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CHENEY – The board of the Pioneer Cemetery in Cheney will meet next week. The meeting will be at 7 p.m.

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At the recent annual meeting of the Sumner County Conservation District, one of the highlights was the naming of this year’s poster winners. K and 1st Grade Allie Minor, First Place Laikyn Rupe, Second Place Delany Potuck, Third Place 2nd and 3rd Grade Vivienne Hermann, First Place Jude Faber, Second Place Sophie Plank, Third Place 4th to 6th Grade Hazel Schuster, First Place Emma Plank, Second Place Cassidy Dwyer, Third Place.

At the recent annual meeting of the Sedgwick County Conservation District, one of the highlights was the naming of this year’s poster winners. Kindergarten 1st Kimber Davis - Kyle Trueblood Elementary, Conway Springs (pictured) 2nd Berkleigh Ledbetter - WCA (pictured) 3rd Amelia Wilson - WCA (not pictured) 1st grade 1st Dallas Davis - Kyle Trueblood Elementary, Conway Springs (pictured) 2nd Sidney Winchell - WCA (pictured) 3rd Brixton Hinerman - WCA (not pictured) 2nd grade 1st Whit Willis - WCA (not pictured) 2nd Konnor Clark - WCA (not pictured) 3rd Clara Porter - WCA (not pictured) 3rd grade ( all pictured) 1st Madilyn Jones - WCA 2nd Greenlee Winchell - WCA 3rd Gracie Vogel - WCA 4th grade ( none pictured) 1st Lilah Lira - Eisenhower Elementary 2nd Maia Hall - Kyle Trueblood Elementary, Conway Springs 3rd Aubryn Flanagan - Eisenhower Elementary 5th grade 1st Kinsley Hemberger - St.

WELLINGTON – John Mick, an agronomist with Pioneer Sales, sure knows his farming history. Guests at the annual meeting of the Sumner County Conservation District got a real history lesson recently from Mick, who was the guest speaker at the meeting.

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Guests at the annual meeting of the Sedgwick County Conservation District knew they were in for a treat when speaker Todd Volkmann took Chuck the turkey vulture out of his carrier. Volkmann is the exhibit caretaker at the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit in Central Riverside Park.

Soil conservation has become a family tradition for Pete May and his family. That tradition and those efforts have been recognized by the Sedgwick County Conservation District, which honored the May family recently with its 2025 Conservation Award.

Soil conservation is not just for farmers and producers who grow crops. Just ask Christopher Vancuren, who owns and operates a beef cattle operation with his wife southwest of Conway Springs.