April 2022

Neosho County Community College hosted a welding competition at the Regional Rural Technology Center in La Harpe on April 8. Fifty-two welders participated in the competition, including three NCCC students and 49 high school students from schools like Baldwin High School, Ottawa High School, West Franklin High School and Crest High School. Students took a written and skills test to determine the placings in the competition and were also able to meet and network with representatives from companies within the welding industry.

TOPEKA — A Kansas bill signed into law Thursday spans the gamut of tax policy, packaging more than two dozen measures amending property, sales and income tax laws. The massive House Bill 2239, backed by the Legislature and Gov.

Daylight Donuts owner Charity ??? and Betty Birzer of ReeceNichols Real Estate celebrated the one-year anniversary of their joint project, Donuts for Do-Gooders, on April 14. Photo: Marissa Ventrelli, The Ottawa Herald

Fire teams he’s talked with recently have told him the strategies they’ve used to suppress wildfires in past years aren’t working as well now. And even if they can get a blaze under control, the smoldering embers have been more likely to reignite.

Pomona Lake Marina is hosting its second annual Kevin Clark Memorial Race to bring walkers, runners and bikers out to the lake in celebration of one of its biggest advocates. Kevin Clark lived in Gardner and spent much of his time at the Marina, where he enjoyed barefoot skiing – it’s like water skiing, but with your bare feet, and from what I’ve been told, it hurts.