Unclaimed treasure may be yours
I don't know about you, but I have decided to quit buying pop or anything else from vending machines. They are so impersonal...unless it's 2 a.m.
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Web site tip of the week...on the trail of unclaimed property and maybe just in time for Christmas. The Kansas Secretary of State has a brochure telling about unclaimed property that might rightfully be yours.
This property includes inactive savings and checking accounts, uncashed checks, stock shares and bonds, dividend checks, insurance proceeds, mineral royalties, utility deposits, safety deposit box contents.
To find out if you are one of the lucky ones simply go to:
www.kansascash.com, call 800-432-0386 or write Kansas State Treasurer, Unclaimed Property Division, 900 SW Jackson St., Suite 201, Topeka, KS 66612-1235.
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This is a heads up for the next Memorial Day weekend in Hillsboro. Make plans to come home-unless you already live here-because the Family/Folk Festival and Hillsboro High School all-school reunion are on the schedule.
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Our Tabor Bluejays got a taste of what it is like to play the No. 1 team in the country in the NAIA Division II.
Even though the score was lopsided, it had to be a great experience for the entire organization. Just wait until next year.
It would be like our staff walking into the offices of the New York Times. We both do the same things, they just have a little more firepower.
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Did you know that Kansas was named after the Kansa Indians? Kansa means "People of the South Wind." I guess that means our state was probably named in the summer.
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My Kansas Jayhawks have had a tough football season, many times losing after leading in their games. But beating the Missouri Tigers and K-State Wildcats made it palatable.
If I am right, they were actually ahead at some point in every game they played this year.
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Hope your Thanksgiving holiday is relaxing. But if you're one of those power shoppers who kicks into high gear this weekend, make your hometown stores your first and last stop.
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I was reading that to compete in business one must take steps to avoid turning what one sells into a commodity that can be shopped anywhere just on price.
The critical issues should be what we know about our customers, how well we understand them and the extent to which we are committed to finding ways to give them an experience that satisfies their needs will make the difference.
