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Joseph Earl Sampson, 52, passed away on March 4, 2024, in Eureka. He was born in Wichita, to Ronnie G. and Billie Joe (Taylor) Sampson on Feb. 4, 1972.

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans with a double side of banana pudding. Now that sounds like one of my wife’s meals or my mother’s or maybe the Stigler Café. But it isn’t. Who knew that such a meal could be prepared in the gourmet kitchen of a gas station? I don’t recall the gas stations of my youth having more than a coke case and a Tom’s jar with peanut butter crackers.

The Harmony Sunflowers 4-H Club held their January monthly meeting on Jan. 7. The meeting was a parent led meeting. Roll call was answered by 14 members, six clover buds and two leaders. There were no communications. Annissa Boulanger gave the council report and gave the treasurer’s report.

The Feb. 21 Madison Recreation Commission meeting was called to order by President Ty Gaines, with Dylan Barnard, Jason Albert, Paul Dean, Dallas Thompson, Abby Larkin, Jon Larkin and Brett Dannels present.

Poems & lyrics celebrating Kansas Flint Hills land & people by Annie Wilson – the “Flint Hills Balladeer”

The American Red Cross will be holding a blood drive on Monday, March 25 in the Eureka United Methodist Church from 1 to 6 p.m. This is an Express Drive so appointments are required. Call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or contact redcrossblood.org to secure an appointment. The need continues to be great.

The Verdigris Valley Foundation will be serving a biscuit and gravy breakfast on Saturday, March 16 at the Madison Sauder Center from 8 to 10 a.m. Proceeds from this event support the operation of the Center and projects for the community.

TOPEKA – Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reminds Kansans that March and April are when large areas of the state’s rangelands are burned by prescribed fire, especially within the Flint Hills.