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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 2003
Page
9
Tonight remains very warm with wind and partial cloud cover and low temperatures near 76. Tuesday will stay windy and partly cloudy with daytime highs around 94 as the region basks in heat and minimal moisture.
Classifieds and comics tease upcoming pages while Daily Reports and business briefs fill the next section. Sports and obituaries appear alongside opinion and classifieds in a compact weekly roundup.
About 500 people attended the three day Jayhawker Days festival in Williamsburg featuring an 1870s style Mountain Men encampment and skits, a Kids Ranch Rodeo, corral mutton busting, old West reenactments, vendors, pony rides, and a mock bank robbery. Organizers praised the parade as a weekend highlight while noting steady crowds and varied attractions.
Fern Johnson 89 of Williamsburg receives a governor issued plaque and letter as June 20 is proclaimed Fern Johnson Day during the Jayhawker Days festival. The longtime organizer earned praise from daughter Lyla Reekie and festival participants after selling baked goods and winning a gardening ribbon.
Franklin County farmers report wheat yields from 60 to 80 bushels per acre with test weights good and few weeds as harvest begins in the southern area and moves north over two to three weeks. Jagger variety wheat matured early amid droughts reshaping county agriculture toward wheat like central Kansas.
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