Lifestyle

The Ponca City Senior Center is now open with limited activities; however lunch is now served Tuesday through Friday at 11:30 a.m. You can order for dine-in or drive-thru.

KAW CITY — Kaw City Senior Citizens Center, 136 Spruce Dr., serves lunch each Tuesday and Thursday for all ages to enjoy. Suggested donation is $5 for ages 50 or older; $6 ages 10 to 49 and children age 9 or under, $4.

The word "unsustainable" is often used by politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., when they are talking about -- rather than acting on -- the federal debt. Such was the case when then-acting Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought appeared in the House Budget Committee on March 12, 2019, to talk about President Donald Trump's budget proposal for fiscal 2020.

Historians may mark the moment that best captured the America that now dangles from a cliff as the day when the president of the United States bragged that he had "aced" a dementia screening exam requiring him to name the current month and identify an elephant -- and then refused to disclose the test results. If nothing else, President Donald Trump's unreassuring defense of his cognitive skills spawned the marketing of an impressive array of "Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV." merchandise.

Why is it that the odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with ONLY a loaf of bread are about 3 billion to one? Food prices in the U.S. have climbed so dramatically in recent months that a stroll through the aisles of a typical supermarket is enough to kill your appetite.

With the fall semester slated to begin August 18, Cowley College is offering students a chance to enroll from the comfort of home. Students can call 620-441- 5232 to make an appointment to virtually enroll on Saturday, August 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Walk ins will also be accepted at Cowley College’s main campus in Arkansas City and at its Wichita Downtown Center.