Eads and Kiowa County, Colorado, as observed by Doris Lessenden.

Warren Buffett, who turns 91 on Aug. 30, 2021, is a billionaire at a time when outrage over the excesses of extreme wealth is growing in tandem with billionaires’ fortunes.

The school reopening debate has often been framed as one between “disgruntled” parents and “obstinate” teachers’ unions and school administrators. But it has also divided scientists and pitted Democrats against Republicans.

Hospitals have long embraced the practice of outsourcing some services to specialized companies. Much of this outsourcing is for nonclinical tasks such as laundry, information technology and cybersecurity, and outsourcing those types of services can boost efficiency and quality. What else is being outsourced?

In a recent article in the “Religion News Service,” author Whitney Bauck pointed out that the Virgin Mary has become “an icon for pop stars and social justice warriors.”

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending August 21, 2021.