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CONWAY SPRINGS – A well-attended business information meeting last week that was hosted by the City of Conway Springs may prove to be just the start that was needed to get a Chamber of Commerce group up and going again in this community.

GODDARD – The fourth annual Larry Lee Memorial Car Show will take place on Saturday. The event on Main Street in downtown Goddard will run 11 a.m.

HAYSVILLE – Starting this Friday, the Kansas Department of Transportation will begin setting up traffic control for a pavement patching project on U.S. 81 (Broadway) from Grand Avenue to 59th Street South in Haysville.

Dear Savvy Senior, My local Social Security office was recently shut down because of staff layoffs and largescale downsizing by the Department of Government Efficiency. All this disruption makes me very nervous, as I’ll be applying for my Social Security retirement benefits later this year. My question is, how are we supposed to get help with our Social Security questions or problems now that our office is permanently closed? What can you tell me?

CONWAY SPRINGS – Work to secure grant funding for street improvements in this community is continuing. At their meeting last week, members of the Conway Springs City Council approved a resolution of support for the city's grant application with the Kansas Department of Transportation.

CHENEY – The Bandits are the first Cheney High School team ever to earn a berth at the Vex World Championship in Dallas. At the State championship tournament in Wichita on Saturday, March 8, they led in the robot skills event most of the day but were passed during the last hour by a team from Hesston and a team from Maize.

GODDARD – By all accounts, this school year is the most successful one yet for robotics teams in the Goddard School District. Much of the success has happened at Challenger Intermediate School, where a team of sixth graders has qualified for next month’s VEX IQ World Championship May 12-14 in Dallas.

HONOLULU, HAWAII – No visit to Hawaii would be quite complete without an authentic Hawaiian luau. Months before Kim and I boarded the cruise ship Grand Princess for our trip to Hawaii, we did some research to find just the right luau experience that we wanted to have once our ship started four days of ports of call in the Hawaiian Islands.

CONWAY SPRINGS – Banking is the only regular, full-time job that Denise Worley has known. She has been a fixture in the community, helping many, many customers with their banking over much of the past four decades.

French bulldog the favorite again For a third straight year, the French bulldog is America’s favorite breed of dog. The Frenchie topped the American Kennel Club’s 2024 list.