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9 Years Ago The new Haysville Activity Center had its soft opening on Monday morning. Located at 523 Sarah Lane, the new facility offers two full-size basketball courts; two classrooms; a conference room; an area for Summer Elements, the recreation departments’ summer camp; and other amenities.

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor Sometimes, when you really need it to happen, you absolutely can find a needle in a haystack. The trick is having the energy to start the search.

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, I keep hearing about AI in the news and how it’s being used in scams. I’m not very tech savvy and find it confusing.

70 Years Ago The 1956 wheat harvest has started in the Cheney vicinity with the first wheat out Saturday, June 2, by Clarence and Wayne Moorhouse. 60 Years Ago Mr.

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior. My wife and I were recently talking about updating our will and wondered if we should also set up a trust.

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor Now that my building on Main Street in Cheney has been completely cleaned out, it’s time for a little reflection. Healthy reflection is good, if you’re reflecting back on something you did that actually was healthy.

Guest Column Being a sports fan used to require just three things: a comfortable couch, a TV that picked up the Big Three broadcast networks and a loose family agreement that weekends belonged to sports junkies. Bountiful snacks were assumed, and no one ever uttered the now-dreaded question, “What’s the streaming password?” Back then, you grabbed a lawn chair for overflow seating, parked it beside a large cooler and gathered around a console television roughly the size and weight of a dishwasher.

From the Editor’s Files I spent much of the Memorial Day weekend working...some because I had to, some because I wanted to, and some because it’s just a tradition for this newspaper publisher. For more than three decades now, I’ve worked while others played on holidays, mostly because that’s when things are happening that we tend to cover and then publish in the newspaper.

Insight Summer started on Memorial Day, even though the solstice is about a month later. Schools are out, it’s warm enough to stay out late and it’s the beginning of road trip season.

District court clerks are the workhorses of the state’s court system. They handle the bulk of the court’s day-to-day work and interact frequently with the public. They are good people doing good and often difficult work.