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🌱 Could your Salina food project earn up to $5,000 next year?

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In today's newsletter:

  • Could your Salina food project earn up to $5,000 next year?
  • What to expect at Salina Art Center’s 2026 garden gala
  • How much apprenticeship money is coming to Salina-area workers?

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 54 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Thursday: Very windy; mostly sunny, temps: high: 50, low: 23.
  • Friday: Some sun; becoming windier, with a high of 52 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Food Works Foundation accepting Local Food Grant applications (salina.com) — If you’re working to improve local food in Saline County, you can now apply for $3,000–$5,000 Local Food Grants from the Local Food Works Foundation in Salina. Applications are open through February 10, 2026, for projects that strengthen production, distribution, education, or access to fresh, affordable food across the Salina region.
   

2. Salina Art Center hosting 2026 gala at end of January (salina.com) — Salina residents can look forward to the Salina Art Center’s “In Bloom, A Garden Gala” on January 31, 2026, at the Hilton Garden Inn Salina. With cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres, fashion-show designs by 15 artists, and $1-per-vote online voting, the fundraiser directly supports local arts programming and encourages playful garden party attire.
   

3. Two Salina businesses receive over $5,000 from state to expand apprenticeship programs (salinapost.com) — Two Salina-area businesses, Build A Pro and Kansas Bankers Technology, are receiving more than $21,000 in state apprenticeship grants to grow construction and cybersecurity training in Saline County. They’re part of a $535,000 statewide investment aimed at expanding high-wage, high-demand apprenticeship opportunities and boosting Kansas’ overall workforce, with more funding rounds planned in the coming months.
   

4. 🎥: Troopers Graduate Salina Academy (ksal.com) — New Kansas Highway Patrol troopers just graduated at the training academy in Salina, where recruits from Classes 73 and 74 received their badges and took the oath. The ceremony at the former Marymount College campus highlighted intensive training, family pinning moments, and Salina’s key role in statewide law enforcement preparation.
   

5. Cougars Sweep Newton: Girls win 5th Straight, Boys Stay Perfect (ksal.com) — Salina South basketball fans have plenty to cheer about as both the girls and boys teams beat Newton, with the girls earning their fifth straight win and the boys staying undefeated. Standout performances from Paityn Fritz and Sawyer Walker led the way as both Cougar squads now head to Valley Center to close out the week on the road.
   

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  • Looking for recommendations for a nanny to watch our 18-month-old son.
    We also have 3 dogs. The nanny will have to watch our son 4 times a week. Monday-Wednesday and Friday. We will need a nanny starting early spring… (Nextdoor Shoreline)
  • Dillons Food Stores posted a job opening for Online Grocery Pick-Up Clerk in Salina. Apply here.
  • Kroger Family of Companies posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Salina. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Salina here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Salina

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