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Avenue of Flags

AVENUE OF FLAGS The Memorial Service May 29 at Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City was hosted by the Avenue of Flags Veteran’s Council. Dan Stacy served as master of ceremonies and Chaplain Deborah Muylaert delivered the invocation and benediction. American Legion Commander Christopher Self paid tribute to the flag and spoke. There was a tribute by the Women’s Auxiliaries: American Legion Post 47. [PHOTO BY Jim Johnson]

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Rhubarb Coffee Cake

1/2 cup shortening 1 1/4 cup + 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 1/2 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups flour 2 1/2 cups rhubarb 2 teaspoons cinnamon Cream shortening, 1 1/4 cup brown sugar, vanilla, and egg; add milk. Add soda, salt, and flour, stirring until all flour is moistened.

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Tree top turkey

With the 2022 Kansas spring turkey season ending, I sat here at my computer recalling spring turkey hunts from the past, and one particular hunt years ago keeps rambling through my mind. Now, everyone knows wild turkeys MUST be hunted from the ground. Sitting on the ground or on a five-gallon bucket until your butt and both legs are numb is just part of the turkey hunting experience, and NOT to do so would certainly be as un-American as eating pizza without potato chips, or owning a corvette with an automatic transmission. Yet there I stood, gazing longingly up the ladder of the landowner’s tree stand thinking what a perfect spot it would be to call-in the gobbler that roamed this wood lot. But I must persevere and not break turkey hunting protocol!

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