On November 19, 2022, Great Bend Economic Development launches a new competition for entrepreneurs to open/start a business in Barton County. New inventions/businesses are encouraged to apply as well as startups.
The holidays can be a good time to try new recipes. I thought I would use the opportunity to recognize recipes from the 2022 Ellis County Fair that won awards. Esther Neher, a member of the Victoria Vikings 4-H club, won Grand Champion junior foods with her recipe, Layered Reese’s Cake. Mya Neher, a member of the Victoria Vikings 4-H Club, won Reserve Champion junior foods for her entry of a Fresh Orange Cake.
From January-May 2023, Erinn Dearth and Dan Beckmann will be traveling the entire country performing one show in each of the United States as the singing and dancing sensation called Letters From Home. The Fox Theatre, Hays, is going to be the host for the official Kansas stop of the tour, which will take place on Friday, March 31, 2023 at 7:00 pm.
The road to the Kansas Photojournalism Hall of Fame for Charlie Riedel included The Hays Daily News as a main stop along the way. Riedel, an award-winning Associated Press staff photographer based out of Kansas City since 2000, was a photographer and photo editor for 17 years at the HDN.
A long-time campus tradition returns, celebrating the holiday season and the planting of our two evergreen trees at Fort Hays State University. The holiday tree-lighting ceremony will be in front of Sheridan Hall.
Reservations are being taken for the free Thanksgiving Day Community Feast for residents of Ellis County. Once again the meal is being organized and run by the Ellis County Ministerial Alliance (ECMA).
On the quest to raising good humans, I realize that most people tend to use the holidays as a teachable time for kids. We encourage the need to do good for others who might have less than we do as we donate food, toys, money and help in our communities and beyond. We do this on overdrive in November and December because these months are within the “season of giving.” And while I wish this was more of a year-round notion; I still jump on board with my own three kids to embrace the season as a time to do for others with no expectation of gain. Many of the best ways to help others costs nothing at all, aside from some time and effort.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an 80-year-old male who learnedfromamuchyounger male about the tremendous improvement he’s had in his life since undergoing a TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) procedure.
With an eye to the critical role agriculture plays in the lives of Kansans, Dr. Grady Dixon, dean of the Peter Werth College of Science, Technology and Mathematics, and Ken Rahjes, Kansas District 110 representative, launched a pilot agricultural forum. The event, held Monday in the FHSU Robbins Center, was funded by Fort Hays State University as part of its mission to serve Kansas residents.
For the second year in a row, Fort Hays State University’s financial planning team placed third overall in the national Financial Planning Challenge Competition. The team, comprised of finance majors, Ethan Lang, senior, Hays; Danielle Riemann, senior, Beloit; and Kaden Wren, junior, Scott City; competed in a three-phase competition.