Fence: July 26, 2012

Coming home last night from Marysville, via Frankfort, I could see it raining and I could smell the rain! I’m happy that someone is getting rain. Our gauge registered zip.

Coming home last night from Marysville, via Frankfort, I could see it raining and I could smell the rain! I’m happy that someone is getting rain. Our gauge registered zip.

Kansas shutterbugs are called to submit their photos for a Rural Kansas Photography Contest, now taking online submissions through Sept. 17.

PRATT — The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s Special Hunts Program offers a variety of limited hunts, many designed to introduce youth and novices to hunting in an uncrowded setting with good opportunity for success.
In a year already marked with much celebration, its 25th anniversary year, the Kansas Lottery has achieved a new record for sales. Sales of Lottery products in Fiscal Year 2012, which began July 1, 2011, and ended June 30, 2012, were nearly $244 million (unaudited). That’s up more than 4.6 percent from the previous year’s sales.
A record number of people applied for a Kansas license to carry a concealed firearm during the fiscal year that ended June 30, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced last week.

It’s been a hot and dry spring and summer. Crops are severely damaged and grass for cattle is in short supply. It began with a winter that brought one 2-inch snow and started to warm early. April 2 was a 90-degree day and there was a string of 80s in March. Temperatures in the 90s [...]

Amy Lassiter, Ozawkie, has been hired to be the Delaware Township librarian at Valley Falls.
The Aug. 7 primary election in the 2nd District will determine which of two Republican candidates will be the next county commissioner.

The Clark family, Valley Falls, keeps busy with the many 4-H projects their children are involved with.
Gladine Shirley Marshalick, 91, Meriden, formerly of Grantville, died July 24, 2012, at the Linnwood Park South care facility in Meriden.