Conversion to Food Barn underway at Safeway store
Ottawa shoppers will see a full shift from Safeway to Food Barn by next Wednesday as 66 area stores convert. Manager Carl Hinson says ads will align with Food Barn, prices will drop, and a remodel includes expanded produce, new shelves, added toys and books, and portable scanners for checkout. Ottawa staff train in Kansas City next week.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Safeway
Ninth
Main
Food Barn
Carl Hinson
Olathe
Food Bam
Kansas City
Wichita
Ottawa
Hinson
Lawrence
Bendix-King wins productivity award in Allied Signal Metal
OLATHE Bendix King General Aviation Avionics Division of Allied Signal received an annual Productivity Award. The company operates four plants including Ottawa at 1614 Davis Road and facilities in Olathe Paola and Lawrence. Edward L. Hennessy Jr. presented the award noting a 25 percent productivity gain and 27 percent sales growth, while the aerospace sector highlighted a $17.9 billion trade balance in 1988. Bendix-King employs about 3,000 in Kansas, adding roughly 200 annual jobs.
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Olathe
Bendix- King
Allied Signal
Bendix-King
Ottawa
Davis Road
Paola
Lawrence
Edward L. Hennessy Jr
United States
Hennessy
Kansas
U.S
Combs wins Swine Classic showmanship
Thane Combs of Pomona wins the novice showman class at the Kansas Swine Classic held July 14 15 at Riley County Fairgrounds Manhattan The two day event for Kansas youth includes judging carcass and showmanship contests plus a swine symposium and market hog show The novice class is for children aged 8 to 10.
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Thane Combs
Pomona
Riley County Fairgrounds
Manhattan
Kansas
Service station adds storage units in Ottawa
Four storage units rented behind I-35 Service on K-68 at the east edge of Ottawa. Harold Wingert, owner, said units range from 5 by 5 feet to 10 by 20 feet with concrete floors. Rents run 15 to 60 dollars monthly. The steel buildings are completed and offer 24 hour access with customers keeping their own keys.
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Ottawa
Harold Wingert
Wingen
Mixed results from Franklin County 4-H Market Sale carcass eval
The Franklin County 4-H Market Sale at Stinsons Processing near Ottawa yielded mixed beef and pork carcass results. Grand champion hog toped with a 6.3 inch loin eye, but most hogs fell short of the desired 4 inch minimum. steer marbling was lacking, producing a red rib bone grade.
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Franklin County
Stinson
Ottawa
JoAnna Rossman
R. Rowland
Bozworth
Jeff Peine
Aaron Dunbar
Greg Rose
Stinsons
Rose
Kansas programs offer per acre CRP payments to boost wildlife habitat
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks will pay landowners enrolled in CRP up to 300 per producer to plant native grasses trees shrubs and food plots. Quail Unlimited chapters in Kansas provide similar funds for new CRP signups in select counties with seed and local support.
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Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kansas Department
Quail Unlimited
Kansas
CRP
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Franklin
Coffey
Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kansas Wildlife and Parks
Bob Culbertson
New Strawn
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