Dr. Shannon Simmons, DC, CKTP, has opened “In-Line Chiropractic” at 121 W. Main in Sedan.

Dr. Simmons and her husband, Shane, have completely redecorated the office including new paint and all new carpeting. It is the building formerly occupied by Larry Cameron Real Estate.

Shane works as assistant manager for Orscheln Farm and Home at Arkansas City. They moved to Sedan from Manhattan.

Dr. Simmons earned her undergraduate Read more

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

Here are some clips from the Elk River Festival in Howard held on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Work on two rural water projects are making progress which will result in more rural residents getting access to rural water.

Crews are working south of Sedan near the U.S. 166/99 intersection as they lay supply lines from the water treatment plant located north of Sedan to the Chautauqua County Rural Dist. No. 4 residents who live south and east of the city.

Libby Long, secretary of Rural Water Dist. No. 4, said the current construction project is for completion of Phase I which will provide running rural water to scores of Chautauqua County residents who have been hauling water or using wells for many years. Read more

Father Marcus Cunningham is the new rector of the Epiphany Episcopal Church in Sedan. He and his family moved to Sedan from their most recent pastoral calling at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Broadview Heights, Ohio.

“We are delighted to be in Sedan,” said Fr. Cunningham who celebrated his second mass in the Sedan church last Sunday. “This is a wonderful church and a fine community.”

Cunningham and his wife, Anne-Marie, have five children: Anastasia, 17, who remained in Ohio to finish her last year of high school; Naomi 16, Michael 13, Christi 10 and Nicole 6. They reside in the rectory located next door Read more

Students and staff at Elk Valley High School are preparing for homecoming activities that are taking place this week.  The fall football homecoming coronation will be held this Friday, Oct. 2 at 6:30 p.m., just before the high school football game against Lost Springs.

A parade and pep rally will be held on Friday afternoon in downtown Longton Read more

Among the area graduates of the “Rural Kansas: Come and Get It” course sponsored by the Kansas Sampler Foundation are (left to right) Sue Kill, Sedan; Laura Fry, Elk Falls; and Sharon Walton, Sedan.

Members of the Sedan Area Chamber of Commerce gathered for a ribbon cutting in honor of “Buck’s BBQ” on Monday. It was previously operated under the name “Rack Shack.” Buck’s BBQ is located one half mile west of Sedan at the Y intersection along Highway 99. Attending from the Sedan Chamber of Commerce were: Row 1: Nita Jones, Angy Rowe, P. J. Buck, Shelly Buck, Lou Kennedy, Jeannie Walker. Row 2: Melodee Wolfe, Becca Rafferty, Pam Wiseman, J. D. Rector, Rev. Marcus Cunningham. Row 3: Mike Bell, Jay Waller, Skipper House, Sue Kill.