The Salvation Army of Dodge City is pleased to announce that it received a $10,000 charitable gift from ITC Great Plains, a transmission-only utility, on Thursday, June 23 for the relocation and expansion of its Thrift Store from its current location on Avenue E to 1500 East Wyatt Earp Blvd.
In the spring of 1884 Dodge City was getting the reputation of being just another respectable farm town. The town needed to do something to proclaim to the world they were still the toughest spot in the west. To achieve that goal, former mayor Alonzo Webster had a plan to spice up Dodge City’s Fourth of July celebration.
This is day 13 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association. Combines are now on the roll in northwest and north central Kansas with the return of hot, windy weather.
The city will host an Old Fashioned 4th of July at the Boot Hill Museum all day Sunday. Can-Can lessons and deputizings will take place at 10 a.m., 11 a.m.
It seemed to the Dodge City Community College Board of Trustees that graduation had just occurred and yet already they are making way for incoming students for the fall semester. President Harold Nolte, Vice Chair Kathy Ramsour, Mia Schraeder-Korbelik, Bill Turley, Kelly Henrichs and Jammie Philips were present at the June 28 meeting.
Republican Senator Jerry Moran visited two Dodge City destinations June 28 and said he was inspired by the good work being done at each. His first stop was Arrowhead West, 1100 E.
The City of Dodge City Water Watch that was issued on June 17, 2022, is lifted effective Friday, July 1. Following the Water Conservation Plan and Ordinance No. 3583, a water watch is terminated when the triggering events have ceased to exist.
The Dodge City Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution presented this framed Constitution of the United States to Dodge City Globe editor Whitney Hodgin June 30. Thank you to chapter historic preservation chair Patty Winger and chapter regent Katie Schmidt. [PHOTO BY Patty Winger/Daughters of the American Revolution]
The recent hot, dry temperatures we have seen this summer have brought on one of the most common pest problems I see this time of year-spider mites. These little pests tend to attack plants that face the stresses of heat and drought.
This is day 12 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association. Trevor Cox, field agronomist, with Central Valley Ag Co-op in Clay Center, reported that harvest began in their area on June 23.