December 2022

2022 Light Up Dodge City winners announced

Jared Stevens, 1902 La Mesa, was the firstplace winner of the sixth annual Light Up Dodge City Holiday Lights contest. The contest, hosted by the Dodge City Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), the Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Dodge City Daily Globe, is a popular holiday tradition that rewards homeowners for their creativity and originality in holiday decorations.

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Liberty Bowl pits Kansas vs Arkansas for 1st time since 1906

The Kansas Jayhawks see a bright future thanks to coach Lance Leipold’s quick turnaround. The Arkansas Razorbacks? That proud Southeastern Conference program goes into the Liberty Bowl on Wednesday hoping quarterback KJ Jefferson and running back Raheim “Rocket” Sanders can provide enough offense to make up for a roster thinned by opt-outs and transfer portal departures.

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Sharon Kay Hicks

Sharon Kay Hicks Dodge City - Mary Lou Doris born August 15, 1933 on the farm Kansas to Edward and Elizabeth (Unruh) Frank. She died December Mary attended East Banner School in Haskell County for elementary school at Montezuma High School, and college at Garden City She continued her education at Emporia State where she earned Education.

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Mary Lou Doris

Dodge City - Mary Lou Doris born August 15, 1933 on the farm in Haskell County, Kansas to Edward and Elizabeth (Unruh) Frank. She died December 24, 2022 in Aurora Colorado. Mary attended East Banner School in Haskell County for elementary school, high school at Montezuma High School, and college at Garden City Community College. She continued her education at Emporia State where she earned her Masters in Education. While attending college in Garden City she met her husband, Dennis Doris. They married on August 24, 1957. Also in 1957, Mary began her teaching career in Lane County where she taught there for the next 20 years. After she and Dennis moved to Dodge City, Mary continued to teach for another 20 years. She spent her retirement traveling the world with her husband Dennis. Together they traveled to all 50 states, 73 different countries and 7 continents. Mary is survived by her sister, Jenny Wiswell and her husband Darrell; brother-inlaw, Lawrence Withers; sister-in-law, Virginia Frank; and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dennis Doris; her parents, Edward and Elizabeth Frank; her sisters, Sadie Frank, Florence Yost, and Esther Withers; and her brothers, Floyd Frank and Paul Frank. Funeral service will be held at Swaim Funeral Chapel, Dodge City on Friday, December 30, 2022 at 10:30 AM. Burial will be at 3:00 PM at the Lane County Cemetery, Dighton. Visitation will be at Swaim Funeral Chapel on Thursday, December 29, 2022 from noon to 8:00 PM. Memorials are suggested to the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame in care of the funeral home. Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online guest book at

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