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Hayley Cottrell (left) a third grade student at McKinley Elementary School, shows Floyd and Ruth Edmunds, both of Abilene, how information can be accessed on an iPad. Students from McKinley met with seniors at the Abilene Senior Center Wednesday to show their learning projects and applications. (Photos by Carla Strand)
All I's

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Kansas’ unusually warm weather has the daffodils confused. They think it’s spring. But Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair to “see” his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch in effect from Friday morning through Saturday morning. (Photo by Tim Horan)
Goundhog Day?

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It was 30 years ago, Feb. 1, 1982, that Terry Tietjens purchased the Seeyle Mansion from Helen and Marion Seeyle. Built in 1905 by Dr. A. D. Seelye, the mansion at 1105 N. Buckeye was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1968. (Photo by Tim Horan)
Historic deal

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WHERE’S THE BEEF—The Triple Hammer is a new menu item at Joe Snuffy’s Old Fashioned Grill. (Photos by Tim Horan)
That’s one big Hammer burger!
Six try, six lose trying to master the burger on Monday, its first day to be served
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Terry Iseli provides an impromptu serenade during the Kansas Statehood Ball Saturday night at Sterl Hall. The statehood ball is an annual event sponsored by the Dickinson County Historical Society. (Courtesy photos)
Celebrating Statehood

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Makayla Lindorn, photo 1, and Erica Arnold, photo 2, are busy decorating Valentine’s Day boxes at McKinley Elementary School Friday morning. (Photos by Carla Strand)
Cupid caper

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One of the 78 documents previously classified but released Thursday is titled “NATO Strategy and Nuclear Weapons” by D.U. Strikker, NATO secretary general. The black area shows parts of the documents still considered “classified.” (Courtesy Eisenhower Library)
For your eyes only
Eisenhower Library releases unclassified documents
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Clean up continued Tuesday afternoon after several Burlington Northern-Santa Fe rail cars derailed late Sunday night in southeast Abilene. Two cars can be seen on their sides off the tracks, photo 1, while a worker removes grain from one of the cars, photo 2. (Photos by Carla Strand)
Off track

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Alli Burns, a family and nutrition agent with K-State and Dickinson Couty Research and Extension, left, listens as Amanda Lindahl, right, a family nutrition program assistant, gives a demonstration on food preparation during Community Savings Day. The Saturday event at the Abilene Public Library featured information on common sense ways to save energy and stretch food dollars. (Photos by Dave Bergmeier)
Save energy, stretch dollars
Community Savings Day celebrates small changes
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Arts Council of Dickinson County board bember Bob Bow, local artist Hope Higgins and Memorial Health Foundation director Paula Dinkel are shown with two art exhibit pieces at Memorial Hospital in Abilene. The pieces portray morning glories, in a style inspired by Georgia O’Keefe. (Courtesy photo)
Artwork brightens halls of Memorial Hospital
'A spring look’
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