Fall harvests begin as prices stay low in Kansas
In Belle Plaine and across south-central Kansas farmers start milo and corn harvest amid low prices. Udall grower Jerry Oast sells stored winter wheat while awaiting later crops. elevator manager Gary Girard says prices are down about three quarters of a cent. Yields run from 50 to 100 bushels per acre on dryland corn in Anderson County as harvest extends into December, with drought and slow exports pressuring prices.
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Elle Plaine
Udall
Jerry Oast
Farmers Coop
Kansas
Gary Girard
Oast
Girard
Belle Plaine
Kas
Jere White
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Anderson County
White
Kansas State University
Bill Tierney
Stained Glass Cappuccino House Opens in Ottawa
The Stained Glass Cappuccino House opens at 123 E Second in Ottawa owned by George and Jan Keaton. The store runs 9 to 5 Tuesday Thursday Friday and Saturday with Wednesday 9 to 9 featuring live entertainment by Jamie Mietchen and offers 15 cappuccino flavors, coffees, teas, pastries, and lunch specials from 11 to 2 prepared by The Pastry Shop. Classes in stained glass and stepping stone projects are planned with Tuesday or Thursday evenings and weekend options.
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E. Second
Ottawa
George and
Jan Keaton
Sounger
Jamie Mietchen
Jan
Keatons
Kansas City
George
KCPL
Wyoming
Ron Bishop
Ottawa High School 1974 reunion at Ottawa Country Club
The OHS Class of 1974 held a 25 year reunion at Ottawa Country Club on June 26. A group photo lists numerous attendees across four rows including Scott Carpenter Cindy Eiler Wynne Angel Dottie Spencer Susie Abbott Debbie Williamslysaught Susan Wallis Wanda Tedrow Debbie Sellers Annette Burnett Linda Sellens and many more.
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Ottawa High School
Ottawa Country Club
Scott Carpenter
Cindy (LeMaster) Eiler
Wynne Angel
Dottie (Underwood) Spencer
Susie Abbott
Debbie Williamslysaught
Susan (Moody) Wallis
Wanda
Griffin
Tedrow
Debbie
Callaway
Sellers
Annette
Tersiner
Doohan
Diane
Cearfoss
Mankin
Kristy
Armstrong
Scott
Barb
Willhite
Stransky
Gayle
Wittmeyer
Danfelt
Shelley
Seymour
Weatherbie
Saffron
Dvorak
Kim
Burik
Jordan
Betky
Tray Furtier
Jim Domanith
Ken Nelson
Kethy Bones
Jim Wallace
Gordon Thayer
Dale Turner
Mark Smith
Rick Robinson
Rick Brownrigg
Mike Skidmore
Labor Day school closures across Ottawa area districts
Ottawa public schools Sacred Heart Central Heights Anderson County Wellsville and West Franklin district students have no classes Monday in observance of Labor Day. Regular classes resume Tuesday. Ottawa High School will return to 8 a.m. to 3:07 p.m. schedule Tuesday. Franklin County Zoning Board will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the county annex. Planning Commission meets Sept. 16.
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Ottawa
Sacred Heart School
Central Heights
Anderson County
Wellsville
West Franklin
Ottawa High School
Franklin County Board of Zoning
County Annex
Franklin County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Anderson work among road bids in Kansas project
Kansas Department of Transportation approved bids for state highway work. Included is US-59 cracks repair from the Anderson Allen county line to the Anderson Franklin county line, 24 miles. Shears Construction L P Hutchinson bids $32,896.20.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas
Anderson- Allen County
Anderson-Franklin County
Shears
L.P
Hutchinson
Oil pioneer dies in Kansas City empire built from one station
Mary Hudson, 86, a self-made oil magnate who built Hudson Oil into a $325 million fortune and earned a spot on the Forbes 400, died Thursday after a cancer diagnosis two weeks earlier. Her daughter Joyce Driver Sharp of Prairie Village shared the news. Hudson began in 1933 after her husband died in a truck crash, borrowing $200 to open her first station in Kansas City, launching a chain that would exceed 300 outlets.
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Prairie Village
Mary Hudson
Joyce Driver Sharp
Hudson
Hudson Oil Co
Kansas City
America
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