By Linda Cooke
Due to present and predicted weather conditions for tomorrow, Oct. 10, we must change the wine tasting location to the Rebecca Hall on Wabash Street, opposite the Cox Building in Howard. The rental fee has been generously donated to the ECCEF also. There is good parking and easy access if we do have some rain.

We welcome anyone to buy tickets at the door. The event will start at 3 p.m., and go for at least several hours. So please stop by even if you have to be late. We will have appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages also.

The 2009 West Elk High School fall homecoming candidates are (back row) Kenny Cummings, James Lear, Justin Luechtefeld, and Tanner Weber.  The queen candidates are (front row) Geena Mericle, Rachel Green, Kayla Harrod, and Amber Jones.  Coronation will take place immediately following the Friday night football game, however the candidates will be introduced before the game begins.

Homecoming activities at West Elk High School will be held throughout this week with the culmination at the coronation Read more

Sedan High School will crown its 2009 football homecoming king and queen at coronation ceremonies at halftime Friday, Oct. 9, at Prather Field. This is a chnge from the past.

Four SHS senior girls are vying for the title of queen while four senior boys are candidates for the king crown.

Among the members of the royalty court are Read more

By Joyce Hull
Have you seen the tin man, a goofy scarecrow or a silly looking lion running around with a little girl in pigtails who is wearing red shoes? If not, just hang around until Saturday, Oct. 10 and you just might see all of them in Grenola.

The 2009 Octoberfest celebration is set for Saturday and the day’s theme is “The Wizard of Oz.”  There will be numerous activities Read more

Dr. Rob Hutchison, M.D., will be expanding his practice at Howard to include working with the Moline Clinic and Tallgrass Clinic at Sedan.

Hutchison, a native Elk Countian, returned to Howard two years ago after spending most of his career at Emporia.

Dr. Hutchison will be in Sedan each Thursday to see patients. He will be at the Moline Clinic each Tuesday. The remainder of his time, he will continue to see patients at the Howard Clinic.

He can be reached at his Howard office at 620 374-2650 or by contacting the Moline Clinic or Tallgrass Clinics.

The 23rd Annual Sedan Invitational Ranch Rodeo is set to host the area’s top cowboys and cowgirls Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Lou Todd Memorial Arena in Sedan.

Team registration will be at 9 a.m. and the rodeo will begin around 10 a.m. Tickets will be sold at the gate for $5 for adults, and children 10 and under are free.

Recognized as “Southeast Kansas’ Largest Invitational Ranch Rodeo,” this annual event is Read more