Charity rodeo debuts in Douglas County this weekend
The third Douglas County Charity Rodeo runs Friday to Sunday at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds in Lawrence. Gates open 6:30 p.m. with eight events including barrel racing and bull riding. A Saturday parade, rodeo queen crowning, women’s steer riding, and calf scramble for kids are planned, with proceeds benefiting the fairgrounds.
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Gates
United Rodeo Assn
Missouri Rodeo Cowboys Assn
Midwest
Nancy Othick
Rodeo Organizing Committee
Othick
Seventh Street
South Park
Massachusetts Street
Robbie Ward
Cyndi Kuhn
Olathe
Jana Ramonda
Topeka
Christy Hadl
Angie Morton
Ward
Morton
Miss United Rodeo Assn
Columbia
Vanderbilt's
Dillon
Flint Hills scenic byway agreement reached in Kansas
Kansas officials say a 47.2 mile Flint Hills scenic byway from Cassoday to Council Grove is nearly approved. It passes Matfield Green Cottonwood Falls and Strong City with signposts and interpretive displays planned. Local merchants expect more traffic and dollars while no farmland easements will be purchased. A local management committee will oversee the route with federal and state funds totaling about 806,000 dollars.
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Flint Hills
Ken Miller
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas 177
Cassaday
Council Grove
Matfield Green
Cottonwood Falls
Strong City
Z-Bar- Spring Hill Ranch
Richard Ross
Transportation Department
Charlie Rays
Picnic Gives Eudora Residents a Chance to Kick Up Heels
The Eudora CPA Picnic marks its annual three day event six miles east of Lawrence with a four mile run a two mile fitness walk two dances carnival rides a children's parade and a grand parade. Proceeds from refreshments support a local nonprofit. The schedule runs today from 6 p.m. with events continuing Saturday highlighted by golf swimming volleyball and a Billy Spears band concert.
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Eudora
Eudora Cpa
Lawrence
Main Street
Jerry Trober
Trober
Cattlemen’s Protection Assa
Thunder Rose
Gardner
Billy Spears
Franklin County Fair and Rodeo Keeps Oldest-Kansas Claim
The Franklin County Fair and Rodeo begins in Ottawa with roots tracing to 1866. Debo rah Barker notes the Agricultural Society organized in January 1866 and the first fair held September 20-21 that year, making it Kansas's oldest continuous fair barring floods in 1951 and grasshoppers in 1874. The event runs four days at the Franklin County Fairgrounds with 4-H exhibits, a carnival, barbecue supper and demolition derby drawing about 12 000 to 15 000 attendees.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Franklin County Agricultural Society
Deborah Barker
Franklin County Historical Society
Barker
Kansas
Franklin County Fairgrounds
David Scherer
Fair
KUMC Scores High On National Accrediting Visit
Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas earned a 95 out of 100 from a four member Joint Commission survey team. Final results will take four to six weeks. Administrators praised the survey while noting past unscheduled reviews and ongoing improvements. Lawrence Memorial Hospital scored 88 in a January survey.
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Kansas City
Kan
Joint Commission On Accreditation of
Irene Cumming
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Joint Commission
Oakbrook Terrace
Ill
KUMC
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