Tampa woman to celebrate 99th Frieda Bentz of Tampa is celebrating her 99th birthday and her family is requesting a card shower in her honor. She will be 99 on Jan.27, and cards can reach her at: 3454 Limestone, Tampa, KS 67483.

Goessel museum meeting is Jan. 22 The Mennonite Heritage & Agricultural Museum annual meeting is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, in the Alexanderwohl Men­nonite Church Fellowship Hall. The church is located one mile north of Goessel on Kansas Highway 15. Following a short business meeting, Rod Ratzlaff will speak on “Children of Przechowka: The Low German Mennonites of […]

• kenneth decker, 78, retired from general sales work, died Jan. 11 at his home in Lehigh. The service is at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Chis­holm Trail Bible Church, 101 N. Wheat St., Goessel with pastor Galen Markley officiating. Burial will be at Le­high Township Cemetery in rural Lehigh. He was born Dec. 16, 1938, to Clyde and […]

Hillsboro Senior Center Jean and Arnie Boyd provided entertainment Tuesday after lunch. Haris Zafar, an audiologist, of Wichita is here beginning at 11 a.m. Jan. 18 for hearing aid checks. Also, Marion Home Health is providing foot care. Call for an appointment time. We are having a sing-a-long Thursday, Jan. 19, and Friday, Jan. 20. Hillsboro’s center is hosting the […]

County support is appreciated Thank-you to all the folks who loaded the Salvation Army kettles with bills and change, and mailed donations, this past holiday season. We often expend our monthly funds before the end of the month, and it was exciting to see this generosity. The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian […]