The big ball of twine in Cawker City. The giant Van Gogh painting in Goodland. The Big Brutus electric shovel in West Mineral. All are included on an elite list of quirky roadside attractions in Kansas that are famous for being unusually large. And all reside in Kansas towns that are unusually small. Now, a small town near Wichita is attempting to join that list, and it has until 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, to raise enough money to pull it off. The community foundation in Belle Plaine, a town of around 1,450 that’s 26 miles south of Wichita, is brewing a plan to bring down the town’s 112-year-old water tower — the closest thing the town has ever had to a skyscraper — and turn it into something a bit more ornamental.
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