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Body Following are next week’s menus for Friendship Meals and Meals on Wheels in both Sedgwick County and Sumner County. The recommended cost is $5 per meal, if you are able to pay.

Body GARDEN PLAIN – Garden Plain students, families and community members helped Garden Plain Elementary School raise $10,000 for the American Heart Association. This year’s top collector was Lincoln Hoover, a first grade student at GPE.

Body Brianna Barnes TSnews GODDARD — Owners and employees from Stroot Lockers attended the 2025 Kansas Meat Processors Association (KMPA) Convention and Trade Show, held in Wichita at the DoubleTree by Hilton.

Body SUMNER COUNTY – Due to the threat of inclement weather for last month’s program, the Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Society will host an encore presentation of “The Orphan Trains of Sumner County,” a presentation by Jim Bales.

Body TSnews CLEARWATER – With Indian Ridge Phase 1 infrastructure projects complete, the Clearwater City Council moved toward issuing general obligation bonds (GO bonds) during its May 27 meeting. A public hearing on the bonds was scheduled for June 24.

Body Brianna Barnes TSnews HAYSVILLE — Miss Midwest Teen Payton McNutt of Haysville will be competing in her second Miss Kansas Teen this June. She is not nervous, but excited for another week at the Miss Kansas Teen pageant.

Body GARDEN PLAIN – The annual Vintage Market in Garden Plain returns this Saturday. One of the city's larger events, the Vintage Market includes numerous commercial vendors with a wide variety of products, as well as food trucks.

Body TSnews CONWAY SPRINGS – The Conway Springs City Council took actions last week to utilize some of the TEFFI Seed Grant funds it had received earlier this year from the Kansas Department of Commerce.

Body GODDARD – A new face and new role highlighted Monday’s Goddard City Council meeting. Naomi Leonard is the newest council member, attending her second meeting after being appointed and sworn in on May 27.

Body TSnews ARGONIA – Argonia High School has consistently brought in two foreign exchange students every year for the last three years and they have all been hosted by the same family, Wayne and Sarah Vineyard.