Kansas Sampler Festival Lights Ottawa With Local Flavor
After months of prep hundreds of volunteers and visitors gather in Ottawa for the Kansas Sampler Festival kicking off a two year run. Forest Park hosts banana sculpture Dixie era performances and a field of dreams canard wing fly in near the Ottawa Municipal Airport. Exhibits at the Dietrich Cabin Franklin County Courthouse and Ottawa Public Library showcase quilts book sales and local history as farmers market sales and diverse Kansas cuisine round out the event.
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Kansas
Sunflower
Forest Park
Ottawa
Country Mart
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
River City
Dietrich
Franklin County
Friends of the
Ottawa Library
E. Second St
Ottawa Public Library
S. Hickory St
Old Depot Museum
Farmer’s Market
N. Main
Ottawa Municipal Airport
Suzuki
Amelia Earhart
Letter to EPA Water Resources Protecting Kansas Water Rights
Dale E Anderson Garett writes from the National Association of Reversionary Property Owners MidAmerica Division opposing EPA and Sierra Club demands on Kansas water rights. He argues landowners oppose extra regulation, noting generations of stewardship and private water supplies. He urges consideration of Kansas taxpayers and private property rights.
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EPA
Tam
Kansas
Sierra Club
Ottawa Herald
State of
National Association of Reversionary Property Owners
MidAmerica Division
Dale E. Anderson Garett
Early Ottawa healers draw festival focus and legends
The Kansas Sampler Festival weekend features a table plan to honor Ottawa pioneer Etta Semple, healing figure and hospital founder, with headstone fundraising. Stories recall Bill Shanes, a 1950s healer, and the Santa Fe Annie legend of a woman awaiting a World War II soldier at Ottawa station.
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Kansas
Etta Semple
Ottawa
John van Keppel
Semple
Free Thought
N. Locust
Herald
van Keppel
Hope Cemetery
Topeka
Matt Semple
Ben
The
Boo
Kansas Historical Society
Bill Shanes
John Lee
Mr. Shanes
W. Third
Dale Watts
Shanes
Bill
Watts
Eagletian
Nebraska
Agatha McBride
Princeton
Annie
Karen Moody
Santa Fe
Moody
Charles Gillette
Gillette
Main Street
IBP buyout seen as blow to family farmers
National Farmers Organization criticizes the IBP acquisition as worsening consolidation in meat production. The piece notes GAO calls for stronger enforcement, concerns over the private sale, DLJ connections, and fears of reduced competition in livestock markets. It stresses the need for fair, open markets and questions the $3.8 billion price versus $4.2 billion quarterly earnings.
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Paul Olson
National Farmers Organization
IBP
General Accounting Office
GAO
USDA
Usda’s
Justice Department
U.S
Paul Wellstone
D-Minn
Archer Daniels Midland
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
IBP Inc
DLJ
America
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Harris Group
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawaherald
S. Cedar
Elle
Fox
Walter Rubel
Rabel
Vernon J. Brown
Vern
Otawaherald
Kathy Millar
Wilma Pinney
Bild
Belgrar
Slobodan Miloserat
Cleon
Rickel
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