September 2023

Stafford County’s Wheatland Cafe’ a big hit at the Kansas State Fair

You cannot go to the Kansas State Fair without entering the Pride of Kansas building and seeing the crowds line up in front of the Wheatland Café booth.Sure, you can check out the butter sculpture and the giant pumpkins, but really the main star in that building is Shannon and Darrell Bauer’s food creations.“We do about 5,000 apple dumplings and 3,000 bierocks,” Shannon Bauer said.The Bauers do things the hard way – from scratch.

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Peaceful Prairies Poetry Thank God for our children’s children

Children’s children what a blessing,As we age ‘n thru life we’re passing;When years number b’gin to take its toll,And you pause to search your soul;If you could only roll the time back then,And change some things you did back when!But God works His redemption plan,Tis a marvel and it’s not a scam!For children’s children bring such joys,To a gran, both girls and boys;And as this number begins to rise,You know each one’s your greatest prize!And though you don’t see them everyday,You call their name out as you pray!And when you hold them on your knee,That sweet voice says please read to me!For children’s fathers are their glory,And they forever your crown will be!Children’s children are the crown of old men;and the glory of children are their fathers.Proverbs 17:6.dbs.

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Hard work pays off for Pratt students in The Lightning Thief musical

Pratt High School’s production of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical saw a nearly full house for its shows on a recent Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.Those two performances were the culmination of weeks and weeks of practice over many hot Kansas summer days.The final product demonstrated that hard work does pay off.

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The Big Well inspires those who experience difficulty

City of Greensburg employees Jared Shriver and Cale Thompson went all the way down into The Big Well last week in Kiowa County to gather buckets of “good luck” coins that were then prepped and taken to the 2023 Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.“It’s hard to estimate how many coins there really are down there each year,” said Big Well Museum and Information Director Heather Coyne Bailey.

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