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  1. Larry Gillett Receives Holm Award

    Yesterday | WIBW-TV Topeka

    Larry Gillett of Burr Oak, Kansas was presented the U.S. Department of Commerce John Campanius Holm Award at a ceremony given in his honor on September 5, 2008.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jerry Moran, Mankato, KS, Weather

  2. Frosts to lead Octoberfest parade

    Friday Oct 3 | Jewell County Record/STPNS

    ... are busy volunteers in the Esbon community and serve in many Esbon organizations. Beverly is a native of Burr Oak, but has adopted the Esbon community as her own since she moving there in 1995 following her marriage to Dwight. She grew up on ...

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    Related Topix: Esbon, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kansas, Mankato, KS

  3. Hospital must install fire sprinkler system

    Friday Oct 3 | Jewell County Record/STPNS

    Cynthia Clark, a recently appointed Jewell County Hospital board member from Burr Oak, was present for the September board meeting, held Thursday morning in the meeting room at the hospital.

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    Related Topix: Jewell County, KS, Medicine, Nursing, Medicare, Health, Long Term Care, Mankato, KS

  4. Gillett honored as weather observer

    Friday Sep 12 | Jewell County Record/STPNS

    Larry Gillett, Burr Oak, was honored Friday night at the Rock Hills Middle School, Burr Oak, when he received the John Campanius Holm Award for his services as a local weather observer.

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    Related Topix: The National, Entertainment, Television, Weather, Jewell County, KS, Kansas, Mankato, KS

  5. Historic jail, residence commemorated

    Sep 5, 2008 | Jewell County Record/STPNS

    ... in Topeka, Burlington, Junction City, Beloit and Clay Center. He later would plan the United Methodist Church in Burr Oak. The late Boyd Silsby helped get the building listed on the historical register. He said each limestone block has a ...

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    Related Topix: Jewell, KS, Kansas State University, Mankato, KS, Kansas, Jewell County, KS

  6. School days on the way for Rock Hills

    Aug 10, 2008 | Jewell County Record/STPNS

    Rock Hills Schools will open for the fall term on Thursday, Aug.14. The three attendance centers include the high school and elementary school in Mankato, and the middle school in Burr Oak.

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    Related Topix: Mankato, KS, Jewell, KS, Glen Elder, KS, Jewell County, KS

  7. Rock Hills okays middle school football co-op with JewellRead the original story

    Jul 18, 2008 | Jewell County Record/STPNS

    ... It was understood the practices and home games would be held at the Rock Hills Middle School facilities at Burr Oak. The team will be known as RHMS Grizzlies and will wear Grizzlies uniforms. An assistant coach from USD 279 will be considered ...

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  8. Wheat harvest wrapping up in Jewell County

    Jul 11, 2008 | Jewell County Record/STPNS

    ... bushels of wheat had gone into the elevator in Esbon as of Monday morning. Wheat is half harvested in the Burr Oak area; 100,000 bushels of wheat had gone to the elevator there as of Sunday night. Bushels to the acre in the Burr Oak area have ...

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    Related Topix: Esbon, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lebanon, KS, Mankato, KS

  9. Harvesting memories

    Jun 26, 2008 | Salina Journal

    Earl Buckley, a Burr Oak custom harvester talks about some of his experiences in his 50 years of custom harvesting in a hweat field near Hedville on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.

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    Related Topix: Jewell County, KS, Chapman, KS

  10. Esbon works to maintain cafe, promote town

    Apr 25, 2008 | Jewell County Record/STPNS

    ... Frost took on being co-managers. Other main volunteers are Lila Frost, Eula Silsby, and Ione Shipley. Judy Donly, Burr Oak, and Barbara Miller, Esbon, are the only paid employees and they serve in part-time positions. Appropriately, it is called the ...

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    Related Topix: Jewell County, KS, Esbon, KS, Life, Food, Dining, Dining