Summer Fair and Parade Guide for Area Towns
A roundup lists summer events across Douglas and nearby counties featuring parades horse shows tractor pulls and fairs. Highlights include the Sunflower Benefit Horse Show at Douglas County Fairgrounds through June 28 with 400 horses and $10 000 in prizes and entries from five states along with the 14th annual John Brown Jamboree in Osawatomie June 26 28 with wrestling queen pageant and car displays. Additional items cover Lecompton Territorial Days Oskaloosa Old Settlers Celebration Citizens Protection Agency Picnic McLouth Threshing Bee and Steam Engine Show Douglas County Free Fair Vinland Leavenworth County Fair Linwood Pioneer Festival and Baldwin Maple Leaf Festival with various parades contests and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osawatomie
Main Street
Osawatomie High School
Debbie Barnes Miles
All-Star Wrestling
Lynn
Dickey Field
Takachihi
Bobby Jaggers
Bob Brown
George Wills
Ottawa
Angie Capp
Baldwin
McLouth Threshing Bee
Ohio home instruction case sparks district clash
In Kensington Ohio seven first cousins aged 6 to 10 learn at home amid farm fields after opting out of public schools to avoid immorality and discipline issues. Ohio officials note rising home schooling, with Calvert School guiding a few hundred students nationwide including two Newman children. Local dispute in Carrollton centers on whether a home setup meets standards, with a judge overturning an initial complaint and an appeal pending in autumn.
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Kensington, Ohio
Marigold Road
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State University
Department of Family Relations and Human Development
Barbara Newman
Philip
Roger Lulow
Lulow
Calvert School
Harry
Wanda Miller
Newmans
Millers
Carrollton
Truancy ruling clears way for attendance waiver
Following a November truancy hearing in Douglas County Judge Mike Elwell ordered Janice back to school. Her parents faced contempt and she was briefly detained before an appeal by the Friarys’ lawyer allowed Janice to remain home. The state board later dropped charges after Attorney General Robert Stephan’s 1979 opinion found two attendance rules unconstitutional. Janice now works at home with support but faces local snubs. she calls the change worthwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice
Douglas County
Mike Elwell
McPherson
Lawrence
Atty
Robert Stephan
State Board of Education
Stephan
Court upholds doctor penalty in Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court upholds a two year suspension of Dr. Stevens B. Acker of Wichita. Board findings said Acker misled patients about his ability to deliver babies at Wesley Medical Center while knowing he lacked hospital privileges at Wichita hospitals. The ruling denied his challenges on vagueness sufficiency and severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Healing. Arts
Supreme Court
Acker
Board of Healing Arts
Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
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Douglas County Fairgrounds
American Horse Show Assn
Cottonwood Inc
Independence Inc
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
Paul Studebaker
Studebaker
Lecompton
United Methodist Church
The
Lecompton Historical Society
Oskaloosa
Mabel McPherson
Citizens Protection Agency
Eudora
John Bower
Heart of America Antique Steam Engine and Model Assn
Bower
Earl van Meter
van Meter
Vinland Fairgrounds
Hubert Hoskinson
Hoskinson
Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie
Jack Smith
Smith
Linwood
Ohio School District
Marcia Dunn
Associated Press
Baltimore
Marcoplos
Calvert
Journal-World
Homeowners Auto
Dasaras
Adipente
Neally
Bob Compton
Agent Home
Vermont
David Akin
Adventure A Bookstore
Sun
Massachusetts
New Mile
Mir
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