October 2022

The St. John Homecoming Hall and Museum sponsored a Homecoming Festival in the Town Square in St. John on October 22 to honor and celebrate the culture and history of Stafford County. The museum’s intent to preserve the artifacts and stories of all families who have lived in this county came to fruition as many local people as well as visitors from afar came to the Saturday celebration.

Familiar faces will be on the ballot with four candidates vying for two open seats on the Pratt City Commission in the November 8 election. A Pratt resident new to the community will be on the ballot for State Representative in a newly aligned 116th District which includes 60 percent of Pratt County.

South Central Community Foundation has selected he 5.4.7 Arts Center in Greensburg to receive two 2022-2023 grants. The Arts Center received a Community Grant to facilitate establishment of an Artists in Residence program, and a Greensburg Future Fund Grant for the creation of an outdoor mural on the concrete plinth surrounding the Arts Center.

New comprehensive plan approved; new pool cost will be more than $6M The City of Pratt has approved its next comprehensive plan. City commission members are supposed to be implement such a plan every 20 years and this plan would ideally have been implemented in 2020, but the COVID pandemic delayed the process.

A dozen scarecrows, decorated by downtown Pratt business owners, added extra smiles to shopping fun Thursday at the Fall Flannel Fest Ladies Night Out event in Pratt. A retail committee for Pratt Area Chamber of Commerce members handed out face and wooden body kits to participating businesses earlier this month. But creative limitations from there were few as shop owners were responsible for their own finished product.