The Sedan High School After Prom Committee will hold bingo at 6 p.m., Saturday evening, March 13, at the Fair Building. Juniors and seniors have been selling bingo tickets but there are plenty of seats still available. The evening will start off with minis and there will be several other fun games featured throughout the evening. A concession stand will sell some great food. No childcare will be provided this year.
Lucky bingo winners will receive gift baskets valued at about $25-$40. Some of the baskets that will be available include a football basket, movie, fishing, camping, cooking and several other great ones.
Baskets, food donations and volunteers are still needed; monetary donations are always welcome. Read more
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The Chautauqua County Spelling Bee was hosted by Cedar Vale Schools on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Sixth grader Ben Call, son of Dwight and Mary Call, was named champion. Those participating in the spelling bee were (back row) Jonathan Howard, Brace Unruh, London Clapp, Mattie Burdette, Emery Bowman, Colton Massey, Tyler Holt, (middle row) Chester Cummings, Brylee Unruh, Natalie Jarvis, Joel Haden, Spence Battiest, Ben Call, Tim Call, (front row) Abby Newby, Michella Warmbrodt, Gage Miller, Jesse Spradling, Robyn Dale, and Noah Rhodd.
Judy Foster of rural Sedan attended the first ever Kansas State Women’s Basketball Player’s Reunion at Manhattan, on Sunday, Feb. 21.
Foster attended an athlete work/study facility tour and a special luncheon for all alumni and guests in Vanier Football Complex on the campus of Kansas State University in the morning.
At the KSU-OU women’s basketball game in the afternoon, she and 69 other alumni were recognized at halftime. The group met on court and were individually introduced to the audience.
Judy played from 1965 to 1968 on the team that was in on the launching of the Big 8 Women’s Basketball League - now the Big 12 Women’s League. The actual league was begun in the fall of 1968. Due to that fact, she has an ‘Honorary Letter’ in Women’s basketball at KSU.
Seeing former teammates that she had not seen in 40+ years was the highlight of the day, with the recognitions of the day following a close second.
Cub Scout Pack 15 of Chautauqua County proudly announces that on Feb. 2, 2010, Raymond Squires received the Arrow of Light Award.
The Arrow of Light is the Cub Scout’s highest award. It requires lots of hard work along with memorizing the Boy Scout Oath and Laws.
After receiving the Arrow of Light, Cub Scouts transition into the Boy Scout Troop.
Raymond is a Webelos Cub Scout and a fifth-grader at Cedar Vale Elementary School. Raymond’s parents are Thomas and Norma Squires of Cedar Vale.
Everyone in his pack and community are proud of him.
To most local residents, “Hubbell’s Rubble” is just a pile of scrap metal, creatively fashioned into Jerry Hubbell’s idea of artwork.
Some may even call Hubbell a sculptor when they see him welding on an old bicycle or piece of farm equipment and squnting one eye to make sure it turns into something recognizable.
Regardless, the vacant lot loaded with Hubbell’s Rubble gains lots of attention for the community which boasts it as a tourist attraction on the town website.
But last week, Hubbell raised some eyebrows when his handmade collection of metal artwork gained the attention of the Wall Street Journal. A front page article featured several Kansas roadside sculptors, each one no doubt smiling at the honor.
As Wall Street Journal writer Stephanie Simon wrote: “For the most part, the sculptors of the Kansas roadside Read more
(Audio version of this story can be found at the bottom of this page.)
SEDAN — The Kansas State High School Activities Association has honored two Sedan High School students whose friendship exemplifies the spirit of sportsmanship.
In fact, the KSHSAA Spirit of Sport Award, which was given to SHS students Paul Buck and Zach Ford during a ceremony last Friday night, shows how one friend can be the “eyes” for another.
Buck, a freshman, and Ford, a sophomore, were selected for the statewide honor after KSHSAA learned of the two students’ unique friendship and teamwork — on and off the football field.
Buck has been blind since the age of 4, when cancer Read more
Elk County Council on Aging along with Grace Med Health Clinic will be sponsoring a Dental Clinic at the Howard Housing Authority Community Room on Thursday, March 4. This service is open to the public.
Dental hygienists will be available to offer dental cleanings. The cost is $53 for ages 13 and up, and kids 12 and under are $38.
If you are 60 or over and do not have dental insurance ECCA has a very limited number of gift certificates available for $20 off. These certificates are on a first come first serve basis and can be requested at the time you make your appointment.
You must call and schedule your appointment with Melissa Moreno at 374-2403. Appointments only please, no walk-ins.
Sedan High School will hold its winter homecoming this Friday night, Feb. 12, during the halftime of the varsity boys’ Sedan/Caldwell basketball game. Queen candidates are seniors Chelsie Wade and Kristi Loftin. King candidates are seniors Casey Spurlock, Garrett Bane and Scotty Mitchell.The royal court will consist of (front row from left): Baylee Williams, Melissa Miller, Chelsie Wade, Kristi Loftin, Sarah Buck and Meleena McGarity. Blue Devil gentlemen (from left): Kristopher Smilko, Scotty Mitchell, Trae Smith, Garrett Bane, Brady McCoy and Casey Spurlock. Those pictured who are not candidates will serve as escorts on Friday night. In addition, Nikki Cunningham and Isaiah Smilko will serve as kindergarten escorts.
