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READER CALLOUT

Area students are getting ready for Back to School and the first day of a new school year is always a momentous occasion that many capture in photos. Students may be sporting new haircuts, clothes or shoes, or maybe a new lunchbox or backpacks holding all those school supplies.

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CLUB NEWS

The Dodge City Chapter of Ambucs hosted its 38th Annual Charity Golf Scramble at Mariah Hills Golf Course Aug. 7, the last day of Dodge City Days 2022.

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Watering Trees and Shrubs

Andrea Burns Ford County Extension Agent With the hot, dry summer conditions continuing in Southwest Kansas for the foreseeable future, many homeowners are calling with concerns about their trees, especially the deciduous ones. Let’s talk about how we should go about watering mature trees and shrubs in landscape settings.

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Eighty million years ago, western Kansas was ‘hell’s aquarium.’ Here’s what it can teach us today

CASTLE ROCK BADLANDS, Kansas — How do you save sea turtles from climate change? Maybe start by digging around in the arid badlands of western Kansas. Eighty million years ago, this dry, desolate landscape was completely covered by water, teeming with exotic forms of life.

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ROYAL STARS

By GEORGIA NICOLS Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Pisces.

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