Spring Hill Fall Festival Dates Set for August
Spring Hill will host the Fall Festival August 18 to 20 with family activities beginning Friday evening. For details contact Chris Pearcy or Robert Dawson or visit paola-online.com festival. Habitat for Humanity hosts Saturday work days 8 am to 1 pm at 730 S Elm or 732 5S Cypress. bring basic tools and gloves. Call 242-2600 for info.
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Spring Hill
Chris Pearcy
Robert Dawson
Paola
Habitat
Habitat For Humanity
Ottawa area hospital notes and police reports
Admissions include Grace Wedman and Bonnie Tevis from Ottawa and Jeanne Butts of Quenemog on Friday. Dismissals listed for Brenda Collins Rebecca Rowley and daughter of Ottawa. Arrests include Jerry Deshazer 55 of Lawrence for failure to appear. Other arrests: John Pearce 40 of Ottawa for criminal damage to property resisting arrest and battery. Rusty Wilks 34 of Ottawa for parole violation. Thefts include a Samsung cell phone in West 2nd and a purse in North Main. Damages from vandalism on Olive and 3rd. Non injury accidents and a vehicle burn in. Ambulance medical emergency on West Main.
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Grace Wedman
Bonnie Tevis
Ottawa
Jeanne Butts
Quenemog
Brenda Collins
Rebecca Rowley
Daughter
Sheriff’s News
Jerry Lee Deshazer
Lawrence
S. Main
John Westley Pearce
Clarence Rusty Wilks
Rose Rice
Department of Corrections
Samsung
West 2Nd
GOP factions wage battle for control of Kansas GOP
In Topeka conservatives and moderates duel for Kansas Republican Party control at local levels. Precinct committeemen and committeewomen will be elected August 1, with candidates vying across districts. Sedgwick County groups report record candidate numbers, eyeing county and state leadership gains.
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Topeka
Kansas
Republican Party
Mark Parkinson
Olathe
Herb Taylor
Kansas Republican Assembly
Johnson
Shawnee
4Th
Sullivan
Shawnee County
KSU Raises Record 40.3 Million in Donations
Kansas State University set a new fundraising record with 40.3 million dollars raised in the fiscal year ending June 30, a fifth consecutive year of record totals. The foundation cites stock market gains and stronger giving as drivers, with last year’s 35 million milestone and a four year scholarship drive ending at 63 million.
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KSU
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Foundation
Sidewalk Improvements Face Owner Objections
Front Page SIDEWALKS continues with owners split on redoing sidewalks in a benefit district. If a majority agrees, costs are assessed to all, but one veto by a single owner is debated. Commissioners favor prioritizing blocks with full owner petitions but lack a clear rule for objections and single-side sidewalks.
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Jambers
Rains offer hope as Kansas crops struggle in heat
Kansas crop conditions dipped across major row crops as temperatures neared 100 degrees. Recent rains improved moisture but topsoil and subsoil remained short. Corn tasseling rose to 81 percent with 15 percent in dough stage. Soybeans fell to 66 percent good or excellent, sorghum 54 percent, sunflowers 57 percent good. Topsoil moisture only 44 percent adequate, subsoil similarly low. Kansas City AP correspondent notes rains late Sunday and Monday may aid filling kernels and harvest timing.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Jere White
Kansas Corn Growers Association
KASS
Mammoth Dig At Pratt Yields Bones And Knowledge
Pratt Mammoth Dig draws Greg Liggett and dozens of volunteers to uncover Columbian mammoth bones on Pratt Feeders land. Fall discovery, spring excavation, and soil samples aim to create a quarry map while involving volunteers from multiple states and a University of Oklahoma student.
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Diane Gasper-O’ Brien
Hays Daily News
Pratt
Greg Liggett
Fort Hays State University
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Hays
Liggett
Rich Sanders
Hemphill Construction
Sternberg
Jim Huenergarde
Huenergarde
Sternberg Museum
Rita Liggett
Bill Randle
Cincinnati
Randie
Norman
Okla
City officials weigh sidewalks on petitioned blocks
They leaned toward building new sidewalks if owners petition on their side of the street. If a block is petitioned by everyone, two sidewalks may be added. Commissioner Blaine Finch says high priority goes to petitioned blocks, with more discussion planned at a future work session.
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Blaine Finch
Jury picked for poisoning trial of father
In Minneapolis a jury was selected for Donald Paul Ayres 31 of Culver on two counts of attempted first degree murder two counts of child abuse and two counts of child endangerment after prosecutors say he poisoned his daughters Ashley 10 and Chelsie 9 with antifreeze. The case follows a January 1999 divorce filing by Ayres wife Angela Stanley and witnesses will include the girls now living with foster parents.
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Minneapolis
Donald Paul Ayres
Culver
Ayres
Ashley
Chelsie
Angela Stanley
Stanley
Chelsie Ayres
Zoo Gets New Black Rhino at Sedgwick County Zoo
In Wichita, Sedgwick County Zoo buys a female black rhino from Asa Zoological Park Hiroshima for 5 million yen or 47 500 dollars. Shipping adds 30 000 dollars. It is the second rhino to reach the U.S. from Japan, aiding genetic diversity for captive populations. Breeding age will be reached in two to three years. The zoo now has four rhinos, three males and one female.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Japan
Asa Zoological Park
Hiroshima
U.S
Robert Reece
Kansans for Life leader Gittrich to step down after 10 years
Kansans for Life president David Gittrich, 53, will resign effective December 1 after a decade guiding the anti abortion group. Under his tenure membership grew from about 250 to tens of thousands and officials note fewer abortions in Wichita and more crisis centers. He will remain involved with the organization and says a new leader is needed though his next job is not yet known. Alan Weldon, the group’s political action director, says finding a successor as committed will be hard.
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Shane Jones
Kansas Republican Assembly
Johnson County
GOP Club
Bob Elliott
Sedgwick County
Elliott
Republican Party
David Thorne
Wichita
Kansans For Life
David Gittrich
Gittrich
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3Rd and
Poplar
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Louise McClintic
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Eisenhower Ave
East 3Rd
Lina Drew
North Oak
Snell
South Main
South Poplar
West Main
GOP
Lambers
Ron Bishop
Nass
Usda.gov
Zoo
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