December 2022

SBA announces end-of-year capital benchmarks showing historic support for small businesses under Administrator Guzman

7(a) Loan Program: 179 loans approved for $79,767,800 504 Loan Program: 19 loans approved for $15,708,000 Microloan Program: 10 loans approved for $194,800 The top five industries reflected in the WDO lending activity were Retail Trade (17.17%), Other Services (13.13%), Accommodation and Food Services (12.12%), Health and Social Assistance (7.58%), Transportation and Warehousing (7.07%).

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To the Sugar Bowl – Go ‘Cats!

The Big 12 Conference Champions, who were picked to finish 5th, and the 9th ranked and 10-3 Kansas State Wildcats travel to New Orleans. Louisiana where they will face the 5th ranked and 10-2 Alabama Crimson Tide in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Eve and kickoff in the Caesars Superdome will be at 11 a.m.

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Winter storm Elliott blasts through Pratt

An arctic blast dubbed Winter Storm Elliott hit the High Plains and much of the central United States the week of Christmas, causing many to adjust holiday plans. For those living in Pratt County, Kansas, it was just a part of life to deal with as below zero temperatures and dangerous wind chills were part of a system that caused power outages and hit the Pratt area December 21-23. A -7 temperature was recorded at the Peoples Bank Building just after 7:30 a.m. on Thursday. Area weather stations predicted -30 and -40 degree wind chills for Wednesday night and Thursday.

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IN MEMORIUM

We share these names of those who passed in the year 2022, as published in the Pratt Tribune, Kiowa County Signal and St. John News.

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Improvement district created for Sandy Creek Addition

After months of consideration, the City of Pratt passed ordinance 2215 creating a Community Improvement District for the Sandy Creek Addition. The community improvement district is allowed to levy ‘specials,’ special taxes or fees, from the area within the district in order to fund special projects for the improvement of properties within the district. “This is something we’ve been working on for quite a while. It is a necessary part of the game plan for Sandy Creek and the specials,” Mayor Deeds said.

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City pool tops discussions, decisions, and donations, for the year – Year in Review 2022

Looking back at the top stories published each year in the Pratt Tribune is always a trip down memory lane. Sometimes it is hard to believe all that has happened in just one year, other times it’s just hard to understand how time flew by so quickly. Sometimes looking back at a year in review helps one understand the bigger picture, the slice of life, all that we have to be thankful for here in Pratt, the Gateway to the High Plains.

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COMING EVENTS

DCF Commodities this Wednesday Dec 28 - DCF Commodities will be December 28, pick up from 2-5 p.m. at 619 N Main (Pratt Community Center) for Pratt Co.

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Kansas oil spill contained, but chemicals found downstream

Chemicals from the Keystone pipeline spill in north-central Kansas have shown up farther downstream in Mill Creek than the oil company’s repeated statements suggest. TC Energy and regulatory agencies say the oil spill is limited to a containment area — the length of the stream that lies between where the company’s pipeline burst and where workers quickly built an earthen dam about four miles downstream.

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