May 2024

Can you not like someone and still love them?

There are people I do not like. Yesiree. Most of the time I can dodge them. Duck out before they dive my way. Let the call go to message. Flip them out of my Facebook feed. I have my “reasons.” I suspect you have your own host of reasons for doing the same. The reasons may differ but the question hangs there — can you not like someone and still love them? Loving people is God’s command ment. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Jesus solved the “who is my neighbor” question before Mr. Rogers ever had a neighborhood. Everyone is our neighbor. What, then, does it mean to love and not like? Is it even possible?

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If you go

What: Swing Into Spring When: 6:30-10 p.m. Friday, May 17. Where: Crow River Winery Who: Hutchinson High School jazz band and New World Singers will perform, along with guest trumpet soloist Tom Bierer. Why: Swing Into Spring is a fundraising event for Hutchinson High School music programs. Tickets: $25 per guest, $300 per table can be purchased on the Hutchinson Music Boosters website, or can be purchased at the door the night of the performance. More information: Email hutchinsonmusicboosters@ gmail.com.

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Congressional approach to budgeting is deeply flawed

There was lots of drama back at the end of March, when Congress — six months behind schedule — finally funded the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year. You may remember some of the highlights: The $1.2 trillion package funded defense, homeland security and other key agencies (others had gotten their funding a few weeks earlier) and Congress passed it mere hours before a government shutdown.

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Cleaning … is never done

There is an adage that says, “A woman’s work is never done.” I would guess many people are familiar with it. Perhaps lesser known is the first part of the quote by Jean Little, which reads, “A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.” We can surmise from this quote that life takes work, and often that work is ongoing and repetitive.

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IF YOU GO

What: Hutchinson Farmers Market Where: Depot Marketplace, 25 Adams St. SE When: 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays and 2:305:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 26 For more information: Visit hutchinsonfarmersmarket. org and the Hutchinson Farmers Market Facebook page

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IF YOU GO

What: Author presentation by Allen Eskens When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 21 Where: Glencoe City Center Ballroom, 1107 11th St. E. Admission: Free and the public is welcome For more information: Call Katy Hiltner, Hutchinson head librarian, 320-587-2368 or Diane Lochner, Glencoe head librarian, 320864-3919

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