June 2022

Miss Kansas 2022 Ayan- na Hensley is a Dodge City resident with Greensburg connections, a Rudd Scholar and 2022 Fort Hays State University graduate with a major in biology and a minor in creative writing. The Miss Kiowa County candidate is an accomplished athlete, student and a person of deep faith. But she didn’t come from a typical family background with a predestined penchant for success. She had to fight her way through childhood abuse, trauma and poverty. It’s something she is not ashamed to talk about, and something she feels has prepared her to be in the best position now, as Miss Kansas 2022, to reach out to others and lift them up through difficulties to be the best they can be.

The Sandyland Shepherd’s Center is co-hosting a Lunch & Learn with Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library. We will meet at noon on Friday, June 24 in the library community room.

South Central Community Foundation (SCCF) is excited to announce their schedule for the 2022 Summer Listening Tours. Hoping to gain insight into the counties they serve, these meetings will start with a quick overview of the Foundation before moving into discussion with the attendees about their community’s successes and difficulties.

Scot Yarnell and Jill Hulse, native Kansans, were eager to accept positions at The Center for Counseling & Consultation because they believe they can satisfy local needs that continue to grow. Yarnell is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, while Hulse is a family practitioner studying to add (PMH NP) to her credentials.

Members of the Stafford County Commission met in regular session on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in the Commission Room in the Annex. Chairman Wycoff called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Present: Todd Wycoff, Bryce Garner, and Clayton Grimmett.

At its June 6 meeting, Pratt City commissioners held a required public hearing on the structure at 501 Starr Street. This is a mobile home that has been ruined by fire. The building as it currently exists is “unsafe, dangerous, and unfit for human use,” according to the resulting ordinance.