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CLEARWATER – This weekend, Clearwater High School students put on the classic play, “Our Town,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 play by Thornton Wilder. Shows will be at 7 p.m.

CHENEY – The City of Cheney wants city residents to fill out a natural gas public awareness survey, and is offering a prize worth $100. Residents are asked to complete a short survey about natural gas safety.

CONWAY SPRINGS – The Conway Springs Community Theatre will stage “My Phony Valentine” this weekend. Performances will be at the Viola Community Hall.

HAYSVILLE – The annual Pie Day will take place next week at the Haysville Community Library. The fundraising event will run 10 a.m.

TSnews GODDARD – The City of Goddard will expand its water supply by drilling a new well on a site in west Wichita. In September 2025, the city successfully gained approval from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to appropriate approximately 137 million gallons annually from the new well site, which will be located between 13th and 21st streets north and east of 135th Street West in the Eberly Farms area.

CHENEY – The monthly potluck at the Cheney Senior Center will take place on Tuesday at the center, 516 N. Main.

GODDARD – If you’re from Kansas, you’ve surely encountered plenty of Wizard of Oz jokes and quips. “Where’s Dorothy? You’re not in Kansas anymore! I’m melting!” But what you may not know is the story behind L.

The National Pecan Shellers Association has a wealth of knowledge about pecans on its website. One of the items that interested me the most is that the pecan tree is the only major nut tree native to North America.

Editor's note: This story was written before the Feb. 22 killing of a notorious Mexican drug lord, which results in retaliatory violence across several states in Mexico. Similar rounds of violence have followed other killings and arrests in recent years. For now, travelers are being urged to avoid Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific Coast. Other popular travel destinations, such as Cabo San Lucas, Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean have not been impacted.

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