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Travis Mounts/TSnews The kids zone featured games, balloon animals, face painting, and other fun such as bubbles, which Preston Schnittken of Garden Plain enjoyed. Travis Mounts/ TSnews.

TSnews VIOLA – The Viola Township Library has a new librarian. Bobbi Pauly, the previous librarian, retired so Delinda Royse applied and received that position at Viola Township Library.

TSnews ARGONIA – If you’ve driven down Main Street in Argonia recently, you probably have noticed a brand new mural on the Sarah Jane’s Salsa building. The mural is the result of a contest that the business won.

TSnews Six Kansas students have been selected by the Kansas State High School Activities Association to serve on its Student Advisory Team. Hailey Brack, a junior at Garden Plain High School, and Brody Wallace, a junior at Eisenhower High School, were selected as two of the six new members of the team.

TSnews CHENEY – Three dogs died as a result of a house fire in Cheney on Sunday afternoon. Nobody was hurt in the fire.

Argonia Monday USD 359 Argonia Board of Education, 7 p.m. Cheney Thursday Cheney Senior Center: Cards, 1 p.m.

Cupcake Ingredients 1/4 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 ounces dark baker’s chocolate (I used 55 percent cacao) 2 eggs 2 egg yolks 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil 4 teaspoons vanilla 1/3 cup sour cream 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1/2 cup water Coconut Layer Ingredients 1/2 cup evaporated milk 2 egg yolks 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut 3/4 cup pecan pieces (cut small) Frosting Layer Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1/4 cup cocoa powder 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream 2 teaspoons vanilla Ganache Layer Ingredients 1/2 cup chocolate chips (I used semisweet) 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream.

Someone told me last week that I don’t really qualify as an amateur baker, since I’ve been writing this column way too long for that, but I still claim the title, especially after taking on a recent huge project. A dear friend of the newspaper, Debbie Pierce, celebrated her retirement last week, and since we were combining her party with a Press Club event, I volunteered to bring dessert.

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Prepare about one and one-half cupcake tins by lining them with cupcake liners (I got about 16 cupcakes out of a batch), and set them aside.

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