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TSnews CLEARWATER – As reported in last week’s newspaper, voters residing in the City of Clearwater will have their say on a possible 1 percent sales tax at the end of August. This will be a special election, unrelated to next week’s primary election.

HAYSVILLE – For at least two generations, Kelly Kennedy has been the head swim coach for the Haysville Piranhas youth swim club. He was hired, fired, rehired, resigned, and came back.

Home gardeners face the problem of tomato cracking, or hard cracks on the upper part of the fruit, usually spanning from or around the stem. While the cracks do not necessarily ruin the tomato, they are unsightly, said Kansas State University horticulture expert Ward Upham.

CONWAY SPRINGS – The Conway Springs Community Theatre will stage its summer show this Saturday and Sunday. The group will present “The Marquis Crossing Ladies Society's First Attempt at Murder.” You think it's easy to write a murder? Just ask the Marquis Crossing Ladies Society for the Arts.

There will be one local race during next week’s primary election, the race for the USD 268 Cheney Board of Education. There are 13 candidates in the race for four seats, which is the minimum needed to trigger a primary election.

CHENEY – Members of the Cheney Chamber of Commerce are working to put the finishing touches on a project to honor local veterans. At their meeting last week, members reviewed the final options for putting out veteran banners in the community.

HAYSVILLE – The Haysville Chamber of Commerce members gathered last Thursday at WSU Haysville for the monthly meeting. The Chamber is getting geared up for its annual golf tournament at the end of August.

TSnews The Clearwater City Council had a light agenda for its meeting on July 11. The only formal business item was approval of a service agreement with Certified Engineering Design.

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TSnews HAYSVILLE – The city of Haysville will get financial help to build a bike-pedestrian pathway. City council members held a special meeting Monday to approve an agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation to partner on the project.