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Article: Tractor cruise benefits foundation
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- September 8, 2009
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By Ann Marie Bush
THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
More than 35 tractors cruised through Atchison and Brown county
roads on Labor Day to raise money for the Angelman Syndrome
Foundation, an organization that promotes awareness and treatment of
the neurogenetic disorder.
The tractor convoy's organizer, Keith Olsen, of Horton, enjoys
the camaraderie of other tractor owners, but he also enjoys the
thought of raising money for people diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome
-- including his 4-year-old daughter, Ingrid.
"The whole family takes part in this," Olsen said Monday after
the tractor cruise. "If the fog would have been gone earlier, I
think we would have had a better turnout."
This is the third year for the ...