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HAYSVILLE – There will be a free ice cream social on Saturday. The ice cream social will celebrate the conclusion of another successful year of summer reading.

There are a lot of ways people define the beginning of summer. For some, it’s the day school lets out.

Dear Savvy Senior What kinds of treatments are available to combat dry eyes? Since I turned 55, my eyes have become increasingly dry and sensitive. Blinking Brenda Dear Brenda, Dry eye is a very common problem that affects an estimated 16 million Americans.

GODDARD – A male pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park on the morning of June 26, to parents Pluto and Posie – marking a rare addition to a species with fewer than 3,000 individuals remaining in the wild. The new baby is named Mars.

GODDARD – Two students have been named as the Goddard Education Association Excellence in Education scholarship winners. Beau Brunscheen-Cartagena of Goddard High School and Atticus Christinat of Eisenhower High School are the 2025 recipients. Brunscheen- Cartagena plans to major in psychology and elementary education.

HAYSVILLE – Graduates of Campus High School are taking a shot at their own business. Boba lovers and vintage fashion fanatics have a one-stop-shop now.

David and Vickie Long of Clearwater celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with close family and friends at a reception at the Clearwater Community Center on Saturday, May 17, 2025. It was hosted by their family.

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About 15 Cheney High School students took a break between final exams on Tuesday morning to help with clean-up from Monday night’s storms at the Sedgwick County Fairgrounds. While the worst storm damage appears to have been in and around Cheney, there also was more minor damage around the TSnews coverage area. In Goddard, high winds hammered the city overnight, causing limb damage and some fence damage, according to City Hall staff members. No reports of any serious damage had been turned in to City Hall as of mid-morning Tuesday. Garden Plain also had limbs down in numerous places, but City Hall officials said there appeared to be much less damage than Cheney had experienced. Cleanup was going well in that community Tuesday. Reports from other local communities were that there was minimal tree damage.

Three students have been named as recipients of the Jeanna Martin Memorial Scholarship. Each student is receiving a $500 scholarship to the school of their choice. The winners are, from left, Ava Daniel, who will major in criminal justice and forensic science at Cowley College; Connor Rusco, who will major in electrical engineering at Kansas State University; and Grant Fisher, who will major in business at the University of Kansas.