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Highlights
Week of July 28
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Hope and hilarity Chuck Terrill
Pray for our nation
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| Bel Aire |
Bel Aire to refund utility overcharges to nine businesses Taylor Messick
Last April, citizens and business owners became concerned when news of the overcharges broke. Some seemed to have little faith that their city council would make the situation right and believed that a substantial amount of their utility bill money had gone down the drain. However, Mayor David Austin has acted as swiftly as possible to clear up the issue.
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| Birthdays & Anniversaries |
Celebrations
July 29 through Aug. 4
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| Classifieds |
CLASSIFIED ADS
July 28-Aug. 4
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| Columns |
From the library Terry Foster
Summer reading is finished
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In the kitchen Lisa Strunk
Snickerdoodles a real birthday treat
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The View from Sunflower Gardens Marilyn Bentley
Activities abound at Sunflower
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| Commentary |
What's on your mind
Views from News readers
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| Deaths |
BARBARA ARPIN
Barbara Jean Arpin, 86, died July 17, 2016. She was a homemaker.
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CORI ECK
Cori Sue (Kull) Eck, Wichita, died July 26, 2016. She was a former teacher for Valley Center public schools.
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FLORITA DAVIS
Florita “Flo" Ann Davis, 75, died July 25, 2016. She was retired from Raytheon Aircraft.
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GARY BEQUETTE
Gary Bequette, 61, of Kechi, died July, 20, 2016.
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| Editorials |
Endorsements: Time for change in Topeka
We can't keep sending Gov. Sam Brownback's army — and those who want to be like them — back to Topeka to support his failed economic policies.
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Wrong spin on McGinn’s tax-lid vote
A flier sent to Valley Center residents last week claims that McGinn, who is in a primary election battle with fellow Republican Renee Erickson, voted “against giving you a say in whether your property taxes go up," referring to the so-called tax lid law that legislators unwisely approved this year.
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| General |
Highlight
Week of July 28
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| Heard on Main Street |
Heard on Main Street
Week of July 28
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| Letters to the Editor |
Erickson a friend of education
It is that time again, when our mailboxes are filled with campaign materials. I was rather concerned by a recent McGinn mailer that I know firsthand isn't true. The mailer stated that Renee Erickson voted against money for schools. This is such a distortion of the truth that I am compelled to speak out. As a retired teacher with over 30 year of experience and a former colleague of Renee's, I believe I am well qualified to set the record straight. Renee is an advocate of schools. She believes tax money should get to the classroom; in other words, to the teachers to better improve the quality of education for students.
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Moore caring, competent
Kansas is struggling with severe economic difficulties that have led to a deterioration in our educational and health care systems, and a shifting of taxes to the middle class and poor, as well as continuing to under fund our pension system.
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Moore deserves endorsement
With a sense of greatest respect and confidence, I would like to endorse Dr. J.C. Moore to represent the people of District 91 as a Republican candidate. I have known Dr. Moore for over three decades as a close friend and colleague at Newman University.
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Supporting Erickson
My husband and I have been educators in Kansas for years so we are definitely concerned about the state of education in Kansas. I trust Renee to make choices that are good for Kansas education. She loves students and teachers and wants to see them succeed and will work to help that happen.
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| Looking Back |
Looking Back
Week of July 28
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| Park City |
Park City council rejects tax increase again Chris Strunk
The council voted 6-2 to publish a city budget with an estimated property tax mill levy of 40.108 mills, almost identical to 2016. The council also set a public hearing on the budget for 7 p.m. Aug. 9. After the hearing, the council will give the budget a final vote.
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| Police & Fire |
Blotter Buzz
Week of July 29
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Kechi police reports
July 18 through 24
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Park City police reports
July 11 through 21
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Valley Center police reports and fire calls
July 18 through 24
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| Recreation League |
Renegades
Eliza Grady (left) and Julia Voegeli were members of the Kansas Renegades Gold softball team that won the 14A World Series Championship.
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Valley Center Sliders
The Valley Center Sliders U12 girls fast pitch-team went 16-0 and named champions in the TRYC league this summer.
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Wichita Sluggers
The Wichita Sluggers Blue 17U baseball team has qualified for the NBC World Series and is the youngest team in the history of the tournament to do so.
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| School |
38 teams turn out for first Hornet golf tourney The News Staff
“It was a great turnout for the first year," VCHS football coach Caleb Smith said. “… We were hoping to get 15 to 20 teams this year, so it was a great surprise."
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| Sheriff |
Sheriff's reports
July 17 through 23
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| Valley Center |
Beloved Valley Center teacher dies Chris Strunk
Cori Eck Kull, who was a second-grade teacher at Abilene Elementary, died July 26 from complications associated with cancer.
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Church, police help homeless family The News Staff
A 21-year-old man, his mother and his younger brother had been traveling from California on buses and trains paid for by various churches, programs and police departments. They arrived in Newton on a bus on July 23 and received a ride from a Newton police officer to Park City, where Newton police paid to have them stay at a motel.
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Hornet greats inspire the next generation Chris Strunk
Nick Barnes, Valley Center High School baseball coach, hosted the first Hornet Greats Baseball Camp July 20.
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North part of county continues to grow Chris Strunk
Valley Center up by 2.3 percent
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Stolen vehicle recovered after wreck The News Staff
The sheriff's office said a vehicle was struck from behind by another vehicle at 900 W. 61st North. The man in the rear vehicle ran from the scene. Authorities later determined the car had been reported stolen.
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Valley Center officer wrecks during car chase Chris Strunk
Authorities said a chase started about 7:30 a.m. July 26 when law enforcement officers tried to stop a vehicle south of Wichita.
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Voting in primary election underway The News Staff
The August primary in north Sedgwick County features a few contested races and a new place to vote for Valley Center ballot casters.
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