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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.

Zen gardens have become a popular tool to help people de-stress and meditate. Eureka Public Library is offering a chance to learn more about them with a ‘Mini Zen Gardens 101” class to be held on Tuesday, September 26. Attendees can take part in either a 2 p.m. session or a 7 p.m. session. The history and symbolism of Zen gardens will be covered and then participants will have the opportunity to make a mini Zen garden of their own. No pre-registration is required and the class is free. Supplies for this event are made possible as part of “Greenwood Counties – Discover Your Next Chapter” programming which is being funded by a Dream Grant from the Southeast Kansas Library System.

This Friday, September 22, royalty will be crowned for both Madison/Virgil and Hamilton during halftime of the Madison vs. Maranantha football game.

For the past few months, Deputy Clinton Hansen, also known as “Porkchop,” has been serving Greenwood County, a role he has been in for 13 years.

The Greenwood County Republican Committee will be holding a public meeting, Thursday, September 28 at 6:30 p.m. at the Eureka Public Library with Kansas Senator Caryn Tyson.

The mailman deposited an L.L. Bean catalog in our mailbox. I enjoy browsing through this catalog. I see all sorts of stuff I think I might need. At times, I’ll even dogear a page with the intent of showing Billie. It is along about here that I think of how slow catalog delivery is.

A Severy man was fatally injured in a three-vehicle accident last Friday, at approximately 11:25 p.m.

On Monday, September 13, truck parking along west Main Street was revisited by Hamilton City Council members. This concern was originally brought to the floor due to semis blocking driveways. Clerk Daphne Rayburn shared that she had talked to the county about the prospects of putting up signs, and was told that the city could put some up as this is within the city limits. Members of the council approved for the purchase of 10 no parking signs to be placed on Main Street west of Highway 99 to the scales and 7th Street to the intersection of 260th Street.

During the first year of Greenwood County being represented in the “Ag Challenge of Champion” contest at the state contest, a Greenwood County student finished in the top two and earned a $2,250 scholarship.