Cradles & Crayons hosts coffee hour,

Cradles & Crayons, an umbrella organization comprising several other groups, hosted a Chamber Coffee Hour Thursday morning in the Pawnee County Courthouse Lounge. The C&C Interagency Coordinating Council, explained by speakers and a brochure, consists of programs serving children from birth to age five and their families. Interagency Coordinating members are the Sunflower Early Education Center, the Pawnee County Health Department, USD 495 Parents as Teachers, the USD 495 school ...

Quilting Bees meet, great new member

Eighteen members of the Quilting Bees Guild met on Sept. 7. Ann Hicks, president, welcomed new member Susan Gray. The "Puss in the Corner" friendship blocks were won by Diane Schultz and the school fat quarter drawing was won by Opal Macy. Diann Morell demonstrated the new friendship block "Kansas Star" from the Kansas City Star collection with fabric donated by Valeta Mantz, former member of the guild, and which will be due in October.

Informative vacation stop

Cooling off

About the Driver's Tools

As to the driver's accoutrements, he had but two, his whip and his voice. The whip had a stock 10 feet long made of a hickory sapling with a lash of the same length made of rawhide. Attached to the end of the lash was a strip of soft leather five to six inches long, called a popper or cracker. A similar whip was used by men capturing wild Spanish cattle in the Everglades. ...

New website at SFTC

The staff of the Santa Fe Trail Center announced Thursday the launching of the Trail Center's new website. The project was made possible by a generous grant received from the Golden Belt Community Foundation, Great Bend. The various pages of the website include a Collections page, Education page, Events page, and more.

Betty Unruh 90th

Betty Unruh of Larned will celebrate her 90th birthday with a reception hosted by her daughter, Linda Prins and family, John and Derek, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at Country Place Living, 714 West 9th in Larned.

Orange and Black squad

Defending state champs

High School Menu

High School Breakfast Monday no school Tuesday Breakfast burrito, juice, milk Wednesday Cinnamon roll, fruit, milk Thursday Ham patty, biscuit, fruit, milk Friday Mini muffins, fruit, milk High School Lunch Monday no school Tuesday Chili dog with cheese, corn, tater tots, salad bar, milk Wednesday Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, veggie, roll, salad bar, milk Thursday rotini with spaghetti sauce, veggie, french bread, salad bar, milk Friday Fiestada, veggie, cookie, salad bar, milk

Alpha Kappa Master chapter meets at Clapsaddle home

All members of the Beta Sigma Phi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Master met for Beginning Day at the home of President Alice Clapsaddle. Following the supper cooked over an open fire, members reviewed the coming year's activities and adopted the 2010-2011 budget. With regret, Loretta Paulson was granted a leave of absence. The president thanked Merlene Baird and Rosie Rein for hosting the summer social in July and Marcia King for her outstanding contribution ...

New Chamber, PCEDC exec has plans, ideas

(And) commitment, the headline was supposed to say, but there was not room. Courtland Holman, the "new guy in town" with (at least) two hats to wear, so to speak, has hit the ground running without looking back. The new executive director of the Larned Area Chamber of Commerce and the Pawnee County Economic Development Commission has lots of ambition for the town and area, and great amounts of energy and enthusiasm ...

Gridders, parents make pledge

Following is a copy of the pledge that the Larned High School football players' parents have made and the commitment of the Larned Indian football players and managers have made for the upcoming year, provided to The Tribune by LHS Head Football Coach Al Troyer.

Fire station matters on city agenda

The Larned City Council, meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 417 Broadway, will review a Community Development Block Grant application for the expansion of the Schnack Fire Station or for conversion of the former National Guard Armory into a fire station. Also on the agenda: A request from Larned High School to use city right-of-way for a fundraiser; the 2009 city financial audit report by VonFeldt, Bauer & VonFeldt; an ...

Welcome Inn Whatnots

Activities for the week of August 5-11 Hearing Aid Service - Wednesday - 1-3 p.m. - Are you missing a lot of what people are saying? Paraffin Spa - Monday & Thursday - 11 a.m. - Makes your hands feel great. Under the supervision of Byron Stilts. Balance Class - Tuesday & Friday - 11 a.m. - About a 30-minute exercise class led by Betty Tauscher. Coffee Time -Tuesday - ...

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Leiker serves as superintendent at Larned Correctional Facility

LARNED - The Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility Advisory Council met for a quarterly meeting Tuesday. Minutes were reported by Kim Teegerstrom, administrative assistant.

Jordaan scholarships awarded to Pawnee County students

LARNED - The Jordaan Foundation, Inc. has awarded its Jordaan scholarships for 2013-2014 to Tristen Galliart and Brooke Roberts from Pawnee Heights High School and Cody Keenan, Steven Seltman and Michael Wysong from Larned High School.

Larned Reunion seeks historical memorabilia

LARNED - The Larned all-Schools Reunion is seeking pieces of the past of Larned schools to put on display at the registration room and at the banquet for paid reunion members June 8 at the middle school. If you have Lettermen jackets, pom-poms, cheerleading uniforms, band and football uniforms, yearbook annuals, class newspapers, graduation announcements, seats, hats, blankets, maybe even some pictures that didn't make it in the slide show-we would love to display ...

Larned State Hospital runners place second

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The Larned State Hospital marathon team captured second place among the 15 entries in the Government Agency Division of the 13th Annual Oklahoma City Marathon.

Larned forensics team competes at state

The Larned High forensics team competed at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina May 4 for the Class 4A state speech festival. From left, Abby Ayre, Rachael Herter, Michael Wysong, Shealon Calkins, Alex Lessard, Samantha Harter and (not pictured) Jacey Bishop. Earning one ratings were Michael Wysong, poetry; Rachael Herter and Jacey Bishop, IDA; Jacey Bishop, prose. Earning two ratings were Abby Ayre, poetry; Samantha Harter, humorous solo; Alex Lessard and Shealon Calkins, IDA.

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Activities Week of May 12-18

Welcome Board meets

The regular monthly meeting of the Welcome Inn Leisure Center Inc. was called to order by President Charles Wonsetler May 1, 2013 at 12:45 p.m.

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Pawnee Heights display mesmerizes audience

ROZEL - Pawnee Heights students and teachers dazzled the audience with pictures and graphics during the school's second annual Academic Fair and Open House.

Larned Correctional honors top quarterly employees

LARNED - The Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility has named Employees of the Quarter for the second quarter of the year 2013 - Tanner Lang, Uniformed, CSI; Miranda Schmidt, Non-Uniformed, Administrative Assistant; RuthAnn Snodgrass, Contract, LMSW-MHP.

Appreciation dinner held at Welcome Inn

LARNED - A Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held April 25 at the Welcome Inn with about 40 in attendance.