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Written by Brian McCauley
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
Paola police detectives are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an infant at a Paola home Aug. 26.
According to a police news release, officers went to a home in the 300 block of Kaskaskia Street at 2:53 p.m. Thursday in response to a 911 call regarding a 3-month-old who was not breathing.
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Written by Brian McCauley
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
A portion of 327th Street east of Hospital Drive that has been reviewed because of flooding concerns at a crossing will get more signs to warn drivers of potential danger, but the crossing will not be gated off under a ruling made Wednesday by the Miami County Commission.
Commissioners have been analyzing the problem for a couple months since Shirley Branson asked the county to close down or restrict access to the strip of road because of how dangerous it can be during times of high water.
A sign already marks the road as being minimum maintenance and warns drivers to proceed at their own risk.
Commissioners originally entertained the idea of gating off the road and giving local landowners keys to get through the barrier, but some landowners spoke out against that plan during a public hearing Aug. 18. The landowners did not want to deal with a gate or lose access to the road.
Road and Bridge Director J.R. McMahon discussed nine possible options for commissioners during a study session Wednesday morning. They ranged from doing nothing to gating the road or installing more warning signs.
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Written by Annie Vangnes
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
Clint Bell spent nine months trying to think of the name. The final decision: APORKalypse Now.
“This one just hit me,” he said.
The importance of a good team name was shared by many contestants at the East Central Kansas State Barbecue Championship at the Roots Festival.
“You can at least fall back on the name if the food is bad,” Bell explained with a laugh. 
A Paola resident, he competed for the first time this year and said his goal was to not finish last.
One team at the competition actually derived its name from its many last-place finishes when it first started entering contests. The members of Dead Last BBQ have been competing since high school.
“We started with a keg of beer and a Weber grill,” Steve Schrag said.
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Written by Brian McCauley
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
Ron Martin of Paola and Russ Haswell of Olathe are no strangers to cooking barbecue. The two have smoked up meats together on a number of different occasions.
Competing at the East Central Kansas State Barbecue Competition, though, was a little bit different than their typical setting.
“Usually, it’s just family gatherings at the farm,” Martin said.
After deciding to participate in barbecue competitions, Martin said, they had to create a team name. 
Smokin’ Barnyard BBQ seemed to be appropriate considering when he’s smoking his barbecue at family gatherings, it’s usually literally inside of a barn.
Martin and Haswell squared off against 69 other teams last weekend during the annual barbecue competition during the Roots Festival.
Many of the competitors were veterans at the event, setting up their smokers in the same location each year and only slightly modifying their secret recipes for sausage, chicken, pork ribs, pork and brisket.
Others, though, were getting in on the fun for the first time. Paola residents Greg and Tammy Cole, along with Paul and Carrie Loar, teamed up with Tammy and Paul’s dad, Bill, to create the team Butterface.
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Written by Staff
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:00 |
Participants in last weekend’s East Central Kansas Barbecue Championship during the Roots Festival participated in the four categories sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society — chicken, pork ribs, pork and brisket — and had the option of participating in an additional sausage category. 
Teams were scored on each entry, and cash prizes were given to the top 10 finishers. The team with the highest total score for its entries in the four categories was named grand champion.
The cash prize for the top honor was $1,500, and the reserve grand champion won $800. The other cash awards were $250 for third, $200 for fourth, $150 for fifth, $100 for sixth, $75 for seventh, $50 for eighth, $30 for ninth and $25 for 10th.
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