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GODDARD – The first Goddard Movie Night will be this Friday at 7 p.m. in Goddard Linear Park.

HAYSVILLE – The recently-updated five-year strategic plan for Haysville Public Schools was the focus of last Thursday’s Haysville Chamber of Commerce meeting. Jennifer Reed, assistant superintendent for learning services, was the featured speaker, filling in for superintendent Jeff Hersh.

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Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, My 63-year-old wife, who’s doesn’t work, is on my health insurance plan through my employer. When I retire next month and go on Medicare, what are our options for getting her health coverage until she turns 65? Is there some kind of Medicare coverage for dependent spouses? Need Insurance Dear Need, Unfortunately, Medicare does not provide family coverage to younger spouses or dependent children when you qualify for Medicare.

Rural Haysville resident Donna Tibbits was a lead organizer of the Cushman Club of America’s national meet, held at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson from June 11 to 16. Cushmans are motor scooters that were manufactured in the U.S. between 1936 and 1965. Tibbits, who is the president of the Kansas Cushman Club, said a neighbor let her play with a Cushman scooter when she was a young child.

Mrs. Fred Stocking and her daughters, Chris and Tammy, are in Only, Tenn., where Mrs.

There were 40 entries in the Conway Springs 9th annual rodeo parade. Superintendent Jackson Winters was elected president of the South Central Kansas Association of School Administrators at the May meeting of that organization, Winters will replace Supt.

120 Years Ago Albert Pipkin returned the first of the week from Midland, Tenn. About three months ago he took some horses into Kentucky and then went to visit relatives in Tennessee.

Local fire departments are among the recipients of more than $16.8 million being provided by the Kansas Insurance Department. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced on June 19 that the Kansas Insurance Department has made its annual distribution to local Firefighter Relief Associations (FRAs).

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