Claflin News

Members of the Great Bend High School Spanish Club decorate a holiday tree with an international theme for the display at the Shafer Gallery.

Soup Feed 11:00 AM Community Shop Building The P.Y.W. E.H.U. of Dorrance members will serve homemade chicken and noodle soup, chili, vegetable soup, sandwiches, pie, cake and drinks will be served.

Spaghetti Supper and Bake Sale 08:00 AM Ellsworth American Legion building The Ellsworth County Medical Center Auxiliary celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Spaghetti Super and Bake Sale.

Published online 11/4/2009 9:47 PM Joe Kelso opens the gate to dump a truckload of milo Tuesday at the Farmers Co-op in Chase.

County Road and Bridge crews working in Claflin this summer had the type of weather for paving that is needed, again, if the county's ARRA project is to move forward yet this year.

Rachel Lynn Kirmer and Kevin Philip Dolechek were married May 30, 2009, at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Hays, with Father Daryl Olmstead officiating.

Jackie Stiles knew she left something special behind when she moved away from Springfield in 2001.

Jackie Stiles knew she left something special behind when she moved away from Springfield in 2001.

Joe Perry / The Item Sheriff Anthony Dennis and Senior Investigator Melissa Addison listen to Shakeema Osborne talk about what she learned during the Girls to Women Conference on Saturday.

Keri Wise and Joseph Vinduska were married May 29 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ellinwood.

Steve Woolf turned in his resignation Friday as superintendent of Hesston USD 460 to take up a previous occupation.

A 37-inch Vizio flat-screen television belonging to David W. Dallas was stolen from a locked office in the Kansas Wesleyan Activity Center, 100 E. Claflin, between 9 p.m. May 13 and 9 a.m. Tuesday; $1,100 loss.

Russell Townsley, former publisher of the Russell Daily News, was honored by the Kansas Press Association last weekend as the historical inductee to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame.