I am back and have decided that I will not be “doing” Halloween this year. The reason: I’ve been spooked enough.

Too many times players are berated for their mistakes. None of us like to make mistakes, but it is how coaches react to players’ mistakes that makes the difference. The exciting aspect of life is every day offers a brand new day with unlimited possibilities.

When things do not go your way, how do you respond? Do you dig down and work harder in accomplishing your goals? Or do you say it was not meant to be and move on?

John Brown’s father, Owen Brown, was a dedicated peaceful abolitionist who advocated that African-Americans deserved an equal opportunity for education.

I have had several parents of high school players reach out to me in the last month complaining about abusive coaches. Coaches putting down their players in front of others. Not just correcting but ridiculing the players.

Florella Adair saved the Adair Cabin from being destroyed by proslavery forces following the Battle of Osawatomie on Aug. 30, 1856, but proslavery forces looted the Adair’s property, stealing his and his cousin, David Garrison’s, cattle.

We tend to pull for the underdog team. Is that why some teams that consistently lose have some rabid fans?

By the time you read this column it will be fall, and the summer heat will be gone and cooler weather shall prevail.

I love coaching football, and I have many people to thank for my opportunity.

This is another opportunity to learn about Kansas women’s lives as they used to be.

The Freedom Festival is a living history and cultural event that will bring the Border/Civil War history to life. It will be held in Osawatomie’s John Brown Memorial Park on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 19, from noon to 5 p.m.

September is Whole Grains Month, and the Dietary Guidelines recommend that Americans make half their grain intake whole grains. For everyone age 9 and up, this means eating 3-5 servings or more of whole grains every day.

Can’t take them with me. Nobody wants them. What do I do now? I know I’m not the only one in this dilemma. I need to downsize, but what do I do with my “stuff?”

Do you realize that 50 percent of the teams playing games last week lost? Are all those players considered losers? Adversity is an opportunity to strengthen character.

The Freedom Festival is a living history/cultural event that will bring Border/Civil War history to life!

Each day in the United States, approximately 130 individuals die by suicide.

The Fugitive Slave act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850 that gave slaveholders greater legal latitude to capture and return fugitive enslaved African-Americans to their slaveholder.

If, indeed, happiness is an inside job, how can we help others to be happier?