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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) requests comments on an amendment to the FFY 2024-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) document.

Three teams gathered at Terradyne Country Club, in Wichita, on Thursday, June 13, for the fifth annual Kan sas Press Association (KPA) four-person scramble.

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Members of the Eureka High School (EHS) Class of 1984 held several gatherings throughout the weekend of June 1416 to celebrate their 40year class reunion. Class members met at various restaurants in Eureka, for breakfast, lunch and dinner and celebrated on Saturday at the Greenwood Hotel. Pictured above from left to right are: front row, Dan Cole, Brad Clites, Vicki (Denner) Herb, Stacey (Sawyer) Jones, Betty (Hershberger) Everly, Brenda (McMullen) Ward, Tony Nuessen, Becca Bruns, Alice (Hemingway) Mann, Susan Dewell, Kyle Olson, Heather (Huntington) Fuesz and Jana (Gryder) Peters; back row, Phil Nichols, Matt Wilson, Carrie (Elgin) Overby, James Buster, Mike Herb, Trish Bahr, Kim (Parrot) Lucas and Bill Turney. Not pictured were Rick Hanson and Roger Lowe.

Mayor Richard Clark called the June 3 Howard City Council meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. at the Howard City Building with council members Martin Hunter, Gary Harrod, Shilo Crupper, Derek Cookson and Jerrad Pope present. Also present was City Clerk Joanna Hunter.

On Tuesday, June 18, members of the Hamilton City Council held a special meeting for consultation of their treasurer as they look at plans for a street project. Also included on the special meeting agenda was discussion of the attorney position. As attorney candidate Clark Allemang was unable to be present, discussion of this subject was postponed and is to be revisited at a later date.

Library staff from Hamilton City Library attended the Southeast Kansas Library System (SEKLS) Innovation Day Event held at the Iola High School Science Center in Iola on June 7. Beth Inwood, Director of the Hamilton City Library, was among the 36 people who were in attendance as Darrin Daugherty, SEKLS Technology Consultant; Jason Robb, SEKLS SEKnFind Coordinator; April Hernandez, SEKLS System Consultant; Tammie Benham, SEKLS Youth Services Consultant and Cynthia Chalker, Special Needs Consultant, presented various presentations on Makerspace Software, Canva, LibraryAware, Cricut Design, Word-Press/DIVI and Kansas State Library Databases. They shared information about how libraries statewide can best use technology funds and programs to market their services. Laure Beckman and Brittany Simpson from Mound City Kansas Public Library provided instruction on the Cricut.

The inaugural Clasen Family Memorial junior/ senior golf tournament was held on Saturday, June 22, at the Eureka Country Club, with 27 teams competing for top honors.