Macksville schools enrollment will be held Thursday, August 5 12:00 Noon to 7:00 P.M. and August 6 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
A Regular Meeting of the St. John Hudson USD 350 Board of Education is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., Monday, August 9, in the Board of Education Meeting Room in the Ida Long Goodman Library Basement.
The Count Your Kid In free (interagency) preschool screening will be held Friday, Aug. 6 at the Church of Christ, 609 N. Pearl St., St. John from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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The Lori Lamb Scholarship has been created in memory of the late Lori Lamb, farmer, coach, sportswriter
and prominent member of the Macksville community. She had fought cancer since September 2008, losing the battle in June of this year.
It was a full house at Macksville’s library for the Summer Reading Program.
Smoke trails and parachute landings dotted the shimmering blue sky, Saturday, at the Stafford County Fair, but it wasn’t fireworks or invading paratroopers, it was the work of the 4H club’s rocket builders.
Smoky Hills Public Television, Bunker Hill, has selected eleven local area winners of the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest, with three of the eleven in Stafford County.
Anna Minnis of St. John was one of over 260 attendees at the 108th annual convention of Kansas State Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood held in Wichita. This years theme was “Wild, Wonderful Women Making a Difference”.
Kansas 4H students including Bryan Figger of Hudson, traveled to Washington D.C June 16
Several individuals have donated books to the Ida Long Goodman used book collection. See full story for a complete list of last month's donations.
Looking for something for the kids to do during the dog days of summer? Sign them up for the Kansas Wetlands Education Center summer programs that begin July 1 and run through July 29.
Heading West on the Santa Fe Trail is an fascinating trip sponsored by the St. John Recreation Commission (SJRC).
All of the first and second grade students at St. John Elementary recently participated in the Reading Rainbow Writing Contest
Macksville Mustang, Evan Loomis signed with Dodge City JUCO on a football scholarship, May 7. Loomis was a member of the 2008 1A All-State Championship football team and has played in basketball, track for the Mustangs during his 4-year high school term. PICTURED ABOVE; FRONT Eileen Loomis, Evan Loomis, Bruce Loomis, BACK Coach Dan Grizzell, and Principal Rusty Wrinkle.
Teams and sponsors are needed for the upcoming STARS Benefit Golf Tournament planned for Saturday, June 5, at the Stafford County Country Club.
Stafford County students from the South Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative gifted program spent a day in St. John testing their mind and bodies with a trip to the Hood Museum, and tests of skills and creativity in the Philip Shell building.
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The Art Community is not only alive and well but thriving as recently proven by the talents of local area students.
On Wednesday, May 5, St. John High School’s National Honor Society members hosted a picnic for 32 honor students from SJHS.
