Pomona Lake Run for Wildlife Seeks Participants
Daughters of Dave Griffin pose with a 64 pound flathead catfish caught at Pomona Reservoir. Ottawa Quail Unlimited plans a 4 mile Pomona Lake Run for Wildlife on Saturday Sept 1 to fund wildlife habitat work with the Corps of Engineers. Entry is $10 by Aug 25 or $12 later. shirts and plaques awarded. Contact Dewayne Sief at Ottawa QU or Ranger Boonie Watkins at Pomona Corps for details.
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Dave
Griffin Renee
Robin
Jamie
Pomona Reservoir
Griffin
Ottawa Quail Unlimited
Pomona Lake
Corps of Engineers
Corps
Dewayne Sief
Ottawa
Beech
Boonie Watkins
Pomona Corps
Vassar Rfd
Wildlife and Parks Commission Meets in Overland Park
The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission convenes August 14 and 15 at the Doubletree Hotel Overland Park with a public hearing at 7 p.m. August 14 on state boating regulations and a 9 a.m. August 15 workshop on fishing regulations.
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Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission
Doublenee
Overland Park
COF team captures softball gold at Winfield tourney
A 13 member COF Training Services squad from Ottawa Osage City and Burlington won team gold at the Special Olympics Softball Tournament in Winfield. They placed first in team competition and earned three golds two silvers in skills. Pitcher Clyde Pare and centerfielder Ira Lewis made the Division II all star squad. COF will compete in Lawrence Saturday and hosts Friday night games in August at Orlis Cox Field.
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Ottawa
Osage City
Burlington
COF
Winfield
COR
Kansas
Clyde Pare
Ira ‘Lewis
Lawrence
Orlis Cox Field
CCF
Tim Nelson
Dee Dee Lewis
Indians rally as Cole steals five to beat Royals
Alex Cole stole five bases setting a team record as the Indians defeated Kansas City 4-1. Swindell pitched seven innings for the win and Jones earned his 28th save. Cole, who had three steals in his first seven games, matched the Willie Mays Hayes nickname and provided a leadoff spark as Cleveland snapped a four game skid.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Willie Mays Hayes
Alex Cole
Cole
Indians
Kansas City Royals
San Diego
Colorado Springs
Brett Butler
John McNamara
Willie Kamm
Philadelphia
Eddie Collins
Billy Hamilton
Mark Davis
Storm Davis
Davis
Mike) Macfarlane
Greg Swindell
Swindell
Doug Jones
Royals
Bill Pecota
Gerald Perry
Kansas City
Toronto
Baltimore
Oakland
Seattle
California
Minnesota
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Texas
Milwaukee
New York Mets
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Williamsburg girls win league tourney at Waverly
The Williamsburg Primary Girls Softball Team aged 11 and 12 clinched first place in a league tournament at Waverly. Teams from Pomona Appanoose Marais des Cygnes Valley Waverly Lebo and Rantoul competing. Pomona finished second Appanoose third. Burg team members listed with coaches and clearest visible names. Not pictured is Lisa Fischer.
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Williamsburg
Waverly
Pomona
Appanoose
Maraisdes
Cygnes Valley
Sea Lebo
Rantoul
Burg
Chelsea Dixon
Katrina Norton
Becky Weigand
Dennis Norton
Amy Bouska
Sabrina Norton
Kevin Messick
Jessica Smith
Amy Howard
Muffy Messick
Shanna Shoemaker
Krista Cline
Jessica Duvall
Lisa Fischer
PGA’s Blacks say Shoal Creek move falls short
Lee Elder and Charlie Owens contest the honorary membership plan at Shoal Creek, arguing it does not satisfy demands for black club memberships. Willie’s decision to accept honorary status is seen as a face-saving step to restart sponsorships and ease tensions in Birmingham.
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Elder
Charlie Owens
Owens
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Joseph Lowery
Shoal Creek
Lowery
Willie
Birmingham
Richard Arrington
NAACP
Hall Thompson
IBM
Toyota
American Honda
Lincoln-Mercury
U.S. Trails Soviet Medal Gap At Goodwill Games
United States faces nine Soviet bouts in boxing as it chases medals. The U S hockey team clinched a medal spot with a 9-3 win over West Germany, while the women’s basketball team led by Katrina McClain and Teresa Edwards rallied past the Soviets 86-78 to fuel optimism for a podium finish.
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Seattle
Goodwill
America
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
University of Georgia
Katrina McClain
Teresa Edwards
McClain
Edwards
Evgeni Gomelski
Irina Sumnikova
Felix Savon
Viktor Akshonov
Julio Gonzales
Mikhail Kazaryan
West Germany
Sweden
Canada
Switzerland
Tacoma
Tony Amonte
Tim Sweeney
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Paren
W&p Meeting
Twin Rivers
Bay
Rabbit Creek
Louisburg
Gary Shoemaker
N. Pear
Paola
Sunday Silence
Easy Goer
Charlie Whittingham
Arthur Hancock
PGA
Spalding Sports Worldwide
Anheuser-Busch
ESPN
Tony Gonzales
Serafim Todorov
Bulgaria
Rudolph Bradley
Dzhambulat Mutayev
Tim Austin
Yeskolat Normanov
Austin
Sergio Reyes
Vladislav Antonov
Wheeler’s Automotive
David Wheeler
Bob Woods
Scott Tedrow
S. Main
Beauchamp
Jack Beauchamp
Steve Warren
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