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Highlights
Week of April 27
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Hope and hilarity Chuck Terrill
Was it all gone? Not quite
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| Birthdays & Anniversaries |
Celebrations
April 28 through May 4
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| Columns |
From the library Janice Sharp, director
Library, community support each other
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Out of the office Chris Strunk
Food truck event hits home
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The View from Sunflower Gardens Marilyn Bentley
We would like to have a piano
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| Deaths |
ALVIN JEANNERET
Alvin Ray Jeanneret, 68, Valley Center, died April 20, 2017. He had lived in rural Valley Center for 38 years.
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JIMMIE CRANE
Jimmie Lee Crane, 88, of Park City, died April 23, 2017.
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PATRICIA GOOLSBY
Patricia L. (Carnahan) Goolsby, 88, died April 20, 2017. She was a Valley Center native.
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STELLA WINDERS
Stella Isobel Winders, 91, longtime Valley Center resident, died April 23, 2017.
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| Editorials |
Time for double cemetery tax to end
For the past 13 years — since the City of Valley Center opened its own cemetery north of the high school — property owners in the northwest part of the city have essentially been double-taxed for cemeteries, paying for the one in Sedgwick through a special tax that has been in place for decades and for the one in Valley Center through general property taxes.
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| General |
Highlights
Week of April 27
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| Heard on Main Street |
Heard on Main Street
Week of April 27
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| Looking Back |
Looking Back
Week of April 27
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| Park City |
Park City OKs new utility procedures Taylor Messick
On April 25, the Park City council made some changes to the city's policies for dealing with utility disconnection and reconnection charges.
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| Police & Fire |
Blotter Buzz
Week of April 27
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Kechi police reports
April 17 through 23
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Park City police reports
April 16 through 23
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Valley Center police reports and fire calls
April 17 through 23
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| School |
4-H report
Valley Victors
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| School |
Baseball team splits non-league games Randy Fisher
After opening the season with six league games, the Valley Center High School baseball team stepped away from the league wars for the first time this season April 25. The Hornets split a triangular at Haysville, losing 6-4 to host Campus and run-ruling Wichita North 12-2.
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Golfers second again at Auburn Hills Taylor Messick
The Valley Center High School golf team is currently ranked fourth in Class 5A and had another successful outing in tough conditions on April 24.
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Highlights
Week of April 27
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| School |
Hornets 11-1 after sweeping Campus Chris Strunk
The Valley Center High School softball team extended its record to 11-1 with a non-league doubleheader sweep at Campus April 25.
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Hornets second at Topeka as they prepare for league Randy Fisher
In their last competition prior to the May 1 league tournament, the Hornets placed second April 24 at the Topeka High Invitational. Prior to that, Valley Center hosted its own tournament April 22 and finished third April 20 at Salina South.
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JV girls’ track team places fourth at McPherson Taylor Messick
The varsity track team got rained out at Wichita Heights on April 21, so the team didn't have a meet this week. The meet at Heights has been rescheduled for May 1.
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Maize South ends Hornets’ unbeaten streak Jeremiah Strunk
During another three-game week for the Valley Center High School soccer team, the Hornets lost a home game against Maize South, 1-0, on April 25, ending a seven-game unbeaten streak. It was Valley's third Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II game of the season.
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Middle school track team does well at home meets The News staff
The Valley Center Middle School track team hosted a quad on April 18 and a participation meet on April 24.
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| School |
School menus
May 1 through 5
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VCHS Alumni Banquet set for June 3 Ron Black
The first Saturday of June is early this year, coming at us on June 3! The plans for the 2017 VCHS Alumni Banquet are well underway, and it looks like another good time and good food fest.
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VCHS students celebrate Art Day Taylor Messick
Students got to have some fun and participate in art shows, workshops and competitions. Students also created a large art exhibit in the library to showcase some of their work. The categories of artwork included 2D, 3D, audio visual, charcoal drawings, computer graphics, graphite drawings, hand-built ceramics, mixed media, opaque paintings, pastel and color pencil drawings, pen and ink, photography, print making, sculpture, stone ceramics and transparent paintings. Some of the pieces have been in development for an entire year.
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| School |
VCMS tennis team splits duals, places fifth at home The News staff
On April 10, the Hornets were swept by Pioneer League II defending champion Maize South.
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| School |
Valley Center High School prom Chris Strunk
Theme familiar, unique
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| Sheriff |
Sheriff's reports
April 16 through 22
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| Valley Center |
Appointment raises questions Chris Strunk
Mayor taps city administrator's wife for library board already under city scrutiny
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District begins principal shuffle Chris Strunk
Bastian goes to middle school, Hoy to West
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Library to host genealogy event The News staff
The workshop is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so call 644-8593 for a reservation.
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Police piecing together theft cases Chris Strunk
Sgt. Lloyd Newman said this week that a possible suspect is in jail on an unrelated charge and detectives processed a recovered vehicle for fingerprints and other evidence. In addition, a stolen vehicle recovered last week in Wichita had a used syringe inside of it, which police collected for DNA testing.
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Sister accused of hitting with bottle The News staff
A woman was arrested April 19 after allegedly striking her sister in the head with a glass whisky bottle.
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