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Documentary Series Tells Story Of Olathe, Kansas

By Steve Kraske,

Published May 5, 2021 at 11:26 AM CDT

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A screenshot of the documentary, "The Flying Jayhawks - The Olathe Naval Air Station." — One of Greg Sheffer's documentaries about his hometown is "The Flying Jayhawks - The Olathe Naval Air Station."

Local filmmaker Greg Sheffer has spent years working on a string of films about his hometown.

The result is a series of films dedicated to telling the story of the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas. Sheffer takes us through some of the highlights from the filming and reveals why he took on the project.

Greg Sheffer, filmmaker, owner/CEO of Inversion

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