Monday I met with Grove Gardens’ co-managers Erica Burton and Karla Flores about their upcoming season. Owner Eric Nelson, who also owns the wholesale establishment Neosho Gardens, started Grove Gardens, a Flint Hills market that offers plants, pottery, produce and sunny smiles from mid-March through October, in 2007. The garden center is located at 401 W. Main, Council Grove.
Council Grove High School had 11 students compete in the state’s largest business student competition - The Kansas Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference, April 4-5, at the Stormont Vail Events Center and Hotel, Topeka. Over 1,600 high school and middle school students from across the state of Kansas competed.
In game one on Monday, the Council Grove High School Lady Braves could not keep up with Trinity Academy and fell 0-17 in softball action. Trinity got on the board in the first inning after a Trinity player doubled, scoring one run. Trinity scored eight runs on eight hits in the top of the second inning. An error extended the Trinity lead to 10 in the top of the third inning. Trinity scored six runs on two hits in the top of the fifth inning.
Chris McAfee, of Council Grove, is the winner of the March Mania contest, sponsored by the Council Grove Republican and six area merchants.
The family of H. J. “Jim” Sharp will host a 100th birthday celebration from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at Meadowlark Hills Prairie Star Restaurant Event Center. The celebration will include light refreshments.
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