Daily Briefing Touches Local Donations and Debates
Editorial notes welcomed Louisiana community donations while Martin Hawver argues Sebelius should watch her seat and others. Readers Forum praises national motto and columns. W Annie’s Mailbox urges shifting away from disruptive youths. Heloise suggests vinegar cleans shower heads. Garfield jokes on stomach. Friends & Neighbors reports Franklin County Genealogical Society and 4H club activity. 4H News presents youth recipes. AAUW notes scholarship funds.
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Friends & Neighbors
Franklin County Genealogical Society
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OHS Cyclones Ready For Third Straight Road Game
Ottawa High School football team heads into a third consecutive road contest as they chase a success on the road. Kansas State faces a stiff challenge as North Texas relies on a potent ground game testing the defensive line.
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OHS
Cyclones
Ottawa
KSU
North Texas
Kansas State
Cornstock 2005 festival at Garnett North Lake Park ends with Chely Wright concert
Anderson County hosts Cornstock 2005 at Garnett’s North Lake Park with a full day of activities from 7 am to 9 pm. events include a pancake breakfast horse shoe tournament fishing derby auto and motorcycle shows tractor displays a rifle shoot and art contests. Chely Wright, a Wellsville native, headlines a concert at 5:30 pm with an 7:15 pm Hill concert finish by The Gravel Road Band.
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Anderson County
North Lake Park
Garnett
Wellsville
Chely Wright
Garnett Recreation Department
Lake
West Side of Lake
Legion Field
Garnett Sporting Club
Youth Ag
Gravel Road
Ottawa VF Dance and Wellsville Library Events Update
The notice lists events including an Ottawa VF Dance on Sept 24 at 11 p.m. and Borderline Country. It also notes the Wellsville Days Guilt Show at Wolleville Library on Sept 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets for the Autumn Mantle Quilt drawing are available at the library.
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Ottawa
VF Dance
Wolleville Library
Power of the Past Assoc and Over the Road Gang unite Ottawa events
Ottawa hosts two back to back September events drawing about 10,000 visitors and an estimated $1 million in direct spending with $74,000 in local sales tax. Friday through Monday features Driving Miss Daisy at Carnegie Cultural Center, Wellsville Days activities, Paper Haven classes, Peckham’s Pumpkin Patch, Fort Wildcat hay ride, Potter's Wheel hours, symbolic foods talk by Barbara Shortridge, and Family Day with a community dinner and prize photo opportunities. Jason Camis, Franklin County CVB director, can be reached at (785) 242-1411.
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Power of the
Over the Road Gang
Franklin County
Main St
Ottawa
Kansas
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Paper Haven
Peckham
Great Plains
Buffalo
Persimmons
Indiana
Vassar Playhouse
Jason Camis
Franklin County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Visitottawakansas.com
Franklin County and Ottawa Meeting Schedule Highlights
Calendar of local meetings including Franklin County Cancer Foundation Board at the Foundation Office on Main Street. Alcoholics Anonymous sessions at multiple Ottawa locations such as the Mental Health Center Basement and First Baptist Church Basement. Also listed are Social Order of the Beauceant Ottawa Assembly 136 at the Masonic Temple and Prairie Flyers Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1329 at Ottawa Municipal Airport.
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Franklin County Cancer Foundation Board
Main St
Alcoholics Anonymous
Franklin County
Mental Health
E. 15Th St
Ottawa
Social Order of the
Beauceant
Ottawa Assembly
S. Hickory St
Masonic Temple
S. Main St
Prairie Flyers Experimental Aircraft Association
Ottawa Municipal Airport
Wellsville native Chely Wright in Garnett concert plans
Events in Franklin County include a Chely Wright concert at Garnett and a full weekend of activities across Wellsville, Ottawa, and Garnett. Wellsville Days runs all day with the library quilt show, and Comnstock 2005 hosts a farm festival with concerts by The Gravel Road Band and Chely Wright at 7 p.m. The Goodguys 4th Midwestern Nationals car show is at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City Kansas with ticket information available.
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Goodguys
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City
Kan
Goodguys.com
Jerry
Jerry Herman
Lawrence
Wellsville Days Bike and BBQ Festival Highlights
Wellsville Days returns with Bikes and BBQ theme featuring a 5K run starting at 6 a.m. on downtown streets, craft and food booths opening at 9 a.m., a Kiddie Parade at City Hall, a Main Parade at 11, kids games at noon, a motorcycle show lineup at 2 p.m., and evening performances culminating in a bike show and music through the night.
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Wellsville
Main Street
Wellsville Library
Main Parade
Wellsville High School
City Hall
City Park
Key Ingredients exhibit limited run at Ottawa Old Depot Museum
The Key Ingredients: America by Food traveling exhibit visits Ottawa at the Old Depot Museum 135 W. Tecumseh St. through Oct 14 with weekday hours 10 am to 4 pm and Thursday 5 pm to 8 pm. Admission 3 for adults 1 for students. preschoolers free. Also featured is a Sunflower Piecemakers Food Quilt Show at Franklin County CVB 2011 E Logan Ottawa contact 785 242-1411.
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America
Kansas
Old Depot Museum
Ottawa
W. Tecumseh St
Franklin County Convention & Visitors Bureau
E. Logan
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Crown Chevrolet
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New Hampshire St
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Christian Center
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