May 2024
All Schools Day winners announced
Wrapping up the 111th All Schools Day Parade, the McPherson County All Schoos Day Committee announced the 2024 winners.Sonshine Pre-School won the pre-school category.Lincoln Elementary won the Kindergarten category.Canton-Galva Royalty won the Royalty category.Elyria Christian Royalty won the Best Use of Theme.Johns Manville won the Best Commercial Entry.Eisenhower Elementary won People’s Choice.
Country Cousin’s May Club Meeting
The May meeting of the Country Cousins 4-H club was held on May 5, 2024, at St.
Midwest Energy awarded $8.6 million in grants
Midwest Energy held a brief ceremony May 10 in Hays to announce the award of $8.6 million grants from the U.S.
Bullpup track and field takes second at league
The McPherson High School track and field teams have reached their penultimate destination following the annual AVCTL Division III meet last Thursday, as both the boys and girls teams placed second place to build momentum towards regionals.Fresh off a strong performance at the Salina Invitational meet to end its regular season, McPherson turned in a pair of second-place finished on Thursday, May 9 at the AVCTL Division III meet that was hosted by the Bullpups.Last Thursday’s meet was the lone meet that was hosted by McPherson during the 2024 season, but the Bullpups did not disappoint in their only home showing as a total of nine first-place finishes were snagged between the boys and girls teams.“The Bullpup track and field team competed in the AVCTL Division Three league track meet on Thursday evening in McPherson.
Kanitz furthers basketball career with Barton
MOUNDRIDGE, Kansas – As Kreighton Kanitz signed his basketball letter of intent recently with Barton Community College, he went to his God for His thoughts.“When signing and deciding on Barton, I spoke to God and everything about it just gave me peace,” the Moundridge Wildcat standout said.
Lady Pups win ninth straight ahead of postseason
Nearly a full year after McPherson fell 1-0 to Wamego in the class 4A state softball championship game, the Lady Pups are now two wins away from having a chance to return to the title game following a doubleheader sweep against Andale on senior day Tuesday evening.After returning all but three players to its roster in 2024, McPherson’s mantra through the regular season has been “Unfinished business.” Following a 2-0 win and a 12-4 win over Andale, the Lady Pups’ path to finally finishing that business starts next Tuesday as they host regionals as either the No.
Leadership McPherson Class of 2024 graduates
On May 6, 2024, the McPherson Opera House hosted the Leadership McPherson Class of 2024’s graduation ceremony.
Board of Education holds May Regular Meeting
The USD 418 Board of Education held their monthly regular meeting on May 13, 2024.During the Reports section of the meeting, Dr.
Cat House provides help for cat population
Kitten season has begun, and Cat House McPherson is an integral part of keeping the feral cat population in check in McPherson with its trap, neuter, and release (TNR) program.The City of McPherson maintains the Fix-a-Cat program which helps with funding to spay or neuter and rabies vaccine for pet cats for owners who cannot afford it on their own as well as for the TNR program.