Yard of the Month battle amid Ottawa heat wave
Ottawa faces a heated race for Yard of the Month as drought and record heat hit Franklin County. The Four Seasons Garden Club picks two standout Ottawa yards monthly, while farmers adjust CRP land use to haying and grazing for the first time in six years. Community urges cooling measures and donations to aid the elderly as schedules and activities yield to extreme temperatures.
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Ottawa
Four Seasons Garden Club
Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
Pride Committee
Lawrence
Franklin County
Conservation Reserve Program
Franklin, Coffey
Osage Counties
U.S. Department of Agriculture
ECEAN
NCAA rules stop KU athlete from selling music
Luke Axtell, KU basketball player, cannot sell his first compact disc until his eligibility ends after this season under NCAA rule 12-5-1-3. The Olathe Daily News argues the rule is wrong, criticizing the NCAA for profit and power while calling for accountability.
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Luke Axtell
University of Kansas
NCAA
Axtell
Kansas
Hun
Timing and growth shape Ottawa community view
Dr Bud Gollier argues Ottawa faces explosive growth and shifting transport, with rail and river declining as growth drivers while I-35 and new industries reshape Olathe, Spring Hill, and nearby towns. He urges careful timing, leadership, and ECO Commission guidance to plan bonds, taxes, schools, jails, and recreation, amid protests and investor interest.
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Ottawa
Ross Mill
Bennett Creamery
Ottawa Millworks
Ottawa Wholesale
Eisenhower
Olathe
Kansas City
Spring Hill
Gardner-Edgerton
Baldwin
Wellsville
Paola
Garnett
Louisburg
Franklin County Economic Development Commission
Yogi Berra
Bud Gollier
Remembering Hiroshima Nagasaki War Lessons And Hope
The author reflects on World War II horrors beyond the Holocaust, noting 55 million deaths and the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He cautions about civilization’s fragility amid rising nuclear arsenals and argues for armed neutrality lessons from Switzerland, urging a calmer, defense-first global stance.
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Hollywood
Hiroshima
Honshu
Ota
Nagasaki
Tokyo
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Olathe Daily News
The
Ottawa Herald
Harris Group
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawaherald
S. Cedar
S. Cegar
Walter Rubel
Jubal
Vernon J. Brown
Vern
Attawaherald
Kathy Miller
Tim Millbern
Herald
Yan
Heorlant
Bud
Gollier
Marcus Aurelius
Germany
Ayn Rand
Rand
Thomas Jefferson
Charley
Reese
King Features Syndicate
S. Geaar Hawa
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