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Lady Pups golf completes first team camp

MCPHERSON – For the first time since it was built in 1990, Turkey Creek Golf Course played host to a McPherson High School girls golf team camp Monday through Thursday to help kick-start the program’s first ever season.

Bullpup baseball and softball earn all-state honors

MCPHERSON – It’s been nearly two months since McPherson High School ended its 2022 baseball and softball spring campaigns, but the season appears to not want to end as a total of eight Bullpups were selected to the 2022 4A KABC and KSCA baseball and softball allstate teams.

Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024

In a surprising and seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. The expansion to 16 teams will happen after the Pac-12’s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN expire and make the Big Ten the first conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Playing It Safe

WATER Trips to the pool or beach are a signature part of summer, but there are inherent risks associated with any time spent in the water — in particular for younger, less experienced swimmers. Use a life jacket for safety, in particular in waterways with currents or deeper depths.

17U and 18U Bullpups end Hooper Showcase with wins

MCPHERSON – For the third time in two months, the Bullpup baseball program has reeled in another championship, with the latest coming from the 17 and under summer baseball team by becoming the silver champion in the Hooper Showcase tournament.

Ask Amy: Grateful future mom worries about baby shower

Dear Amy: After many years, and with the help of prayers and science, I am pregnant and - along with my family and friends - looking forward to a celebratory baby shower. My issue is whether I must invite a narcissistic sister-in-law (my brother’s wife), or if it is appropriate to only invite her daughters, ages 10 and 14.

One City’s Fateful Clash with God

Clay Center, Kansas – There was once a valley in the land of Israel that was beautiful and fertile, teeming with people and life. But today if you go and see it, it is a barren valley. Nothing grows there. No one lives there. This is a tale of a city that once occupied that valley – Sodom.

Doris Maxine Spence

Doris Maxine Spence, 96, of McPherson, KS, passed away June 23, 2022, at SunPorch of Dodge City. Funeral arrangements are with Stockham Family Funeral Home, McPherson. (website: www.stockhamfamily.com)

John M. Helfrich

Great Bend- John M. Helfrich, 68, passed away June 25, 2022, at his home in Great Bend. He was born on November 30, 1953, in Great Bend, to Gerald & Patricia (McMullen) Helfrich. He married Connie Deines in Great Bend and they later divorced.