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On January 14 we had our family home for a late Christmas. With the preparations of daughter Susan and Ervin’s wedding, we decided to wait until later.

2 cups crushed chocolate sandwich cookies (24 cookies) 3 tablespoons butter (melted) 8 ounces cream cheese 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup chocolate syrup 2 tablespoons coffee concentrate 16 ounces whipped topping 1 cup instant pudding (vanilla) 2 cups milk Chocolate syrup for decorating top Mix the crushed cookies with the butter and press the mixture into the bottom of a 9x13inch Tupperware pan. In a separate bowl, whip the cream cheese until fluffy.

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On Jan. 31 the Dodge City Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) will be holding a drawing to celebrate National Plan for Vacation Day (NPVD), where one lucky winner will receive a night’s stay for two in Dodge City. The winner will also receive tickets for area attractions and a Dodge City welcome basket.

The 80th Annual Tournament of Champions combined three things basketball fans love — winter weather, historic events and rarely-seen matchups. Below are the highlights from the championship game, which was claimed by Hutchinson, a 67-56 winner over Maize South The Salthawks trailed early in the contest 3-0 after a Michael Kates three pointer, but the Salthawks would pull ahead thanks to senior Garrett Robertson’s shot behind the arc, and the Salthawks never looked back.

Dodge City Community College Professor Sherry Rogers spoke about her October trip to Hawaii at the Science Cafe in the campus library Jan. 19.