Officers and members of the Chase County FFVF chapter met with FFVF President and CEO David Harmer last week at a private get-together. Shown are Lesley Nordhausen, Carrie Terryberry, Harmer, Marilee Wallin, Jill Moline and Julie Gockley. (Courtesy photo)
National President and CEO of the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge (FFVF), David Harmer, visited members of the Chase County chapter last week.
The Champion Jr. Women’s Club and Champion Community Center will be holding their 15th annual Vision of Trees event Dec. 7 and 8 at the Champion Community Center.
City employees Tina Mandeville and Mitch Hoskovec work on securing a bench in place. Wyatt Krausnick, a fifth grader at CCS, enjoys riding a scooter during a day off from school. (Johnson Publications photo)
Three benches are being added at the Imperial Skatepark landscaping as improvements continue in anticipation of completing the final plan.
Council members will look at how other similar-sized communities address commercial signs in residential yards after a discussion on the issue Monday.
Charred pasture stretched for five miles in southwest Chase County and into northern parts of Dundy County. Some standing corn was also lost in the fire that eventually burned more than 2,800 acres Saturday. (Johnson Publications photo)
As Imperial’s 2,000 gallon tanker refills a Lamar Volunteer Fire Department truck, Lamar firefighter Brock Stromberger, left, and IVFD driver/pump operator John Schilke discuss the fire’s movement. (Johnson Publications photo)
From the northeast, the heavy, black smoke from Saturday afternoon’s fire could be seen for miles. (Johnson Publications photo)
The blackness of the charred grass stands out around this lone windmill Saturday afternoon. (Johnson Publications photo)
There were times officers with the Imperial Volunteer Fire Department (IVFD) wondered if they’d ever be able to stop the spread of a major grass fire Saturday afternoon.
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