Stick horse joy shines at Douglas County Fair Open Show
The 2010 Douglas County Fair Open Horse Show opened at the fairgrounds with a long running stick horse competition in the Community Building. Volunteers provided horses made from recycled materials as children dressed in cowboy attire rode and trotted to win prizes. Twenty one participants earned first prize a juice box and cookies with champions awarded ribbons and their new stick horses to take home.
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Douglas County Fair
Douglas County
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Horse Show
Ann Pearson
Billy
Maddy Welch
Lawrence
Gavin Johnson
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Shooting injures at south Lawrence complex
Lawrence police say eight people were shot or struck by debris after a man fired into an apartment during a late night party at The Exchange complex on 3100 Ousdahl Road. Witnesses describe hearing seven fireworks like shots as officers investigated early Sunday.
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Daniel Fry
Exchange
Ousdahl Road
Fry
Mike Pattrick
Jamar Reese
Reese
Antwan Winkfield
Winkfield
Public comment period asked extended for coal plant
Environmentalists seek a 60 day extension to Aug 15 for public input on Sunflower Electric Power Corp. 895 megawatt coal fired plant in southwest Kansas. Earthjustice cites air quality data and new pollution controls as factors. KDHE may grant extension this week while hearings run in Overland Park Salina and Garden City.
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Earthjustice
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Sunflower
Blue Valley Northwest High School
135Th Street
Switzer
Overland Park
Highway Patrol Training Center
East Iron
Salina
Joyce
Garden City Community
Salvation Army clients rise to challenges
In a two part series the story follows Marjie 43 and her two children aged 10 and 16 who moved from $4500 monthly income to homelessness for eight months and now live in a duplex on 588 dollars a month. Case manager Carol Taylor helped them survive and they spoke after a July 19 morning meeting and a shopping trip with church donated money.
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Marjie
Carol Taylor
Mark Hunziker
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