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Cottonwood Falls citizens asked to sign up for IRIS system
Chase County Sheriff Rich Dorneker is requesting Chase County residents to sign up for a system that will notifiy they if the event of weather warnings and other events.
According to Dorneker, "I need as many residences or cell phones signed up to make this system hit as many as possible. This will be a great asset for notifications on storms, tornado watches and warnings, burn bans or road closures in the county or surrounding counties. It only takes a couple minutes to sign up for the service."
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Planning commission still needs out of town person to fill vacancy
The planning commission needs someone from outside the city limits is to replace Jim Atkins. The person needs to live within three miles of the city limits. The term expires December 31, 2012, but members are typically reappointed at the end of a term.
To learn more or volunteer to be considered for an appointment to the Commission, contact City Hall at 273-6666, Carl Studer at 273-6883 or Jim Zeiner at 273-8100 or 273-7017.
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Cottonwood Falls
By Steven K. Nagle
Beneath
the bricks on Broadway; beneath the courthouse stone,
Resting Native
spirits, this prairie was their home.
They bravely hunted bison, where city buildings stand,
Settlements lie buried, covered
over by mason's hands.
Native
heritage honored, their spirits forever last,
Arrowheads picked from fields,
remind us of their past.
Indian villages faded, the settler's town was born,
Endless farms and
ranches, fields of wheat and corn.
General
stores and feed mills, the railroad followed through,
Merchants
came from miles, as the tiny city grew.
Stretching
high among them, block steps and red lane meet,
The courthouse
sits eternal in the Chase County seat.
Survived
the prairie fires, dust storms and flooding rains,
This town is everlasting,
a treasure on the plains.
Ensuring preservation, hung on museum
walls,
The Flint Hills best
kept secret; Cottonwood Falls.
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