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🌱 How did Kelly Campbell Field become Clay Center’s baseball centerpiece?
Clay Center, Kansas Patch AM: a 3 min readGood day Clay Center! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How did Kelly Campbell Field become Clay Center’s baseball centerpiece?
Also on today's calendar: Clay Center Outreach.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 73, low: 45.
- Monday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Then & Now: Clay Center Athletic Fields Part 5 (kclyradio.com) — Clay Center’s Sportsman Park and Kelly Campbell Field take center stage in this look back at local American Legion baseball and community support for youth sports. The story traces how donations, family memorials, and volunteer labor transformed the town’s only baseball field into today’s upgraded facility, while honoring longtime recreation director Oren Erickson and player Kelly Campbell. 
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Library Board Meeting →
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Clay Center Outreach →
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Wednesday October 21
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🗓 Events Nearby
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CCCHS CC @ Junction City
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
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CCCHS- V VB Tournament @ Concordia
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
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CCCHS-V G TN NCKL (H)
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
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CCCHS-JV G TN NCKL (H)
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
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CCCHS- C VB Triangular @ Minneapolis
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
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CCCHS-JV FB (H) Abilene
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
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CCCHS-V G TN @ Abilene
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
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CCCMS - VB 7th & 8th @ Home vs Chapman
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
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CCCHS- V/JV/C VB @ Concordia
Clay Center USD 379 Clay Center, KS 67432
5:15 pm
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
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🗞 Nearby News
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Concordia
- 2026 Kansas Fall ID: Event Preview (prepbaseballreport.com)
Manhattan
- 105 Live's Spooky Showcase Kicks Off Halloween in Manhattan (kansaspublicradio.org)
- The man behind the golden dumbbells (kstatecollegian.com)
- Budgets for city, county, USD 383 mean average property tax hike of 5.5% (themercury.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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