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The North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging, based in Manhattan, has announced that Marcheta Jacobson has been named the new site manager for the Council Grove Senior Center.

Several new trees were planted in Alta Vista this spring, continuing a tree-planting tradition started in 2014.

Editor’s note: We hope you enjoy this new weekly series, offered over the next few weeks. We appreciate Jan Koepke writing the intriguing articles about seniors in our community and their interesting lives.

The USD 417 Board of Education met Monday evening, May 11, at the District Office in Council Grove for its regular monthly meeting, which included recognition of state qualifiers and champions, discussion of district finances and enrollment trends, instructional data reports, childcare concerns and the appointment of a new board member.