Family carnival keeps rolling with Flattery pride
The Flattery family runs Ottaway Amusements since 1957, employing 35 staff plus relatives and traveling Kansas with a $1.5 million Ferris wheel and a $350,000 merry-go-round. Vicki Flattery recalls a strong work ethic, seasonal cycles, and a strict dress code as she shows a thriving family business in Onaga.
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Vicki Flattery
Onaga
Chris
Ottaway Amusements
Flattery
Carly Flattery
Onaga High School
Laney
Carly
Mom
Ottaway
Kansas
Wichita
Steve Boswell
Utah State Hospital For
Boswell
Flatterys
Flintknapping workshop reveals regional arrowhead history
Foster demonstrated flintknapping and displayed various arrowheads found in Finney County and across southwest Kansas. He noted Indians used antlers to strike rocks and create tools, with stones from Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico shaping local trade. He advised hilltops by running water as rich hunting grounds for arrowheads and urged appreciation of the area’s diverse histories.
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Foster
Kansas
Finney County
Arkansas River
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Rescue at park claims two men and missing boy
Bruce 26 and Owen 37 were driving with six children at a state park seeking a camping friend. A submerged SUV with the boy Seth inside was found near shore after a long night of searches led by Stuehrenberg and local crews. Authorities continue an investigation into possible alcohol factors.
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Page al Bruce
Bison
Smith
Owen
Farrah Schroeder
Sebbastian Contreras
Levi Contreras
Bruce
Kennedy Bruce
Jessica Latshaw
Shannara Latshaw
Stuehrenberg
Seth
Agencies stockpile potassium iodide pills in radiation protection drive
Washington authorities ordered 350000 potassium iodide pills from NukePills.com this week to shield the public from radioactive iodine exposure. Owner Troy Jones said the orders, 9 percent of his annual business and 18 percent above 2000 sales, show rising demand as private citizens also buy in after September 11.
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Washington
North Carolina
NukePills.com
Troy Jones
Jones
BED sponsors mingle at BED reception in Garden City
The Beef Empire Days reception brought together sponsors and cattle industry figures in Garden City. Monica Centeno and Cruz Corpus-Arellano attended from the Surgery Center of Southwest Kansas as hosts and guests discussed cattle judging, sponsorships, and new top blade steak cuts. With 196 entries this year, committee members and industry leaders including Larry Jones and Joe Linot Jr. noted trends and the effort to boost beef demand.
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Monica Centeno
Southwest
Kansas
Cruz Elia Corpus-Arellano
Dean Daringer
Corpus Arellano
Gale Seibert
Garden City
Larry Jones
Holcomb
Kansas Livestock
Jones
Joe Linot Jr
Topeka
Kansas Beef Council
Linot
Beef Council
Excel
Sisco
Alan Fankhauser
BEC
Jamie Jones
Fankhauser
Bayer Corp
Fort Dodge Animal Health
Internet
Pharmacia Animal Health
Darin Miller
SBC Southwestern Bell
Miller
Wheat harvest slowed by rains across southern Kansas
The Protection Co-Op reports about 20,000 bushels with test weights near 60 pounds per bushel and roughly 60 percent of area acres abandoned. Kiowa's OK Co-Op harvested 1 million bushels by Tuesday, yields 18 to 30 bushels per acre. Comanche and Protection areas totaled around 32,140 bushels. Pratt and Sumner Kingman reports show mud and rain delaying cutting.
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Protection Co-Op Supply Co
Kiowa
OK Co- Op
Kansas
Kansas Department of Human Resources
Comanche County
Coldwell
Pratt
Harper County
Anthony
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Uigolione
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NIE
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BED Board
Sumner
Kingman
Pratt Counties
Walnut
Aa Flexsteel
Aseska
Soenalint
Garnand Furniture Galleries
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