Area briefs

Altar Society to host dinner and fun night The Immaculate Conception Altar Society of Claflin is having a roast beef dinner and fun night from 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 25. Roast beef dinner will be served. Games such as a cake wheel and bingo will be played. There will be a raffle. A quilt money and other prizes will be awarded. It is open to the public. ...

Government commodities to be distributed

ELLINWOOD - From 11 a.m. to noon on Sept. 15, government commodities will be distributed in Ellinwood at the UCC Church, 701 N. Frtiz. Call Vicki Fisher for more information 620-564-2695.

Posters

Check It Out

ELLINWOOD - There are new books at the Ellinwood School/Community Library. They are:

Swinging Stars to host dance

HOISINGTON -The Hoisington Swinging Stars will host a square dance at 7:30 p.m. onTuesday, Sept 13 at the Jazzercize Hall, 1409 Main St, Great Bend. The caller will be Karen McGown of Colb.

HMS volleyball wins

HOISINGTON - HMS Volleyball got off to a great start on Tuesday when they traveled to Hays and faced Hays Kennedy, Dodge City Sacred Heart and Larned in a Quad on the campus of Hays High School. After too weeks of practice the Lady Cards came away with a slew of victories. The A team and B team both finished with 3-0 records accentuated by some fantastic serving. The C team fought hard and ...

Mentoring program begins at HHS

HOISINGTON - With continuing efforts to improve, Hoisington High School seniors have begun a mentoring program for freshman to assist with the transition to high school.

MARSH MUSINGS

Welcome to the 6th edition of Marsh Musings. Today we are going to write about a common, yet often overlooked bird found around Cheyenne Bottoms and surrounding farmlands. Cattle egrets are very plentiful around Kansas, but we often take things in our own backyard for granted, including having the largest inland wetland in the U.S. right here in Barton County. This edition is dedicated to the many animals we overlook everyday.

HMS volleyball wins

HOISINGTON - HMS Volleyball got off to a great start on Tuesday when they traveled to Hays and faced Hays Kennedy, Dodge City Sacred Heart and Larned in a Quad on the campus of Hays High School. After too weeks of practice the Lady Cards came away with a slew of victories. The A team and B team both finished with 3-0 records accentuated by some fantastic serving. The C team fought hard and ...

USD 431 Education Foundation Golf Tournament results

HOISINGTON - USD 431 has announced the winners of the annual education foundation golf tournament held during Hoisington's Labor Day weekend festivities.

Debate team

USD 431 golf team wins tournament

On Tuesday, the Hoisington High School Girls Golf Team went to Medicine Lodge and defended their championship winning with a team total 216.

USD 431 board meets

HOISINGTON - USD 431 school board held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday. The board approved an out-of-state trip for the Family, Career and Consumer Leaders of America. The group will travel to Denver for the event.

Parade memories

Roosevelt swim day

Students shape clay into caring

HOISINGTON - Shaping clay into birds, Lincoln School students and Hoisington High School students melded art with character education recently in a cross-curricular activity called "Caring."

CBH celebrates OR Team week and donors

CBH celebrates OR Team week and donors

Check It Out!

ELLINWOOD - There are new books at the Ellinwood School/Community Library. They are:

Cowboy Christmas Concert part of robust Christkindlmarket lineup

ELLINWOOD - Dodge City Marshal Allen Bailey will perform during the inaugural Christkindlmarket, to be held Dec. 1 in Ellinwood. Bailey, along with his wife Cowgirl Janey will perform a variety of Cowboy and Christmas songs in a lively performance entitled, "A Cowboy Christmas."

Hoisington to hold Christmas lighting

HOISINGTON -The Hoisington Annual Christmas Lighting is scheduled for Friday after Thanksgiving 5:30 p.m. at the Hoisington Chamber of Commerce 123 N. Main.

Ellinwood Grade School

EGS kindergarteners write turkey stories

Editor's note: The following stories are taken from Amy Metro's class "How to cook a turkey"

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