Cowboy Days return to Ottawa with Old West festival
The fourth annual Cowboy Days festival returns to Ottawa and Forest Park this weekend featuring western music demonstrations and a cattle drive down Main Street leading the parade. Organizers say the event recalls memories while inviting new ones with performances by Belinda Gail Bill Musgrave and world champion charro Jerry Diaz plus a longhorn cattle drive.
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Herald
Ottawa
Forest Park
Main Street
Claire Pickett
Charro
Jerry Diaz
Belinda Gail
Bill Musgrave
Heavy rains worsen Franklin County wheat harvest woes
Heavy rains and flash flood warnings halted the Franklin County wheat harvest, now 40 percent complete. Extension agent Darren Hibden cites 4 to 5 inches of rain, muddy fields, and risk of weed growth lowering test weights. Disease and mid April freeze also blamed for poor yields, with 5 to 30 bushels per acre, far below typical expectations.
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Cleon Rickel
Hibden
Franklin County
Hibdon
Ottawa Cowboy Days eyes broader participation amid exclusivity concerns
Ottawa organizers say Cowboy Days will broaden business involvement as the summer festival expands. Tim VanLeiden, owner of Ottawa Town & Country Supply, recalls being denied a booth last year despite applying and paying, amid worries the event favors big sponsors like Purina and Orscheln Farm & Home. He urges clarity on whether the event remains open to all local businesses.
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Ottawa
Ernie Rodina
Purina
Cowboy Days
Tim VanLeiden
Ottawa Town & Country Supply
Kingman Road
VanLeider
Cowboy Days Committee
VanLeiden
Orscheln Farm & Home
S. Princeton St
Kansans back statewide smoking ban and higher tobacco tax
A Topeka poll of 700 registered voters shows broad support for a statewide ban on smoking in workplaces and public settings and a majority favoring a higher tobacco tax. Commissioned by Sunflower Foundation and conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, results circulate to state officials ahead of January legislative session. Health advocates urge action, with Salina physician Trent Davis urging expanded limits to workplaces.
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Harris News Service
Topeka
Kansas
Sunflower Foundation
Public Opinion Strategies
Billie Hall
Foundation
Hall
Salina
Trent Davis
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