Bucklin Lady Aces volleyball team preview

The Lady Aces play in one of the toughest small school leagues in Kansas. Having said that, Head Coach Amy Fleener believes the Lady Aces Volleyball will compete with the upper division of SPIAA this coming season. Coach Fleener said they “will be more athletic than the previous two years, but we will also be the youngest we have ever been.”

Eva Carson

Crosse. Ziegler Funeral Chapel .

LaVone Perkins

the daughter of James and Minnie Perkins. She lived many years in Salinas, California before her and her family returned to Dodge City.

Drinking becomes heartbreaking wedge in marriage

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency Drinking becomes heartbreaking wedge in marriage Dear Amy: My wife and I have been together for 17 years. While we have, overall, a very positive marriage, her drinking has become a very large concern and has caused quite a rift between us at times.

ROYAL STARS

By GEORGIA NICOLS Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today until 11:45 p.m. PDT.

Amish Kitchen

It’s Tuesday, and it’s almost time to start supper. I am not sure yet what I’ll make besides sweet corn, cucumber salad, and sliced tomatoes.

9-inch pie shell

3 cups finely chopped or grated zucchini 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3 tablespoons flour 3 teaspoons lemon juice pat of butter 9-inch pie shell, double crust Mix all ingredients and put in an unbaked pie shell. Place crust on top and bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

HPPR’s David Condos wins National Murrow Award for his coverage of western Kansas

David Condos, a reporter for High Plains Public Radio and the Kansas News Service, has won a National Edward R. Murrow Award — one of the most prestigious prizes in broadcast journalism — for his coverage of western Kansas, its ongoing problems with water, its history of racism and how meatpacking transformed the region.

Farm pond fishin’

While driving the countryside lately, I’ve noticed that despite the ever-encroaching drought, some of the really nice farm ponds around still hold lots of water. Good farm ponds built in the correct place are hard to beat, and farm-pond fishing is often good. This brought to mind a farm-pond fishing adventure Joyce and I had a few years back about this time of year at a local pond.