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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.

7 Years Ago Last month, there was a flurry of talk on Facebook’s Haysville Happenings discussion board about a mountain lion in the area. Several posters said they thought they had seen a mountain lion, or a lion’s paw print.

From December 1952 Coach Dale Henry’s CSHS boys basketball A team won a thriller at Caldwell Tuesday night to open the season. The final score was Conway Springs 51, Caldwell 44. Our second team dropped their game to the Caldwell reserves 22 to 46.

130 Years Ago W.W. Clark is the proprietor of Railroad Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, opposite the Grand View Hotel.

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve been talking to my mobility challenged mother, who lives alone, about automating her house with some smart home products to make it more convenient. She’s very interested but we’d like to get your opinion as to which types of smart devices are most helpful for seniors aging in place.

I know now that we’re in post-Thanksgiving life, I’m supposed to transition to only Christmas-y flavors and foods with tons of sugar and peppermint and red and green food dye, but I have to be honest, I’m still not ready to be finished with fall vegetables. Luckily, our local grocery store isn’t, either, because I was able to get a huge, beautiful butternut squash this week that I immediately knew needed to become some kind of soup.

Ingredients 1 butternut squash (3 to 4 pounds) 1 medium yellow onion 2 heads fresh garlic 2-4 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 teaspoons dried sage 2 teaspoons dried thyme salt and pepper, to taste 3 cups vegetable or chicken stock 1/2 cup heavy cream or coconut milk Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

TSnews CLEARWATER – During their meeting Nov. 28, members of the Clearwater City Council voted 5-0 to approve a pair of ordinances that will speed up the rate at which sewer and water rates routinely increase.

Call to Order: Vice-President Brian Fitch called the Nov. 13, meeting to order at 8:52 p.m.

Below is the agenda for the Conway Springs Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Dec.