Angie and Mike's Blog

I found this comment posted to the end of a business story in Chicago about the decline of our nation's newspapers very intriguing, albeit a bit romantic:

"The newspaper and the public have a responsibility to each other. It is the newspaper's job to report to us the news in their manner as they are sworn to do in a free society. We, the public have a duty; to subscribe, to buy what they print, to praise or criticize as we see fit, but most of all to nurture these bastions of free speech; for I ask each one of us; what and where would we be without a viable free press? Not only a free press, but a healthy press."

You can read the full story here.

For more background, click here.

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Harley's been the talk of the medical school this week after her picture was published on the flat screen monitors throughout the campus. There's a safety training seminar being held Saturday and the school asked for staff, students and faculty to submit photos of them with their pets. Probably a couple of dozen people responded. Jennifer, the gal in charge of changing the screens, did ask if it was alright to refer to Harley as Angie's "dog baby." What else is she? :)

Labels: Angie, Harley, KUSM-W, work

Karen made a couple of images of me this past weekend. Here I contemplate my first Cozy burger in Salina. I decided to eat it which would come back to haunt me in the middle of the night. The Cozy Inn, in downtown Salina, is well-known for its mini burgers, which are served sans wrapper six to a bag.


Here, ring bearer Braxton watches as a I download a card following group formals from a wedding this past weekend. Is that what I really look like?!! I'm starting to understand why people, for the most part, dislike having their picture taken.

Labels: Heartland, Mike, Salina, work

If it weren't 1 a.m. I'd probably have something clever to say about this frame. From a short break in the action at a wedding reception tonight.

Labels: Heartland, On Location, Phillipsburg

I'm in Phillipsburg for a wedding this weekend. While scouting locations, Karen and I walked around downtown. Only in small town America have I seen it where you can park in the middle of the street ... all the time.


We asked where the best place to eat was. This Oriental restaurant, simply called The Oriental, is ran by Cambodian refugees who sought refuge in Phillipsburg more than 20 years ago.


We ordered a ton of food. Those are supposed to be half orders of Beef Broccoli and Almond Chicken in front of me. About the only thing half about them was that I could only eat about half! We had all that food for $20, too, which is probably about half what a dinner in Wichita would cost you.


What you need after eating all that Chinese food! Mary and Ty are getting married in a real cute church tomorrow but this is the scene inside the main entrance to the fair grounds pavilion, their reception site. I wanted to pull off a funny photo out of this scene but there was someone associated with the wedding setting up for tomorrow and Karen didn't have a newspaper in her car.

Check the Heartland blog early next week for a preview of Mary and Ty's wedding.

Labels: Heartland, On Location, Phillipsburg, work

The new Petco opened near our house recently so we stopped by tonight after dinner. We were disappointed, however, that there weren't any grand opening specials. So instead, we went next door to SuperTarget (as though we need an excuse to go there) to get Bootsie some more food. We also picked up a large Kong for her. Harley tried to sneak attack.


Of course, Boots is very protective of anything that belongs to her.


Boots loved the Kong much more than she loved the bones from a couple of days ago. Harley likes to roll on her back. Boots likes to stretch out.


Tonight is probably the last night we'll be keeping Boots. Her mom and dad should be back home tomorrow.

Labels: Boots, Harley

Angie and I went to Tulsa on Saturday to spend the afternoon with Callie. It's the second year in a row we made it down for her birthday. After lunch we stopped by SuperTarget so I could buy some socks in order to go bowling. Following a couple of games, we left for a shaved ice stand we'd spotted earlier in the afternoon. We had a good time and still can't believe that she's 14 and starting high school this fall. She was 7 when they met!

Labels: Aaron and Callie, Angie

We've been dog-sitting for a little more than two weeks now and we've grown quite attached to Boots. Our routine had been to go over each night for a walk before putting her in the garage for the night. Then, we'll go let her back out to her dog run each morning. But it's been so hot the past few days that even after 9 p.m. it's still too hot in Brent and Tori's garage for us to feel comfortable putting Boots in there. So last night we discovered that her crate fits in the Camry's back seat. We brought Boots over to our house (Harley loves the company!) and she spent the night in her crate just inside our front door. Tonight, at Dillons, we bought size-appropriate bones for each of the dogs.


Or so we thought.

Labels: Boots, Harley