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EASTER IN THE ALLEY

EASTER IN THE ALLEY: A Dodge City family poses with fun and furry friends at The Alley, 2200 1st Ave., April 12. Ashlie Sanchez and Eduardo Peralta with 6-yearold Jaxson Dyer, 8-year-old Braydon Dyer, 3-year-old Tristan Peralta and 9-year-old Bryan Peralta. [PHOTO BY Whitney Hodgin/Dodge City Globe]

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HOP TO IT

HOP TO IT: After a two-year break due to Covid, Ladies Community Outreach invites the public to its annual Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 16 on the soccer field near the YMCA.

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Central Elementary receives merit award

Congratulations is in order for Central Elementary School principal Cherry Deges and her team of educators for receiving the Challenge Award of Merit for 2021. According to Dodge City Public Schools, the Confidence in Education Task Force administers the awards for the Kansas Department of Education. Schools are recognized for making progress in student achievement despite the many challenges in school population. Central received the award for achievement and uncommon accomplishment based on Kansas math and reading assessment. Sunnyside Elementary, Northwest Elementary, and Miller Elementary were also recipients of the Challenge Award. Fred Dierksen, Superintendent of Schools; Tami Knedler, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education, and Scott Springston, Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction were on hand to present the award to Central Elementary staff members. [COURTESY PHOTO]

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Will April showers arrive in time to make the Kansas wheat crop?

Chris Tanner finished top-dressing his wheat on Tuesday in northern Kansas, pondering whether fertilizing was a fool’s errand. According to the Kansas Mesonet, the Norton substation has measured 161 days without more than a quarter inch of rain — more than five months. The area has virtually zero subsoil moisture, and drought conditions are expanding with no relief in the forecast.

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Kansas Supreme Court Justices visit DCCC

Dodge City Community College President, Harold Nolte (right), welcomes Kansas Supreme Court Justices, Melissa Standridge (left) and Daniel Biles (second from left) to the DCCC campus on Thursday, April 7. At a question-and-answer session in the DCCC Little Theatre, the justices discussed topics relating to the state’s highest court. Also pictured is discussion moderator Daniel Love. [PHOTO BY Luke Fay/Dodge City Community College]

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