The 12th Annual Flint Hills Classic Livestock Show will be held in Eureka at the Greenwood County Fairgrounds on Sunday, April 28. This event is hosted by the Eureka FFA Booster Club. Over 400 hogs, goats, sheep and beef are shown at the Classic by FFA and 4-H members from all over Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri. There will be three show arenas for the Classic.
The April 1 Howard City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Richard Clark at 7:30 p.m., with council members Martin Hunter, Shilo Crupper, Derek Cookson, Jerrad Pope and Gary Harrod present. Also present was Howard Housing Authority (HHA) board members John Black, Debbie Roebuck, Patty Wiseman, Rodney Indermill, Susan Galvan Board Chair, Sherry Swendson State Certified Executive Director Specialist and Joanna Hunter City Clerk.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 3,522 people were killed by distracted driving in 2021. Distracted driving also poses a significant threat in Canada, where the Canadian Automobile Association reports 47 percent of the nation’s drivers admit to typing or using voice-memo features to send a message while driving. Various behaviors constitute distracted driving, including eating, talking on the phone or adjusting a stereo or entertainment system. However, the NHTSA indicates texting poses a particularly significant threat, as sending or reading a text for just five seconds while driving 55 miles per hour is akin to driving the length of a football field with your eyes closed.
The Eureka USD 389 Board of Education held their monthly meeting last Monday, April 8, where they approved a $61,910 technology proposal, a new fiber project with IdeaTek (which will save the district $9,600 over a fiveyear contract), heard about a $31,200 overall savings per year, approved annual contracts, heard administrative reports, approved handbook changes and approved an employment.
2x3.75=$54.38 My wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Virgil a couple of weeks ago, on Sunday, April 7. It was such a nice and sunny day, but the wind was a little stronger than we would have liked. The town was so quiet with no cars on the street except that of John and Orella Hosack’s whom we were meeting. They had arranged for us to get into the Community Center, formerly the EUB Church. I was searching for the trophy cup that contained the names of the valedictorians from Virgil High School. We found they went from 1925 to 1965 With Linda F. (Aeschliman) Snyder, now of Hamilton, being the last one to receive this honor. My sister’s name, Frances E. Phillips, was placed on the trophy cup in 1950. This will be good information for my memoir, titled “Virgil 1951.” I have been told that in memoirs it is always good to include your sisters. They will want to read your book just to learn what you said about them.
PO Box 590
Eureka, KS 67045
Phone: 620-583-5721
Fax: 620-583-5922