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Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed 10 to 12 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1 large zucchini, diced 1 large eggplant, peeled and diced 16 ounces bowtie pasta 5 cups hot water 6 ounces fresh baby spinach 8 ounces parmesan, freshly grated salt and pepper, to taste Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot, add in the sausage, breaking it apart as it browns.

“Lindsey, you don’t have to cook. I would have DoorDashed something for lunch,” our young, Gen Z houseguest told me as I fired up my stove this week.

A number of local students were among the nearly 700 Emporia State University undergraduates named to the honor roll for the 2024 spring semester. To qualify, students must earn a minimum grade-point average of 3.8.

CONWAY SPRINGS – On a pleasant morning, the Conway Springs Quilts of Valor presented six local veterans with quilts on Saturday at Central Park. The recipients were Michael J.

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Children scramble for change during last Thursday’s sand pile dig in Garden Plain.

With an American flag in one hand and a bag for candy in the other, this girl was ready for the Garden Plain parade on July 4.

 

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7 Years Ago Davis Williams of Haysville won Saturday's Run to Cheney 5K race at the Sedgwick County Fair. Williams’ time was 18:01.4.

Kansas Farm Bureau and Kansas 4-H sponsored a photography contest for 4-H members to showcase their skills.

Keaton Weimeyer of Cheney was one of 22 winners whose photos are depicted in the summer 2024 issue of Kansas Living. One grand prize winner was chosen for the cover.

Twenty other winners, including Weimeyer, were selected as runners-up. More winners were chosen for inclusion with the other 21 for online publication at kansaslivingmagazine. com.

 

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