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(Editor’s Note: Office staff gathers weekly court news from the 13th District Public Access Portal. For more information on a case listed below or any case within the 13th Judicial District visit www.kscourts.org.

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The Patriots of West Elk hosted Udall last Friday for their football season opener, where the Patriots claimed a 70-8 victory at halftime.

Eureka Garden Club met Friday, September 1, at 11:30 a.m. at TNT Catering. Lunch was served to eight active members and one associate member. The hostesses for the meeting were Sheila Hughes, Vicki Lindsey and Rise Russin.

MADISON - LifeWise Academy in Madison will be offering classes this fall to Madison-Virgil Elementary students in grades first through fifth. Students will walk from the Elementary School to First Baptist Church, where they will meet to receive Bible-based character education. “Thanks to our supportive community, we will be able to offer LifeWise classes to Madison-Virgil students in grades 1 to 5,” said Aaron Luthi, acting LifeWise Academy Madison-Virgil Director. “We look forward to seeing how this program will impact the lives of our students and the unity of Madison as a whole. We’ve already seen our community come together to make this possible, and we’re confident that such collaboration will continue as the program grows.”

Bruce Boettcher and Thaniel Monaco with BG Consultants were present last Monday, August 28 to discuss the Wastewater Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) and provide an update in regards to the previously presented PER on the potable water system. Aging infrastructure was referenced during discussion. It was noted that roughly 30,719 linear feet of main line and area manholes had formerly been replaced with PVC pipe/ pre-cast concrete, with 3,580 linear feet having been lined with Cured-inplace- pipe (CIPP) material. As such, 80,336 linear feet of verified clay pipe (VCP) remain. This portion of the line is over 50 years old, and as such, improvements have been recommended to deter any further deterioration of the line. It was recommended that CCTV - running a camera through the line-be conducted to pinpoint any defects and better determine the scope of work.

Prior to their bi-monthly meeting on Monday, August 29, members of the Eureka City Council convened for Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) and Budget hearings.

Two tanker trucks were destroyed last Thursday evening, August 31, when they caught fire.