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GODDARD – Five Goddard area non-profit organizations had the opportunity to tell their stories to the Goddard Chamber of Commerce membership at this month’s Chamber meeting, held on Oct. 12 at Pathway Church.

HAYSVILLE – Haysville is about to get more colorful, thanks to action taken at the Oct. 10 city council meeting.

CLEARWATER - The city of Clearwater is offering a $10 credit to water customers who fill out surveys about the lines that service them on the customer sides of their meters.

Aging pipes in communities such as Flint, Michigan, have exposed people to unsafe levels of lead, spurring a federal mandate that water suppliers identify all materials used in the construction of water systems.

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CONWAY SPRINGS - Zack Cooper, a teacher at Conway Springs High School (CSHS), was recently awarded a grant through the All-Star Scholars Fund funded by the Kansas Star Casino. “For the grant I was looking to update and replace some of the shop equipment that we have,” said Cooper, the shop and agriculture teacher at CSHS.

MANHATTAN, Kan. — One remaining chore for fall gardens includes prepping the garden for spring.

CHENEY – It’s a busy time of the year for the Cheney Chamber of Commerce. At their meeting last week, Chamber members discussed three upcoming projects for the group – the annual soup/chili cook-off, a new banner project for veterans, and another annual project, Come Home for Christmas.

From 1951 Harold Harper, Jr., was severely burned when a container of gasoline that he was using accidentally ignited–burning his arms and legs. Harper sustained second-degree burns after he was reportedly using the gasoline to clean tractor spark plugs when it somehow ignited.

From October 1903 Ben Wiley and Miss Mamie Halsey were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Oct. 9: Assisted Fire/EMS, 700 block N. Lincoln; Suspicious activity report, Fifth & Main; Assisted Outside Agency, police department x2; Suspicious activity, 200 block N. Main; Outside agency assist with a injury vehicle accident, 391st St.