Holy cow!!! I’m an artist!
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From the Editor’s Files I completed my first signed piece of original artwork recently. I know...I know...I’m pretty proud of myself, too.
News
New RMD rules for 2023
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Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, What are the new rules on required minimum distributions from IRAs and 401(k)s? I will turn 72 this year and want to be clear on what I’m required to do. Planning Ahead Dear Planning, Thanks to the SECURE Act 2.0 that was passed by Congress last December, there are several new rules that affect required minimum distributions (RMDs) from traditional IRAs, 401(k)s and other tax-deferred retirement accounts.
Odds and Ends
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Student sets record for four-finger pushups A 21-year-old college student in China set a new world record for four-finger pushups on April 11, doing 22 pushups in one minute. Zhang Yuxuan even clapped his hands between each pushup, according to the UPI Odd Newsletter.
Goddard’s Haney named Teacher of the Year finalist
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Melissa Haney, a science teacher at Explorer Elementary School in Goddard Unified School District 265, and Joanna Farmer, an agriculture teacher at Southeast High School, Wichita USD 259, were named Region 4 finalists for the 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year award during an awards ceremony on March 25 in Wichita. This award recognizes excellent teaching in the elementary and secondary classrooms of the state.
Egg-citing adventures
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Egg-citing adventures.
Police Reports
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March 20: Suspicious activity, 131 N. Main; Accident 911 call, 800 block N.
Clearwater moves toward taking over area cemeteries
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CLEARWATER – At its meeting on March 28, members of the Clearwater City Council gave an informal thumbs-up to plans to dissolve the Clearwater Cemetery District and turn the job of maintaining and running local cemeteries over to the city of Clearwater.
Goddard council discusses paving Tanganyika entrance road
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GODDARD – During Monday evening’s Goddard City Council meeting, council members discussed plans to pave Hawkins Lane, the road leading up to the public entrance of Tanganyika Wildlife Park. The road has always been unpaved, and that has come to seem more and more out of place as Tanganyika has attracted an increasing number of visitors over the years, city staff said.
Lunch and learn in Clearwater
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CLEARWATER – Next Tuesday, there will be a lunch-andlearn potluck at the Clearwater Senior Center. The lunch will begin at noon.
Vinita Cemetery to hold meeting
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CHENEY – The annual meeting of the Vinita Cemetery Association will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, and will take place at the Cheney Methodist Church.