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Larned USD 495 calendar

Friday — FCA, 7:30 a.m.; Homecoming Parade, Pep Rally, 3 p.m.; Football Homecoming vs. Ellinwood,. 7 p.m.; Homecoming Dance.
Saturday — ACT Test; Drive One 4UR School; LHS Fr. Volleyball at Dodge City, 9 a.m.; LHS JV Volleyball at Hoisington, 9 a.m.; LHS Tennis at Pratt, 9 a.m.
Monday — Bethany College visitation; MAP testing; LMS/ALC Photos; LHS Stuco Executive, 7:30 a.m.; Tales for Tots, Hillside, 10:30 a.m.; LHS Golf at Pratt, 3 p.m.; TLC meeting, 4 p.m.; LHS JV Football at Ellinwood, 6 p.m.; USD 495 Board, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday — MAP testing; Faculty meeting, 7:30 a.m.; FCCLA< 7:30 a.m.; Hillside Photos; LHS Parents as Teachers Playgroup, 10 a.m.; LHS JV Tennis at St. John, 3 p.m.
Wednesday — LHS Band at Kansas State Fair; LHS Stuco, 7:30 a.m.; MCAA meeting, 10 a.m.
Thursday — Hillside Photos; LHS Golf at Larned, 10 a.m.; LHS Tennis at Larned, 3 p.m.; LHS Fr. Volleyball at Great Bend, 4 p.m.; LHS Cross Country at Stafford, 4 p.m.; LHS Volleyball Quad at Otis, 4 p.m.; LMS Football vs. Ellinwood, 4:30 p.m.; LMS Volleyball vs. Ellinwood, 4:30 p.m.; Football meal, 4 p.m.
Sept. 16 — FCA, 7:30 a.m.; Phinney Photos; LHS Football at Thomas More Prep, 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 — LHS JV Football at South Barber, 9 a.m.; LHS Tennis at Pratt, 9 a.m.; LHS Volleyball at Russell, 9 a.m.

Commission to meet Monday

LARNED — The Pawnee County commission will hear updates on the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital during Monday’s meeting at the Pawnee County Courthouse.
9 a.m. — Mark Wagner, Pawnee County emergency management/zoning, waste tire grant.
10 a.m. — Robert Mitchell, Central Kansas local environmental planning group.
10:30 a.m. — Matt Heyn, PVCH administrator; Brenda Langdon, PVCH ground-breaking committee.
11:30 a.m. —John Settle, county attorney; Dale Montgomery, HaysMed; Heyn, PVCH; Guaranteed Maximum Price contract.
1;30 p.m. — Mary Beth Herrmann, Pawnee County Health Department.
3 p.m. — Rod Wheaton, SW supervisor, contract with Larned State Hospital.
Larned calendar

Tuesday — Larned Chamber meeting, 502 Broadway, 11:45 a.m.
Wednesday — Pawnee County Economic Development meeting, 502 Broadway, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday — United Way coffee hour, Glory Be, 9:30 a.m.
Sept. 17 — City-wide garage sale; Escue Chapal Men’s Ministry Fish Fry, 13th and Carroll, 11:30 to 6 p.m.; Talking Tombstones, Larned Cemetery, 7 p.m.
Sept. 18 — Santa Fe Traveling Trunk, Santa Fe Trail Center, 2 p.m.; United Way Dolly Parton Imagination kickoff, Jordaan Library, 724 Broadway, 3 p.m.

Quilting Bees meet

LARNED -- Members of the guild met Tuesday in the fellowship hall of the First Presbyterian Church.  In the absence of the president, Diann Morell chaired the meeting. 
Announcements included the meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 for the presentation of Pat Knoechel of Fons and Porter.  Members are asked to meet at the church at 6 p.m. to carpool to Great Bend with the meeting to be held at the First Presbyterian Church. The Halloween fat quarter drawing was postponed until the next regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Members were reminded to complete their purse/bag projects for the dinner and auction for the Breast Cancer Awareness Fund.  Tickets for the dinner are $10 and available at Scraps.  The event is open to the public and planned for Oct. 24 at the church.  Guild members should give completed projects to Alice Clapsaddle by Friday, Sept. 23.
Show and Tell participants were  Alice Clapsaddle, quilted tote bag in red, black, and tan; Wauneta Mausolf, stack and whack quilt; Colleen Wolf, “Hug and Kisses” table runner and a scrappy wall hanging; Diann Morell, table toppers and sunflower table runner; Karen Hadley, “Log Cabin” wall hanging and table toppers.Commission to meet Monday

LARNED — The Pawnee County commission will hear updates on the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital during Monday’s meeting at the Pawnee County Courthouse.
9 a.m. — Mark Wagner, Pawnee County emergency management/zoning, waste tire grant.
10 a.m. — Robert Mitchell, Central Kansas local environmental planning group.
10:30 a.m. — Matt Heyn, PVCH administrator; Brenda Langdon, PVCH groundbreaking committee.
11:30 a.m. —John Settle, county attorney; Dale Montgomery, HaysMed; Heyn, PVCH; Guaranteed Maximum Price contract.
1;30 p.m. — Mary Beth Herrmann, Pawnee County health department.
3 p.m. — Rod Wheaton, SW supervisor, contract with Larned State Hospital.

Larned calendar

Tuesday — Larned Chamber meeting, 502 Broadway, 11:45 a.m.
Wednesday — Pawnee Couunty Economic Development meeting, 502 Broadway, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday — United Way coffee hour, Glory Bee, 9:30 a.m.
Sept. 17 — City-wide garage sale; Escue Chapal Men’s Ministry Fish Fry, 13th and Carroll, 11:30 to 6 p.m.; Talking Tombstones, Larned Cemetery, 7 p.m.
Sept. 18 — Santa Fe Traveling Trunk, Santa Fe Trail Center, 2 p.m.; United Way Dolly Parton Imagination kickoff, Jordaan Library, 724 Broadway, 3 p.m.

Quilting Bees meet

LARNED -- Members of the guild met Tuesday in the fellowship hall of the First Presbyterian Church.  In the absence of the president, Diann Morell chaired the meeting. 
Announcements included the meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 for the presentation of Pat Knoechel of Fons and Porter.  Members are asked to meet at the church at 6 p.m. to carpool to Great Bend with the meeting to be held at the First Presbyterian Church. The Halloween fat quarter drawing was postponed until the next regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Members were reminded to complete their purse/bag projects for the dinner and auction for the Breast Cancer Awareness Fund.  Tickets for the dinner are $10 and available at Scraps.  The event is open to the public and planned for Oct. 24 at the church.  Guild members should give completed projects to Alice Clapsaddle by Friday, Sept. 23.
Show and Tell participants were  Alice Clapsaddle, quilted tote bag in red, black, and tan; Wauneta Mausolf, stack and whack quilt; Colleen Wolf, “Hug and Kisses” table runner and a scrappy wall hanging; Diann Morell, table toppers and sunflower table runner; Karen Hadley, “Log Cabin” wall hanging and table toppers.