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Samuel Owens, Wesley Etheredge and Stephanie Hunt have been promoted from senior associates to supervising associates of assurance services at Allen, Gibbs & Houlik.

“This is the jerk who cast the deciding vote for Bill Clinton's giant tax increase.”

Pat Roberts, R-Kan., the Roberts campaign ran a radio advertisement pointing out that Slattery had worked in Washington for the past several years as a lawyer and lobbyist. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“They're trying to say 'We thought this house was abandoned.' When you walk into a house and there's a deep freezer full of food, food in the cupboards and when the lights are turn on, obviously it was not abandoned. They knew it was occupied”

Samantha Winkel said the damage done to her home Jan. 20 by a large group of Mitchell County teenagers is far worse than what she says has been described by the media or in stories going around the Beloit area. via Salina Journal

“What I have filed at this point are complaints against those persons who are alleged to have actively participated in the theft and damage to that residence.”

Mitchell County Attorney Jess Hoeme on Wednesday and Thursday filed 10 misdemeanor complaints, nine of them against juveniles, in connection with a Jan. via Salina Journal

Sixty years ago, in January of 1948, superintendents from seven school districts formed an athletic league they named the Pike Trail League. The organizational meeting was held in Mankato's Correl Hotel on a Thursday evening. The school's represented were Burr Oak, Jewell, Randall, Scandia, Courtland and Simpson. The league was created to provide a sports circuit for six-man football games, basketball games and track.

Dale Boyles, Mankato, was a teacher and the assistant boys' sports coach at Courtland in 1948 and in on the plans. His mentor was his high school teacher and coach, Raymond Stewart, one of the league organizers. Read more

“Over the past three or four years, the north-central and south-central portions of the state have provided good pheasant hunting”

Counties with WIHA Walk-In Areas shown in yellow. Snap your fingers. There you go--you now have access to roughly 1 million acres of prime pheasant hunting land in Kansas. via Hunting

Thanks to the person who responded to my request regarding my Great Grandfather Jacob Pearson of Simpson Kansas. via Cousinconnect.com

Lisa Patterson lpatterson at ci.lawrence.ks.us Tue Oct 30 07:51:44 CST 2007 NEWS RELEASE City of Lawrence, Kansas FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 30, 2007 CONTACT: Evie Rapport, Lawrence Arts Commission ... via City of Lawrence