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Highlights
Week of Dec. 14
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Hope and hilarity Chuck Terrill
It pays you to tithe
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Valley Center Municipal Court
November dispositions
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| Birthdays & Anniversaries |
Celebrations
Dec. 15 through 21
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| Columns |
From the library Janice Sharp, director
No library programs until the new year
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Out of the office Chris Strunk
Packed the day with activities
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The View from Sunflower Gardens Marilyn Bentley
Christmas shows us how to care
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| Deaths |
BILL HAGER
Bill Hager died Dec. 7, 2017. He was a retired Western Testing district manager, import electrical manager and Davies Manufacturing vice president.
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CONNIE WELLS
Connie J. (Powell) Wells, 81, of McPherson, formerly of Valley Center, died Nov. 28, 2017.
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EVELYN BROWN
Evelyn Meta (Tresemer) Brown, 89, of Sedgwick, died Dec. 8, 2017.
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MONTE PHILLIPS
Monte A. “Goose" Phillips, 63, of Newton, died Nov. 30, 2017.
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| Editorials |
Projects should outlast payments
With $2.3 million in savings and another $2.3 million in previously earmarked project funds, the Valley Center school district is poised to move forward with another $4 million worth of work on its buildings as part of the $18 million 2016 bond issue.
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| General |
Highlights
Week of Dec. 14
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| Heard on Main Street |
Heard on Main Street
Week of Dec. 14
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| Looking Back |
Looking Back
Week of Dec. 14
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| Park City |
Officers taking fewer days off Taylor Messick
Park City short on staff
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Police probe workplace fight The News staff
Park City police are investigating a workplace fight that was caught on surveillance video.
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| Police & Fire |
Blotter Buzz
Week of Dec. 14
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Kechi police reports
Nov. 29 through Dec. 10
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Park City police reports
Dec. 1 through 9
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Valley Center police reports and fire calls
Dec. 4 through 10
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| School |
High school adds business courses Chris Strunk
Valley Center High School will get two new business-related courses (if staffing and scheduling are ironed out) and elementary and middle school students will have familiar math and reading curriculum next year, thanks to action taken by the Valley Center school board Dec. 11.
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Highlights
Week of Dec. 14
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| School |
Hornets fall to Newton at home Randy Fisher
Valley 2-3 after second-place tourney finish
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| School |
Mural a reminder of student expectations Emmie Boese
During an assembly Nov. 28, the school unveiled a large mural with the motto that Valley Center High School art students have been working on for about a year.
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School menus
Dec. 18 through 22
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Singers get air time
The Valley Center High School Madrigals are pictured in the KAKE TV studios in Wichita Dec. 5.
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| School |
Tough start for middle school boys basketball The News staff
Through the first four games, the seventh-graders were winless while the eighth-grade “A" and “B" teams had three wins between them.
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Valley Center Middle School girls go 5-3 The News staff
Against Maize South, the Hornets split, as both seventh-grade teams won but both eighth-grade teams lost. Both seventh-grade teams and eighth-grade “B" were victorious against Andover. For the season, eighth-grade “A" is 1-4, and the other three teams are each 3-2.
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Valley Center wins OT thriller Randy Fisher
Valley 3-2 after third-place tourney finish
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Valley captures third Colby title Jeremiah Strunk
The Hornets beat Goddard Eisenhower in a dual Dec. 7 and defended its title, winning for the third straight year, at an invitational tournament at Colby Dec. 8 and 9.
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Warrior signs
Nathan Wilkey, coach of the Friends University soccer team, welcomes Isaiah Castillo to the program after he signed a letter of commitment Dec. 8.
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| Sheriff |
Sheriff's reports
Dec. 5 through 8
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| Valley Center |
Board member’s experience ‘rewarding’ Chris Strunk
When he made a motion to adjourn the Dec. 11 meeting, Richard Harris cast his final vote as a member of the Valley Center school board, ending a circuitous 10-year tenure.
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Flaming squirrel causes fire
Valley Center fire Chief Lonnie Tormey finishes putting out a grass fire in the backyard of a home in the 600 block of North Meridian Dec. 12.
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School district refinances debt to potentially save $1 million Chris Strunk
The Valley Center school board on Dec. 11 approved a resolution to refinance $9.7 million in debt at a better interest rate to potentially save $1 million over the 20-year life of the bond issue.
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Staff grows with enrollment Chris Strunk
Five jobs added, possibly more later
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Vehicle sails over driveway The News staff
A vehicle went airborne in the 10500 block of North Broadway Dec. 8 after striking a culvert. No injuries were reported.
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Wish list Chris Strunk
Development grows to meet demand for senior housing
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‘Christmas Carol’ at VCHS The News staff
Valley Center High School's advance performance class will present “A Christmas Carol" at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 and 2 p.m. Dec. 17 at the high school. The performances are free. Donations will be accepted with proceeds benefiting VC Cares for Kids.
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