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The Sixth Annual North Lyon County Veterans Memorial Project, Inc. fundraiser will be held on September 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bushong City Park. The day will feature family friendly activities. The event will work to raise funds for Phase Two of the North Lyon County Veterans Memorial Project, a memorial garden wall honoring the 10 veterans from Bushong who died in World War II.

The Council Grove City Council approved a City Lake Committee recommendation for the definition of a boathouse at Council Grove City Lake. City Inspector James Masters informed the council that he had been running into situations at the lake in which sheds and other water’s edge storage structures were being installed on city lake lots in violation of city code. The definition approved by the council, and formulated by Masters and City Attorney Bill Halvorsen, reads: “Boathouse means a single story detached accessory structure not exceeding 16 feet in height above the floor of the structure, designed and used exclusively to house, shelter, store or protect boats, watercraft and related marine equipment. The structure will not be on a permanent foundation located on the waterfront of the lot not more than 25 feet from the high water mark. The structure will be constructed to allow boats to be launched into or hauled out of the lake. The structure shall not contain a toilet, sink, bathroom, kitchen or sleeping facilities and must have a door facing the lake of minimum dimensions of 9 feet in width and 7 feet in height.”

The first settlers in Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail were intruders on Native Americans already long-established area residents.