Stretched out near the cattle show ring Saturday at the Douglas County Fair, a relaxed Kyle Norris revealed his favorite feature of the county’s other fair. “The pies,” the Vinland Valley 4-H Club member said. He and his sister, Claire Norris, will be showing the heifers they took to the county fair at the Vinland Fair livestock show, but Kyle said the three-day fair was a laid-back final chance to enjoy ...
In a special election next week, residents of the Perry-Lecompton school district will decide whether to establish a recreation commission. The ballot question in Tuesday's election would create a commission that partners with the school district to fund recreational sports and activities for the community. J.B. Elliott, the Perry-Lecompton school district's superintendent, said the commission would start ...
Three miles east of Baldwin City and just south of a U.S. Highway 56 roadside park is a patch of prairie that Roger Boyd says is one of the hidden treasures of Douglas County. Right now, a carpet of thigh-high native grasses green from the abundant summer rains and speckled with yellow, blue, white and purple wildflowers covers the 18-acre Douglas County-owned plot named the Ivan L. Boyd Memorial Prairie Park ...
The newly named Eudora parks and recreation director said she is stepping down from a similar position in a much larger community because of the greater opportunities Eudora offers. Sally Pennington is wrapping up her duties as parks and recreation director at Neosho, Mo. She has had the job in the city of about 13,000 people 15 miles south of her hometown of Joplin for 2 1/2 years. “The size of a city has ...
A Lecompton community effort set for Wednesday will attempt to preserve a piece of Douglas County history long thought to be lost. Paul Bahnmaier, president of the Lecompton Historical Society, said employees of the city of Lecompton and Lecompton Township will team up Wednesday to relocate two tombstones rediscovered on private property east of the town to Maple Grove Cemetery in Lecompton. One of the ...
The 2019 Douglas County Fair will arrive in two weeks, and this time, the fair's staple events like the demolition derby and the tractor pulls will be joined by a new attraction: a beer garden. Although a few events are scheduled for this week, the annual fair officially begins Monday, July 29, and continues through Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St. Douglas County Fair ...