Ottawa police dodgeball team nets third at Special Olympics event
Lt. Adam Weingartner of the Ottawa Police Department led a team to the third annual Special Olympics Kansas Dodgeball Tournament at Indian Hills Middle School in Prairie Village. The group finished third of 12, raising about $300 as fans and family watched a crowded event with Johnson and Miami counties law enforcement and friends. Next year the event may move to a high school to host more teams.
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Weingartner
Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County Attorney's Office
Indian Hills Middle School
Prairie Village
Kansas
Iowa Police Department
Johnson
Miami
Cotton crop in Kansas looks healthy and rising
Special to The Ottawa Herald from Winfield reports Kansas cotton prospects show strength with about 85 000 bales expected this year, third highest on record, and potential for record yields aided by new varieties and favorable weather. High world prices near 1.40 a pound spur optimism for more plantings next spring.
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Winfield
Kansas
Dick Cooper
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
Cooper
National Cotton Council
Hutchinson News
Gary Feist
Southern
China
Roeland Park Considers Chickens in City Limits
Roeland Park plans a town hall at city hall to discuss allowing residents to raise chickens. The City Council remains split on the issue, echoing debates in nearby Ottawa and Overland Park where residents were barred from keeping fowl.
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Roeland Park
Kansas City
City Hall
Ottawa
Overland Park
Author WWII veteran to headline Abilene Veterans Day program
Abilene's Eisenhower Presidential Library hosts Jim Sharp, a World War II veteran who served on the front lines during the Battle of the Bulge and wrote Diary of a Combat Infantryman. He will speak at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Visitors Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Sharp is father of Brian Sharp of Ottawa.
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Abilene
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Jim Sharp
Sharp
Europe
American Red Cross
Boston
the Bulge
Bavaria
Museum
Brian Sharp
Ottawa
County facility eyes green heating plan with grants awaited
County officials consider tying in the existing metal building with a geothermal unit to cut heating and cooling costs. The proposed system could recoup its roughly 120000 upfront cost in seven to ten years, though grants are not yet secured. Commissioners vote at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to authorize Treanor Architects to proceed in design development.
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Rowe
Treanor Architects
Weekend fires cause combine and garage losses in area
Fire crews responded to a Sunday vehicle fire destroying a 2001 John Deere combine owned by Frederick Katzenower in the 900 block of Ohio Road. Damages about 110000. A detached garage at 319 S Kansas Ave caught fire with unknown loss. owner Michael David reported over 6000 in home items lost. A Monday blaze at 4219 Reno Road caused front-damage to a home. cause and losses unavailable. Officials note November fires rise due to heating use but not from furnaces or chimneys in these cases.
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Frederick Kachenower
Wil Hamsburg
Kachenower
John Deere
Ohio Road
Lunger
S. Kansas Ave
Michael David
David
Loh
Wellsville
Reno Road
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