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Argonia Monday USD 359 Argonia Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m. Cheney Monday USD 268 Cheney Board of Education, 7 p.m.

Following are next week’s menus for Friendship Meals and Meals on Wheels in both Sedgwick County and Sumner County. A change was made recently, and there are now different menus for Sedgwick County and Sumner County.

TSnews GARDEN PLAIN – A changing of the guard happened on Monday in Garden Plain. Stuhlsatz Service Center was officially sold, reopening as 54 Station.

The winners of the TSnews Fourth of July Coloring Contest have been named. The winners are, clockwise from top left: Caroline Shaffer, age 6, of Conway Springs; Josie Lehner, age 7, of Garden Plain; and Kinley Boswell, age 6, of Wichita. Thank you to all of the entrants, and thanks to all of the sponsors who make the coloring contests possible. Please be sure to patronize these sponsors and thank them. Watch for our Halloween Coloring Contest, coming in early October.

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TSnews Most TSnews subscribers in Goddard and an unknown number in Clearwater and Haysville, and potentially elsewhere, were without last week’s newspaper until Monday of this week. The newspapers were apparently misplaced at the postal sorting facility in Wichita, said publisher Paul Rhodes.

TSnews The Sedgwick County Fair gets started next week on Wednesday and will run four nights, July 10-13. This year’s theme is “Celebrate our roots – 80 Years of the Fair.” The 80 years of the Fair have actually taken place over 85 years, as World War II led to a multi-year stretch without a Fair.

On July 1, the Kansas Turnpike will become a cashless driving experience. The Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) has been working for some time to get ready for the move to cashless tolling.