The grand opening of the state-of-the-art Soulspring Spa & Wellness center is Friday, May 13. Free hotdogs, hamburgers and prizes will be available for visitors to the new business.

Child advocate for the Meadowlark House Child Advocacy Center Carmen Valverde and Meadowlark board president Arlyn Leaming met with Jan Scoggins, representing Dodge City Rotary Club May 4 to receive a donation for needed technical expenses. Meadowlark House Child Advocacy Center, a non-profit agency in Dodge City, provides services and work with children who are victims of abuse. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

People tend to collect empty bags to an excess, especially the drawstring ones made of royal purple colored cloth (and other assorted colors) Crown Royal liquor bottles come in. Now there is something positive and productive to do with those empty bags while at the same time disposing of any evi dence of having imbibed.

The second Saturday of May marks the 30th anniversary of one of America’s great days of giving – the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Locals are encouraged to leave non-perishable food donations by their mailboxes for letter carriers to collect on May 14.

Dodge City Fire Department Chief Ken Spencer said the April 21 structure fire at Santa Fe Townhomes was accidental and may have been electrical in nature. Six units located on Brier Street and Avenue K were destroyed by the fire that raged for about four hours before emergency responders from the Dodge City Fire Department and Ford County Fire and EMS extinguished it.