Dodge City Community College (DC3) hosted its 2022 nursing pinning and commencement exercises

Dodge City Community College (DC3) hosted its 2022 nursing pinning and commencement exercises on Saturday, May 14, in the DC3 Student Activity Center, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. Amongst the commencement speakers were 2022 graduate, Kaden Stapleton, of Jetmore, and 2022 Distinguished Alumnus, Dr. Larry Rodriguez, of San Diego, Calif. [PHOTOS BY Lance Ziesch/Dodge City Community College]

Club News

It turned into a lucky Friday the 13th for members of Philomath when the club gathered for our final monthly meeting in May. Twenty ladies attended a morning brunch with a table decor of spring flowers and world maps as placemats in keeping with this year’s theme, “Wonders of the Modern World”.

City of Dodge City to change public hours

The City of Dodge City is set to change the hours of public offices, beginning May 31 to 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m.

Linn Elementary School awarded for efforts to make working breastfeeding easier for employees

The Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition recently awarded Linn Elementary School for implementing a special space for nursing mothers on staff to express milk during work hours. Coalition executive Brenda Bandy said the school received a “gold level” award for its pumping room, the first of its kind in the school district, as well as for having written breastfeeding support into school policy.

CRAFTER’S Never enough stitches for Nathan Schaller

How many knots does a man have to make before he bests the rest in the world record for largest crochet square? Nathan Schaller is competing for the Guinness World Record largest crochet square in the granny square pattern and plans to win the title in 2025. Progress has been slow, but steady, as he works diligently towards the goal during his free time after work and while watching TV with his roommate Urial Garcia.

Dodge City rattled by wind event May 11

Wind gusts reached 75 miles per hour at the Dodge City Regional Airport overnight May 11 according to the United State Weather Service in Dodge City. That qualified the gusts as an EF-0 tornado, which considers 28 different types of damage to structures and trees.