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Members of the band Dear Friends perform on Stage 5 at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield this past week. Members of the band hail from Conway Springs and Clearwater, and have been playing together for many years. Mandolin player Brad Bennett of Conway Springs said it is always a joy to be on stage performing at the festival, and to be playing with friends around the campfires at the Walnut Valley Festival. The members of Dear Friends are part of a large camp at the festival that draws musicians from all over the country who come by to jam with the band.

TSnews CONWAY SPRINGS – Conway Springs High School is ready for fall homecoming on Friday, Sept. 22.

Cheney Friday Yoga, 6 p.m., Cheney Rec. Saturday Commodities distribution, 9-10:30 a.m., Cheney Senior Center.

TSnews CLEARWATER – Clearwater High School unveiled this year’s homecoming candidates. This year’s queen candidates are Elizabeth Tjaden, Harley Coen, Allison Clevenger and Izzy Buchman.

TSnews While hunting, two Garden Plain sisters bagged their own deer just three quarters of a mile from each other in the first weekend of September. Kennedie Pinkley, 10, got a deer with a rifle.

Haysville High School and Tri-City Day School will be hosting an open house at their new facility at 1975 W. Grand Ave.

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Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a column that first appeared in print on Sept. 12, 2013.

ABOVE AND LEFT: Dancers with Ballet Wichita perform on Saturday afternoon at the pavilion in Goddard's Linear Park. The free performance is part of the ongoing Ballet in the Park series. The dancers also performed Sunday evening at Riggs Park in Haysville.