May 2, 2019
Highlights
    Week of May 2
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Celebrations
    May 3 through 9
Columns
From the Library Janice Sharp, librarian
    Read down library fines
Out of the Office Chris Strunk
    Progress worth the price
The View from Sunflower Gardens Marilyn Bentley
    She's glad Fifth St. is open
Commentary
What's on your mind
    Views from News readers
Deaths
LEITTA GRAGG
    Leitta (Widick) Gragg, 87, died April 27, 2019. She was a homemaker and managed several businesses with her husband.
MAJOR KING
    Major E. King, 79, of Wichita, died April 26, 2019.
THERESA DeLONG
    Theresa M. (Dreiling) DeLong, 58, of Bel Aire, died April 22, 2019. She was a manager at Catherine's in the Eastgate Mall.
VELMA FOX
    Velma Mae Fox, 94, of Wichita, died April 25, 2019.
Editorials
Sign rule makes sense
    The new rules, which were made necessary by the addition of a couple of signs in prominent areas, allows sign owners in residential areas to keep them lit overnight as long as they don't exceed a certain limit.
Heard on Main Street
Heard on Main Street
    Week of May 2
Kechi
Kechi adds biz owner to advisory group Taylor Messick
    On April 25, the Kechi city council met at the 101 Club on East 101st Street North and unanimously approved a couple of items relating to the newly re-formed Economic Development Committee.
Letters to the Editor
Purple flowers are beautiful
    I want to thank the people who allowed the purple flowers to bloom in their yards.
Looking Back
Looking Back
    Week of May 2
Park City
Park City school to host Color Splash The News staff
    Chisholm Trail Community Color Run will be 9 a.m. to noon May 11 at Chisholm Trail Elementary.
Police & Fire
Blotter Buzz
    Week of May 2
Park City police reports
    April 18 through 27
Valley Center police reports and fire calls
    April 22 through 28
Recreation League
81 Speedway
    April 27 results
School
4-H report
    Valley Victors
School
Brauer, Swift win league doubles Randy Fisher
    Varsity fourth, JV first at league tennis
School
Highlights
    Week of May 2
School
Hornets drop two at Goddard Randy Fisher
    After a doubleheader sweep April 26 at Goddard, 22-18 and 5-1, the Hornets have now lost five in a row. They are 4-12 overall and 1-8 in Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League II.
School
King and Queen
    Valley Center High School seniors Abigail Weldon and Brandon McClure are introduced as royalty during the school's prom April 27.
Madrigals earn 1 at state The News staff
    Soloist Kyla Burdick, a freshman, received a 1 at regionals and a 2 at state, missing a 1 rating by just two points.
School menus
    May 6 through 10
School
Tennis team kicks off postseason this week Randy Fisher
    Spring sports postseason gets underway for Valley Center High School May 3 when the tennis squad travels to McPherson to defend its regional tournament title. The field includes Great Bend, Hays, Maize, McPherson, Newton, Salina Central, Salina South and Valley Center. State tennis is May 10 and 11 at Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka.
Track team stacks up against regional foes Chris Strunk
    Facing many of the athletes they will see at regionals in a couple of weeks, the Valley Center High School girls track team placed second at the eight-team McPherson Invitational April 25, while the boys were third.
VCMS track team competes at Prairie Hills The News staff
    The seventh-grade and eighth-grade girls placed third, while the seventh-grade boys were sixth and the eighth-grade boys fifth.
Valley Center golfers compete at Hesston The News staff
    Mason Hamm had the Hornets' best score with a 95 to finish 46th. He shot a 49 on the front nine holes and a 46 on the back.
Valley finishes league with two losses Chris Strunk
    The Hornets lost 15-0 in the first game and 6-3 in the second. Valley fell to 3-13 overall and finished 3-9 in the league.
Sheriff
Sheriff's reports
    April 22 through 27
Valley Center
Barber’s grandson begins pro career Chris Strunk
    Powers, who grew up in Valley Center and Wichita and played football at Oklahoma University, was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the NFL draft last week. He was the 123rd overall pick.
Driver trapped in rollover
    Sedgwick County and Valley Center firefighters and EMS respond to the 10400 block of North Meridian April 26, where a one-vehicle wreck was reported.
Dump day busy The News staff
    Trucks loaded with mattresses, limbs and junk of all kinds formed a line on South Sheridan from the wastewater treatment plant to, at times, near Main Street as hundreds of Valley Center residents took advantage of the free service.
Police make pair of DUI arrests The News staff
    A Valley Center police officer made back-to-back DUI arrests in the same location early April 28.
Rec board settles with ex-director Chris Strunk
    Personnel changes  reflect  emphasis  on growth
Train scares brave coyote The News staff
    On April 27, Valley Center police were sent to the 200 block of East Ford to check for an apparently brave coyote that was reportedly following a woman who was walking. A passerby saw the coyote and honked his car horn at the woman to get her attention and to let her know that the animal was behind her.




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