Skunk Run weekend adds 5K and new events in Ottawa
The Front Page SKUNK feature outlines a June 8 9 weekend starting with a 7:30 a.m. Iron Horse Run and 6:30 a.m. registration at the Depot Museum Ottawa. A one mile fun run offers prizes including shoes for top male and female 5K finishers. Downtown auctions benefit the Ottawa Arts Council and Historical Society. The event centers at City Park with Duck Run boat race and a quilt show at Ottawa Middle School plus a quilt auction by Piecemakers. Proceeds support local youth and historical efforts.
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First
Walnut
Kanza Park
Iron Horse
Depot Museum
W. Tecumseh
Intrust Bank
City Park
Fifth and
Hickory
Ottawa Main Street
Ottawa Arts Council
Main Street
John Verssue
Chris Campbell
The
Historical Society
Ottawa Middle School
13Th and
Ash
Pennsylvania
Campbell
Arts Council
Ottawa Optimist Club
Jim Lancaster
Lancaster
Deb Barker
Old Depot
Bachelor still a bachelor in Dallas finale choice
ABCs The Bachelor crowned Amanda Marsh as the final choice but did not offer an engagement ring. Alex Michel kept the ring and asked Marsh to move to California as they planned life beyond the mansion. Trista Rehn, the other finalist, was left to depart in tears after Michel chose Marsh. The show drew large ratings and ABC began accepting applicants for a second season.
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New York
Alex Michel
ABC
Amanda Marsh
Marsh
Harry Winston
California
Michel
Chanute
Trista Rehn
Miami Heat
Rehn
Dallas
Fox
Rick Rockwell
Darva Conger
Rockwell
Attorney General urges honor to crime victims at luncheon
Kansas AG Carla Stovall spoke at a Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Center luncheon honoring National Crime Victims Rights Week and related observances. She praised advocates, urged continued funding, and cited Kansas child abuse rates and her personal drive to protect children.
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Kelly McGuire
Hutchinson News
Carla Stovall
Stovall
Kansas
Belgian Blue cattle draw crowds at 3i Show in Great Bend
Steve Kinser from Hugoton showcases the Belgian Blue, praised for lean tender beef with low fat. Granite, the 2001 National Grand Champion Fullblood Belgian Blue, attends the 3i Show in Great Bend, where 700 exhibits cover irrigation, implements and industry products. Local breeders like Marie Goubau promote the breed’s high yields and crossbreeding value.
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Susan Thacker
Hutchinson News
Great Bend
Steve Kinser
Hugoton
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kinser
Kinsner
Expo Complex
Granite
Thurday
Marie Goubau
International
Belgian Blue Import Association
Lefaivre
Ontario
Canada
Belgium
United States
Goubau
David Oliphant
Offerle
Gary Werth
Quinter
Werth
Mike Allison
Garden City
Poultry growers win new contract protections in Kansas
Kansas lawmakers signed a measure giving poultry producers legal recourse in contract disputes and access to district court. The law requires clear writing, allows individual or collective contracts, and ensures access to professional advice while limiting confidentiality drawbacks. Farm groups were split, with support from the Farm Bureau and southeast Kansas growers and opposition from livestock and pork groups.
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Harris News Service
Topeka
Kansas
Bill Graves
Graves
Don Brown
Greg Stephens
Salina
Kansas Family Farm Coalition
Stephens
Senate Agriculture
Derek Schmidt
United
Schmidt
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas Pork Producers Council
National Turkey Federation
Jail symposium to highlight prisoner creativity
Bethel College hosts a Prison Arts Symposium featuring Judith Tannenbaum and three other speakers to discuss creative writing and art in prisons. The program includes panels, breakout sessions, and inmate artwork from Hutchinson Correctional Facility, with focus on rehabilitation and restorative justice.
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Hutchinson News
Newton
San Quentin Prison
Death Row
Judith Tannenbaum
San Quentin
Tannenbaum
Bethel College
Memorial Hall
Poet’s
Southern Michigan
Michigan
Bill Cleveland
Center For the Study of Art
Minneapolis
Kansan Elvera Voth
Arts In Prison
Alaska Chamber Singers
Anchorage Opera
Anchorage Boys Choir
East Hill Singers
Lansing Correctional Facility
Hutchinson Correctional Facility
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Marais Des Cygnes
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Bill Gray
Sunflower Piecemakers
Ginny Lancaster
Ed York
York
Kansas Action For Children
By Sarah Kessinger
Farm Bureau
Leslie Kaufman
Kaufman
House Agriculture
Dan Johnson
Rhays
Johnson
Raylene Hinz-Penner
Buzz Alexander
University of Michigan
Prison Creative Arts Project
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