Courthouse records: Oct. 20, 2011
Courthouse records for the week of Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.
Courthouse records for the week of Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.

Larry Rutter, rural Meriden, was honored with the Forest Stewardship Tree Farmer of the Year Award Saturday near Harveyville.

The Valley Falls Centenarian Club is working to expand and improve the Halloween festivities in downtown Valley Falls this year.

The congregation at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Perry conducted a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday on a long held dream.

Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, last week named Senator Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, to a tax policy study group formed by Senate President Steve Morris.
The Blue Mound Sunshine Club has stopped meeting after 82 years. The record books are being turned over to the Valley Falls Historical Society.
Greg Dean Rockhold, 53, Oskaloosa, died at his home Oct. 15, 2011.
Edwin D. Morrison, 81, Ozawkie, died Oct. 10, 2011, at Stormont-Vail Health Care Center, Topeka.
The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced both heavy and light preservation projects it will let contracts on next year.
Entries are being accepted for the annual Kansas Factual Story Contest.