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.
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More than a dozen businesses hosted artists and musicians for the annual Pratt Art and Music Walk held Friday, June 3 in the downtown area. The Vernon Filley Art Museum on Jackson Street was a starting, or ending, point for many who came out to enjoy the community connections on a lovely early summer evening.
St. John native Taylor Clark has come to the end of her reign as Miss Kansas 2021, but it is not as bittersweet as one might think. Looking back, she has seen her own growth as a person in maturity, and looking forward she still has drumming to spur her on. This weekend Clark will be part of the Miss Kansas 2022 Competition, but this time she will not be judged, she will be performing, encouraging and celebrating accomplishments made as a successful title holder.
The Kiowa County Commissioners convened in regular session on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, with the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance. A time of prayer followed with Pastor Jeff Blackburn from the Greensburg Mennonite Church. General business included the approval of the consent agenda and the Minutes from the May 16 meeting.
Summer entertainment just got family friendly in Greensburg with the Sunflower Summer app now available from the state of Kansas. Start at the beautiful Greensburg Twilight Theatre and Community Auditorium with the Free Summer Film Series.
Several runners, jumpers, and throwers represented Pratt High School well at the State Track meet, which was hosted by Wichita State University on May 27 and 28. Both the boys and girls competed strongly in their respective events. Including PHS, there were a total of 35 schools competing, with several kids on each. Having said that, the Pratt kids still finished solidly against the stiff competition.
Kansas farmers cultivate more than crops through their checkoff contributions. Spending those dollars cultivating export markets directly benefits wheat growers and the general U.S. economy, according to a new econometric study by IHS Markit and Texas A&M University.
Each month I want to provide you with regular updates about what’s going on in our nation’s capital and throughout the 4th District of Kansas. Here’s what happened in May.
Gardener Extension Every year we have calls from gardeners who have tomato plants with leaves that curl up. When tomato plants grow vigorously in mild, spring weather the top growth often exceeds the root development. When the first few days of warm, dry summer weather hit, the plant ‘realizes’ that it has a problem and needs to increase its root development. The plant tries to reduce its leaf area by rolling leaves. The leaves curl along the length of the leaf (leaflet) in an upward fashion. It is often accompanied by a thickening of the leaf giving it a leathery texture. Interestingly, leaf roll is worse on some varieties than others.