Kansas Sampler Festival seeks two year road site in Kansas
Ottawa and Garnett are finalists to host the Kansas Sampler Festival next two years. The event started on a farm near Inman eight years ago to showcase Kansas products crafts and culture and now seeks new sites. Each finalist offers historic rural settings with eastern flavor and must recruit 90 volunteers and raise 15000 in sponsorships.
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Inman
Penner
Ottawa
Garnett
Topeka
Forest Park
Franklin County
Murray McGee
Franklin and
Anderson County
John D. Montgomery
Prairie Spirit Rail Trail phase two breaks ground in Ottawa
The Ontario region eyeing economic boost from tourism hosts ground breaking for phase two of the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail. The project links Old Depot Museum in Ottawa to Richmond while phase three would extend to Iola. The trail will be paved in Ottawa and aims to draw visitors from Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka, supporting lodging and local businesses. Ottawa will become a crossroads with the Flint Hills Nature Trail, enhancing recreational and equestrian use across the region.
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Richmond
Welda
Anderson County
Old Depot Museum
Iola
Kansas City
Lawrence
Topeka
Flint Hills
Kansas Horse Foundation
Osawatomie
Herington
Prairie Spirit
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Father’s influence endures after a father’s death
Kathleen Parker reflects on a year since her father’s death and an article by Adrienne Katz linking daughters’ self esteem to paternal bonds. She critiques the study while acknowledging a father’s lasting impact on a girl’s sense of self, loyalty, honesty, and courage. She invites reader views to her Orlando Sentinel column.
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Katz
Kathleen Parker
Orlando Sentinel
Ms. Parker
Kparkers
Ao.com
Koch Crime Summit in Topeka Focuses on Positive Crime Fight
Kansas attendees are invited to the Kansas Conference on Crime and Community at the Holiday Inn West in Topeka December 9 and 10. Co sponsored by AT&T the Kansas attorney general Kansas State University Extension Services and the Roe Crime Commission the event highlights juvenile justice restorative justice and community policing with leaders from across Kansas. The 1997 Bill Koch Community Safety Awards will be presented and registration is 30 dollars for two days of sessions plus meals. Contact the Koch Crime Commission Topeka at 1 800 375 5624 for details.
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Koch Crime Commission
Gene Bicknell
Kansas City Chiefs
Joe Phillips
Bill Koch
United
Topeka
Steven J. Davies
Readers invited to submit signed letters to forum
Opinion submissions are welcomed in the Reader Forum. Writers must hand sign each piece and include the author's address and telephone number. Submissions should not exceed 500 words.
Ottawa USD 290 Board wage dispute letter to voters
A reader asks the Ottawa USD 290 Board to publish its last and best salary offer, argues the raise is insufficient for experienced teachers, and criticizes four more school days and wage changes. The letter cites district staffing issues, pay comparisons, and asks for a four‑way stop at 17th and Chestnut for child safety.
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USD 290 Board of Education
Ottawa Herald
Paul Harvey
USD 290
BOE
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