Dodge City Toros a statewide pillar in soccer
The Dodge City Toros’ season ended this week with a 2-1 loss to the Queensboro FC in Columbus, Ohio Aug. 7 in a battle for third place in the United Premier Soccer League (USPL) playoffs.
Citizens turn out for Downtown Streetscape work session
The coordinated effort among the City of Dodge City, Black Hills Energy, Victory Electric and Building Solutions has been years in the making and now the master plan for the $13.9 million Downtown Streetscape project is nearing its completion.
ROYAL STARS
By GEORGIA NICOLS Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Full Moon in Aquarius peaks at 9:36 p.m.
IRS: Truckers need to file by Aug. 31 deadline, e-file encouraged
Courtesy of the Internal Revenue Service The Internal Revenue Service today is reminding those who have registered, or are required to register, large trucks and buses that it’s time to file Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return. The IRS strongly encourages using e-file and filing before the payment deadline of Aug.
Midge, sorghum aphid found in Kansas
Pat Melgares K-State Research and Extension news service While there’s no reason for alarm, a pair of Kansas extension agents are at least urging the state’s sorghum producers to be on the lookout for a couple of pests that have recently shown up in this year’s crop. Anthony Zukoff, the coordinator of the Insect Diagnostics Program at Kansas State University’s Southwest Research and Extension Center in Garden City, said the sorghum midge was recently found in the southwest part of the state.
North Vine Street corridor improvement project receives national award
Office of the Kansas Department of Transportation The Kansas Department of Transportation, along with the City of Hays, Kirkham Michael, WSP USA and Smoky Hill Construction, recently received the Institute of Transportation Engineers 2022 Transportation Achievement Award in the Traffic Engineering category for the North Vine Street corridor improvements project in Hays. The transportation achievement awards recognize excellence in the advancement of transportation by entities concerned with transportation.
GOP candidates for Kansas treasurer will have to decide on recount before votes are certified
The Republican race for state treasurer may be unresolved for at least another week, when three of the state’s largest counties certify results from the primary election and decide whether to count or discard an unknown number of provisional ballots.
Lunch from home? Insulated bags help keep cold foods cold
Pat Melgares K-State Research and Extension news service Modern technology has brought home-packed school lunches along for the ride. Today’s lunch bags “are made with a high-tech material that kids can use to keep their food cold,” said Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee.
Pumpkin Chip Cookies
2 3/4 cup pumpkin 2 cups sugar 1 cup lard or shortening 2 eggs (beaten) 2 tablespoons milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 4 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon salt 1-6ounce package of chocolate chips 1 cup nuts (if desired) Mix pumpkin, sugar, lard, eggs, milk, and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients and add gradually.
Tomatoes (or Lack Thereof) and Fall Hummingbirds
Our garden each year consists of 6 tomato plants, and some years, that’s all. Each winter, using a triedand- true family recipe, we make tomato soup. So, all our tomatoes, minus a few for BLT’s are cut-up and frozen in one-gallon freezer bags for this winter’s soup. I usually plant my tomatoes early, mid- March to early April, using “Walls-of-Water,” plastic gadgets filled with water that provide each plant with its own little greenhouse. I’ve learned that here in Kansas, planting that early gets them setting fruit and producing tomatoes before the obnoxious hot weather. I plant “indeterminate” tomato plants which will live and continue to produce fruit until frost, allowing for a nice fall harvest also.