Newsletter-Late-Week

Local teachers benefit from Pratt Lions Club support bags

The Pratt Lions Club is known for supporting vision care, providing help for those in need, ramp assistance, and driving a barrel train at community events. For the past few years, the club has also quietly stepped into the realm of supporting area teachers with small monthly gifts to let them know they are appreciated. This year, the club has moved from picking up several teachers to support to providing inspiration to all of the teachers employed by USDs 382 and 438 in Pratt school districts.

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Bond issue will address critical facility needs for USD 350 St. John-Hudson schools

St. John-Hudson USD 350 welcomed back students for a new school year on Thursday, August 21, with an exciting blow-up Tiger at the entrance. A new year, new superintendent, and new promise on the horizon for this district was celebrated with a back-to-school ice cream party that afternoon and a Tiger Pride Night on August 25. Now school supporters will put their heads together to find a way to pas a rising school bond issue on the upcoming November 4, 2025 election.

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Hall Museum invites community to historic quilting bee featuring vintage flour sacks

St. John — Hall Museum is excited to announce a unique quilting bee event that celebrates a remarkable piece of American history: the creative use of printed flour sacks during times of hardship. These durable cotton sacks, once used to store grains, became vital materials for making clothing and quilts during the Great Depression and World War II, symbolizing resilience and ingenuity.

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Farm families awarded by Pratt County Farm Bureau

The Pratt County Farm Bureau honored several members and area farmers for their achievements in agriculture at their annual meeting last Thursday at the Pratt County 4-H Building. Nick and Josie Fox, and their daughters Bryleigh and Layne, were named the Pratt County Farm Family of the Year, and Darren and Jill Hodgkinson were recognized as the Pratt County Natural Resources Award recipient for this year.

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Celebrate art with continued events at the Filley

The Filley Art Museum is an art museum that can hold its own with most any art museum in the United States. (Or the world) I am privileged to volunteer there, and even though Wed. mornings, when I am there, are not the busiest, there are still some that drop by and tour, but of course weekends and afternoons are much busier, especially with the four museum Summer Passport Program where families can stamp their passport at each museum for free entry and win a goodies bag after visiting all four.

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