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Church looking for singers to fill the tree The News staff
Calvary Baptist Church in Valley Center had its first singing Christmas tree last December. The Christmas tree itself was painted by famous landscape artist Todd Matson, a Valley Center native. The tree consists of six levels and can hold 45 people. The light display is coordinated with the music.
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Highlights
Week of Oct. 6
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Hope and hilarity Chuck Terrill
Transform through Christ
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| Bel Aire |
Sales in city-owned subdivision struggling The News staff
Bel Aire renews realtor contract
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| Birthdays & Anniversaries |
Celebrations
Oct. 7 through 13
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| Columns |
From the library Janice Sharp, director
Friends' book sale ends Oct. 8
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Out of the office Chris Strunk
On the right path with sidewalks
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The View from Sunflower Gardens Marilyn Bentley
Fall season is definitely here in Valley
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| Commentary |
What's on your mind
Views from News readers
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| Deaths |
DORIS KNIGHT
Doris Achsa (Turner) Knight, 94, of Wichita, died Oct. 2, 2016.
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KATHLEEN HEAD
Kathleen Ann Wright Head, 70, of Sunset, Texas, died Sept. 29, 2016.
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RONALD MOTT
Ronald Alan Mott, 78, of Wichita, died Sept. 25, 2016. He was a retired Collins Avionics technician.
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| General |
Highlights
Week of Oct. 6
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Highlights
Week of Oct. 6
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| Heard on Main Street |
Heard on Main Street
Week of Oct. 6
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| Letters to the Editor |
Separate facilities for library, center
Fear for my great-grandchild's safety as well as all the children of Valley Center has prevented me from contributing to the Community Center/library project. While I want both the new library and a better Community Center, I don't believe the current plan is the safest for the youngest of our community.
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Thanks for medallion hunt
Thank you to the Fall Festival medallion hunt sponsors for sponsoring the medallion hunt.
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| Looking Back |
Looking Back
Week of Oct. 6
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| Park City |
Area cities prepare to celebrate fall festivals Taylor Messick
Bel Aire's Fall Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 15.
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| Police & Fire |
Blotter Buzz
Week of Oct. 6
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Kechi police reports
Sept. 26 through Oct. 2
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Park City police reports
Sept. 26 through 29
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Valley Center police reports and fire calls
Sept. 26 through Oct. 2
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| Recreation League |
81 Speedway
Oct. 1 results
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FOOTBALL PICKS: Regehr gets 15 to win Week 4 of picks contest The News staff
Week 5 picks listed
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Junior Hornet football
Fourth, fifth and sixth grades
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Martial artists
Several students from Iron Horse Martial Arts & Fitness competed in the 25th U.S. Central Open Tae Kwon Do Championships Sept. 17 in Del City, Okla.
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| School |
Girls’ cross country third in Newton Taylor Messick
After missing some of the squad at last week's meet in Lawrence, the team was back to full strength and performed well. Most of the runners earned their best times of the season in Newton.
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Golf team places seventh at league tournament Taylor Messick
The Hornets finished seventh as a team and shot a combined 457 in some poor conditions. Coach Mike McCormick said it was a difficult outing but has high hopes for regionals next week.
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HORNET FOOTBALL: Valley 6-0 with big second-half comeback Chris Strunk
Valley Center 54, Eisenhower 28
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| School |
Highlights
Week of Oct. 6
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Homecoming dance, game split into separate nights The News staff
In an effort to boost attendance at the dance, organizers have moved it to a separate night. The football game will be Oct. 7, while the dance will be Oct. 8.
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| School |
Hornets drop a pair of 1-0 matches Jeremiah Strunk
The Hornets lost a pair of games by identical 1-0 scores.
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Hornets to face heart of the order Chris Strunk
Valley remains undefeated with 20-6 road win over Hays
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Middle school tennis team finishing season The News staff
The Hornets hosted Maize Sept. 22, played at Andover Sept. 26 and hosted Andover Central Sept. 29. In between, Valley Center played in two tournaments.
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| School |
Miss Kansas visits Valley Center schools Taylor Messick
Schoenekase is originally from Overland Park and attended Blue Valley West High School. At 22 years old, she recently graduated from the University of Arkansas, where she studied to become a registered nurse. Her motivation for entering the Miss America pageant is to raise enough scholarship money to go back to school to earn her doctorate degree.
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School menus
Oct. 10 through 14
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| School |
Season winding down for VCMS volleyball The News staff
With the season winding down, the Valley Center Middle School volleyball teams played in a triangular Oct. 3 against Maize South and Andover Central with both eighth-grade teams losing. Seventh-grade results were not available. Before that, the Hornets went up against Eisenhower on Sept. 29 with the eighth-graders winning and the seventh-graders losing.
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Seventh-grader wins first cross country race The News staff
The Hornets will finish Oct. 11 at the Pioneer League II meet at Lake Afton.
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State announces postseason assignments The News staff
The Kansas State High School Activities Association announced postseason assignments last week for tennis, golf, cross country and volleyball. Here are the assignments that affect Valley Center High School.
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VCMS football teams split with Goddard The News staff
The Valley Center Middle School football teams split games with Goddard on Sept. 29. The eighth-graders won and improved to 2-3, while the seventh-graders lost and fell to 0-5.
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Valley Center tennis sixth at league meet Randy Fisher
Ark City took the league crown with 34 points. Andover won the battle for second with 29 points, narrowly edging Goddard's 28 and Eisenhower's 27. Andover Central was fifth with 24 points, followed by Valley Center with 17 and Maize South with 15.
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Valley Center upsets Andover Randy Fisher
Hornets 14-14 after home win
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| Sheriff |
Sheriff's reports
Sept. 25 through Oct. 1
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| Valley Center |
Life interrupted Chris Strunk
City begins sidewalk installation project in Valley Meadows
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Motorcycle show fundraiser The News staff
A motorcycle show will take place in the parking lot of Spirits, 231 E. Main, on Oct. 15 to raise money for the St. Baldrick's Foundation. The foundation is the world's larg
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Neighborhood in a dogfight Chris Strunk
Post office stops home delivery because carrier was chased by dog three times
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Record numbers at Lions Club Car Show Ron Black
To say the 11th Annual Valley Center Lions Main Street Car Show on Sept. 30 was a success would be an understatement, as 125 entries lined the street down both sides of Main and down the center to boot. This breaks the record of participants, with 23 more cars than last year.
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Roofing work continues in VC The News staff
The City of Valley Center issued 75 building permits during September for a total valuation of $868,452. Of that number, 68 were for roofing. That brings to 290 the number of roofing permits issued in Valley Center in July (88), August (134) and September. The citywide roof damage stems from a mid-June wind and hail storm.
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Two stopped for towing, arrested The News staff
Two people were arrested in Valley Center Oct. 1 after officers stopped a truck for towing another truck with a rope in the 1000 block of East Fifth.
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