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Body TSnews GODDARD – Approval of the 2026 budget dominated the Sept. 2 Goddard City Council meeting, with nearly two hours spent listening to citizen comments before the council took action.

Body Insight It’s hard to see a yellow school bus and not think about all the hours of my childhood spent sitting on one of those hard seats with a stiff back. I hope the modern versions have a little more comfort than the utilitarian transportation I had to ride uphill both ways.

Body Included in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s sobering statistics on injuries and death in older adults due to falls are four very important words.

Body Cool-season grasses, like the Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue lawns common to many parts of Kansas, have had about enough of summer. The state’s high temperatures and sporadic rainfall often cause cool-season varieties to become thin by summer’s end.

Body TSnews Conway Springs High School graduate Brooke Beck’s college years will be a little easier, thanks to the generosity of the Sumner County Farm Bureau Association.

Body Moments from the awards

Body TSnews Joseph and Theresa Neville were named Farm Family of the Year at the Sedgwick County Farm Bureau meeting. Joseph has been on the county board since he graduated college.

Body The future of farming

Body TSnews Wildcat Stock Farm was named a Century Farm at the Sedgwick County Farm Bureau meeting. Thirty years ago, Jane Johnson filled out the form and didn’t get it.

Body TSnews It appears that rumors of summer’s demise in the area might have been a bit exaggerated.