JUNE 14 FLAG DAY

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The summer is here and it’s time for outdoor
fun! When I think of summer, I think of the
times I spent with my family at the lake. Fishing,
swimming and camping were the activities that
the Frye boys couldn’t get enough of in the
summer. We fished all the creeks, ponds,
sloughs and waterholes that we could find, but
going out to the lake meant there would also be
campfires, marshmallows and hotdogs. Since
Father’s Day falls in June, think about taking a
few days this month to spend some time with
the family just making memories outdoors. If
you spend it on the lake at the swimming hole
or fishing or camping, those memories will last
forever.
My Dad was, and is, a fisherman. He is a year
round fisherman, but I know he’d rather fish
during good weather than bad. During the
colder months he catches a freezer full of
crappie, but catfish is his warm weather catch.
When we were at the lake in the summer, he’d
wade out into the mudflats at John Redmond
and fish all day and night for the big ones. He
had the smelliest, most raunchy bait he could
find or a 5-gallon bucket of sodworms. We’d dig
them for hours on Friday so they were nice and
sturdy for the weekend. Dad usually finished
the weekend with 2 or 3 huge flathead catfish
that weighed more than 30 lbs. Darn good
eatin’ too!
I like to yak and write about being in the
outdoors, but I try to spend as much time as
possible introducing my girls and grandkids to
outdoor activities that can make the memories I
mentioned earlier. I had my grandson helping
me build a fence around my garden last week,
and I know that that day of work and sweat will
be a memory he will remember. It may not be
the prettiest fence, but having him help put it up
makes it pretty good! After putting up the fence,
Jewell and Ashton helped plant the tomatoes
and peppers we bought and I know they’ll be
excited to pick them later this summer. We plan
to take the camper out, we plan to fish and I’ll
teach them how to build campfires before the
summer is done.
I hope your summer is filled with memories
that you and your family can cherish. I hope
your stringers are full and the campfires are
bright. Be safe and have fun!
SPORTING CLAY SHOOT
A benefit for the Meals on Wheels program will be held
Saturday, June 14, 2014 from 9 am to 1 pm at Locust Point
Gun Club at Pomona Lake which is located at 19939 S.
Berryton Road, Lyndon, KS. Directions: North of Lyndon
make sharp right onto E 205 th Road then make sharp left to
stay on E 205 th St. 2.5 miles, then north 1 3/4 miles.
The entry fee is $40.00 for 50 targets with additional
rounds available for $25.00. The entry fee includes lunch for
the shooter. Additional lunches available for $5.00 each.
Shooters will get one (1) ticket for each broken target to be
placed in buckets of choice for prizes. Over $1,000 in prizes
to be drawn after last shooter finishes.
All proceeds benefit Mid-America Nutrition Program, a
not-for-profit corporation providing meals for seniors in
Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, Linn, Miami, and Osage counties.
For more information, call 1-800-223-6325 or Chris Bean
@midamericanutrition.org.
FATHER’S DAY
In June of every year, we honor fathers. The first Mother's Day was celebrated
in 1914, but a holiday honoring fathers did not become official until 1966,
when President Lyndon Johnson declared that the third Sunday in June would
be Father's Day. President Richard Nixon made this proclamation permanent in
1972. But this doesn't mean that the holiday was not celebrated before this
time.
The idea for Father's Day is attributed to Sonora Dodd, who was raised by her
father after her mother's death during childbirth. While listening to a sermon at
church on Mother's Day, she thought about all her father had done for her and
her siblings and decided fathers should have a day, too. Because Dodd's father
was born in June, she encouraged churches in her area, Spokane, Wash., to
honor fathers that month. The first Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane in
1910.
Over the years, the idea spread, and people lobbied Congress to establish the
holiday. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson, who had signed a proclamation
establishing Mother's Day, approved the idea, but never signed a proclamation
for it. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to "establish
more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon
fathers the full measure of their obligations."