Blake Wallis Turns Three In Ottawa Family Celebration
Blake Robert Wallis celebrated his third birthday on May 27 in Ottawa. He is the son of Damon and Jan Wallis and has a brother Brady, 6, and sister Jessica, 19. Grandparents are Bob and Mary Redeker and Jerry and Carol Wallis of Ottawa, with great grandparents Mary Tobier of Ottawa and Freda Wallis of Eldon, Missouri.
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Blake Robert Wallis
Damon
Jan Wallis
Ottawa
Brady
Jessica
Bob
Mary Redeker
Jerry
Carol Wallis
Mary Tobier
Freda Wallis
Eldon
4 H Rambling Ranchers Club July Meeting Highlights
Rambling Ranchers 4 H Club met with President Teal Ludwick presiding. Members discussed patriotic fireworks and reviewed last month’s report. Upcoming dates include a Sept 21 Royals game trip and a club tour at 2 p.m. July 20. Deanna Deegan led an Arts and Crafts project talk and Hannah Jensen played Scherzo from the 4th Sonata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rambling Rancher
Teal Ludwick
Deanna Deegan
Hannah Jensen
Black Powder Club Celebrates 26th Anniversary in Norton
Prairie Powder Packers, a Norton based black powder club, marks 26 years of camaraderie and shooting at its Prairie Dog Creek range. Members praise trusted peers, slower firing pace, and inclusive range access for police, sheriff, prison, and rangers, with 15 competitive muzzle loaders among 26 members.
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Norton
Kan
Scott Griffiths
Griffiths
Prairie Powder Packers
Mel Rice
City Police Department
County Sheriff's Department
Norton Correctional Facility
State Park Rangers
Rice
Prairie Dog Creek
First Place Fair Float Highlights Richmond Parade
Seventeen members of the late John Roeckers family joined the Richmond Fair Parade with eleven in the Roeckers Family Float Goin to the Fair. Other floats earned prizes including Triumph third in Open Class and Berea Boosters 4 H second in Youth Division. Virginia Cunningham memorial vase and Modern Woodmen Jr Service Club float celebrated historical themes while family gatherings and reunions accompanied Fourth of July festivities in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roeckers
Richmond
Roeckers
Iona Sobba
Marjorie Oswald
Joan Chambers
Loretta Roeckers
Delbert Roeckers
Dale Chambers
Don Oswald
Loretta
Anita Sobba
Mark Roeckers
Beverly
Deibert
Carol Engle
Carl Sobba
Alan Sobba
John Deere
Boeckers
Berea Boosters
Virginia Cunningham
Alma Wagner
Joan (Lickteig) Roeckers
Ron Dunbar
Lester Wurtz
Linda Topp
Berea
Richmond Library
MWM JR. Club
Woodmen of America Jr. Service Club
Debbie
Gail Kueser
Connie Weber
Joyce Carey
Dale Pearson
Woodmen
Iwalani Mortenson
Paola
Bob Mortenson
Independence
Joyce Smith
Leawood
Bob
Combined worship service and community notices in July
The Lane Richmond and Princeton United Methodist Churches held a joint service at Richmond UMC at 10 a.m. on Sunday July 7 with Pastor Marge Cox and special music by Bluegrass Ramblers from Springfield Missouri. Events include Lane Administrative Board meeting July 10 and a July 8 service at Spring Grove Friends Church. Community notes cover reunions, weddings, showers, travels to Minnesota and Nebraska, a Mud Run on July 13, injuries, anniversaries, and forthcoming wedding plans for Jessica Culbertson and Erick Singer.
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United Methodist
Lane
Richmond
Princeton
Richmond United
Mike Herriges
Spring Grove Friends Church
New Hope Baptist Church
Tammy
Emily Mitchell
Jack and
Jane King
Lee’s Summit
Onetta King
Krystal Troutman
Nathan Bechtelheimer
Osawatomie
Lisa Spratt-Bill
Roxann
Chester Bethany
Crystal Norris
Mike
Nick
Nate
Dallas
Chelsea King
Jon
Cathy Waddle
Paola
Jana Brown
Brown
Brad
Kelli Quigley
Overland Park
Jessica Culbertson
Michelle Singer
Barb Moore
Topeka
Charlotte Noland
Jessica
Erick Singer
St. Philip Neri Church
Miami County Fairgrounds
Minnesota
DAR Club Meeting Highlights At Old Depot Museum
General Edward Hand Chapter DAR met at Old Depot Museum with Marais des Cygne Chapter guests. Officers installed for 2002 2004. program on clothing artifacts. museum tour. next meeting set for September. Ottawa gardens club and VFW auxiliary notes included with July and August events.
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DAR Club
Edward Hand
Daughters of the American Revolution
Old Depot Museum
Marais Des Cygne
Paola
Kans
Patricia McFarland
Harma McKenzie
Betty Wittmeyer
Emily Kirkpatrick
Ira Rushing
Barbara Dew
Edith Rader
National Defense
Bettie Ore
McFarland
ROTC
Lawrence
Harvey Girls
Susan Geist
Deport Museum
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Wallis
Triumph
Dick Wagner
Massillon
Ohio
Becky Wentzel
Anna
Mary
Cara
Machine Shed
Larry Thurston
Larry
Linda Thurston
Eureka
Shon
Jenny Yust
Parker
Macy
Ryan
Heidi Lynch
Beau
Alex
Noelle
Paul
Julie Pfannenstiel
Cole
Zack
Abby
Leroy
Joyce Wasmund
Yust
Mund Farm
Parker Drake
Tom Thurston
Tonganoxie Gene
Pat Vining
Becky Koch
Fargo
N.D
Rachel Casey
Grandview
Vining
Tonganoxie
Aileen
Harold Denholm
V.F.W. Hall
Tonganozie
Linda Sturgeon
Gregg Denholm
Carol Fellows
Everett
Wash
Lord Bishop
Reston
Elizabeth Casey
Jerry Horstick
Tom Horstick
Blue Mound
Jonathan
Kathleen Horstick
Timber Lake
Marsha
Biscoe Bingham
Little Rock
Arkansas
Jim
Kitty Roles
Brandon
Florida
Nancy
Dennis Officer
Lexington
Kentucky
Josh Roles
Hot Springs
Carole
Bruce Driver
Enid
Okla
Robert
Melissa Quigley
Steve
Teri Auten
Dean
Barbra Brown
Vonna
Lauren Cranston
Joyce Green
Wichita
Creg Green
Paul Warner
Dawn Decrane
Family
Belgium
Michele and
Tyler Swartz
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Leach
Finney Road
Buddy Page
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Joe
Darlene Hay
Museum
Daughters Club
Centropolis
Jean Clark
LaVera Simmons
Lois Neilson
Martha Henry
Jean
Marge Kitts
Kay Massengale
LaVera
Sirloin Stockade
Ottawa Memorial Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W. Post
P.O.W.M.I.A
Dee Papps
Vigo
Guam
2Nd District
Isabelle Glaser
Ruth Moore
Sandy
Clara Holiday
Faye King
VFW
Department of KS School of Instruction
Newton
Donna Entz
L. Graham
George & Dee Papps
Snooky
Martin Horn
Madene Frizzell
Jean McCloud
Horticulture Club
Ottawa Horticulture Study Club
Virginia Wallace
Frances Warnock
Bonnie Hall
Heartland
Rachel Synder
Ottawa Horticulture Club
Know
Keith King
State Farm Insurance
Rparige
Maguranca Company
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