25 For the third time in the past five years the Kansas Open chess tournament will be held in Iola. The success of the 1987 tournament staged by Gary McIntosh, a member of the Kansas Chess Association, and the Iola Jaycees, convinced the association to ask if Iola would be willing to host the tournament this weekend.
26 Mary Martin, executive director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, was elected president of the board of directors of the Association of Community Arts Agencies of Kansas at the organizations annual meeting earlier this month in Salina.
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Iolas American Legion baseball squad won the class AA Zone tournament in Garnett Monday night with a 4-2 victory over the Fort Scott team. Iola defeated Osawatomie Saturday and Garnett Sunday. The victories send the Iola Indians to the state tournament at Norton, Aug. 5-8, for the first time since 1983.
28 GAS The home of T. Dale and Faye Smith on U.S. 54 Highway sports sunflowers reaching more than 10 feet tall. Smiths sunflowers droop when they are ready to be harvested and Smith dries and shells the seeds by hand. Smith also has a bountiful garden of vegetables, marigolds and a variety of other colorful flowers.
