OSAGE CITY—Eleven area children participated in back-to-back weeklong camps through Three-Lakes Cooperative. Students took Karate lessons at the first camp, but got a chance to stretch their legs during therapeutic horse riding sessions last week.

“We’ve seen a big improvement in all of the kids’ attitude, focus and posture,” said organizer and Three Lake Cooperative physical therapist Sandy Smith. “Kids who don’t talk a lot are talking more and louder. It works on communication skills as well as the whole body, and it’s an activity most kids don’t get the chance to do.”

LYNDON—Osage County Sheriff’s Deputy Blake Reker was honored during Monday’s Osage County Commission meeting.

The meeting was moved the open area just outside the commission chambers to accommodate the crowd present to honor Reker, including Reker’s family, other deputies, Franklin County Sheriff Jeff Richards, Franklin County Administrator Lisa Johnson, Osage County Sheriff Laurie Dunn and Osage County Undersheriff Jeff Johnson. After welcoming everyone, commissioner Ken Kuykendall turned the meeting over to Dunn.