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TSnews CONWAY SPRINGS – Jim Crowell’s time in the United States Navy paved the way for his life after he left the service. A longtime native of Conway Springs, Crowell originally joined the Navy in September 1962 and served four years.

I am always amazed at how many different kinds of pumpkins and gourds you can find this time of year. In my mind, a lot of the stranger ones are merely for decoration, but after some recent research, I discovered that many of them are actually supposed to be pretty tasty.

Ingredients 16 ounces rigatoni pasta (or another tubular pasta) 2 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons dried sage Directions Prepare the pasta according to package instructions, and be sure to save about one cup of the pasta water when you drain it. When the pasta is about halfway done, melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.

Following are next week’s menus for Friendship Meals and Meals on Wheels. The recommended cost is $5 per meal, if you are able to pay.

SUMNER COUNTY – The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced the latest round of approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. Two local projects were approved.

Thanksgiving and the day before are the top two days in this country for the chance of a cooking fire to happen in someone’s home. Cooking causes an average of 158,400 home fires per year, which is 44 percent of all home fires in the United States.

120 Years Ago The Citizens State Bank is moving into its new brick building on the corner this week. Miss Harris, who bought the Central Hotel, is having it overhauled, rearranged, replanted, repapered, and repainted.

9 Years Ago On Saturday, Nov. 11, Haysville resident Lesa Hiebert met members of six different animal rescue groups in the parking lot of Goddard's Walmart.