Fiber Works Woven Into OMA Schedule
Fiber Works, a contemporary fiber art exhibit from Kansas and beyond, opens at Gallery OMA in Municipal Auditorium. Ottawa Community Arts Council hosts a 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday opening with Becky Thorpe demonstrating carding and spinning. free public viewing through April 20 with weekday hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekend 2 to 4 p.m. Exhibit includes rugs, tapestries, baskets, quilts, and paper works, organized by the Wichita Handweavers, Spinners and Dyer's Guild and supported by the Kansas Arts Commission Traveling Visual Arts Program and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Kansas
OMA
Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Becky Thorpe
Wichita Handweavers
Arts Council
OCAC
Kansas Arts Commission
Wichita Museum of Art
National Endowment For the Arts
County Contracts With Auditor And Engineer
The Franklin County Commission signed contracts with its auditor and the new director of public works during regular meetings this week. Leslie Sheahon, formerly of Wichita, will earn 27000 dollars yearly plus 1000 moving expenses and began on Tuesday. He has served as city engineer in Augusta and Dodge City and county engineer in several counties. Auditor Arnold Lemon renewed his contract at 10000 dollars annually with no major changes. The commission also discussed a county project with Richard Larkin of Ottawa RFD 3, sharing a dirt work agreement to drain a pond and widen a hazardous hill near Camp Chippewa, with work to resume after dryer weather.
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Franklin County Commission
Leslie Sheahon
Wichita
Sheahon
Augusta
Dodge City
Sedgwick
Grant
Woodson
Lane
Kansas Wesleyan
Kansas State University
Arnold Lemon
Maple Hill
Commis
Sioners
Richard Larkin
Ottawa Rfd 3
Larkin
Camp Chippewa
Ottawa
Larry Larson
Death ruled self inflicted in Kansas field discovery
A decomposed body found near Garnett, Kansas, has been ruled a death by own action. Robert Dean Erikson, 55, of Harveyville, likely died in July 1985 from a self inflicted gunshot. Authorities, including Anderson County Sheriff Tom Hermreck, await match results for a .22 caliber pistol and cartridge found nearby. An anthropologist from Kansas State University supported the self inflicted ruling.
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Garnett
Kan
Kansas
Here
Anderson County
Tom Hermreck
Kansas State University
Robert Dean Erikson
Harveyville
Us-169
Erikson
Ottawa Briefs Highlight Local Health Care and Certification
E G Ackerman is a patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital Topeka room A417. City employee Lloyd McClure Ottawa RFD 3 earned Class I water system operator certification from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Pam Schulz is a patient at KU Medical Center Kansas City Kansas room 5114. The Ottawa Pride Committee meets 7 a.m. Saturday at the L and L Cafe for a preview of Franklin County Historical slides and a countywide spring clean up. public invited.
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E.G. Ackerman
W. 9Th
Veterans Administration Hospital
Topeka
City
R. Lloyd McClure
Ottawa
RFD
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas
Pam Schulz
S. Mulberry
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Ottawa Pride Committee
Franklin County Historical Society
O’vonne O'Dea
Extension Homemaker Unit County Cultural Arts
Numerous Local Ads and Events Offerals and Notices
A collage of community notices: sale on Jordache sandals at 12.99, plants ready from Country Bumpkin, donations to clothing bank paused, Garfield Pancake Express April 5 with pancake breakfast pricing, VFW 5901 chicken dinner Friday, Elks Lodge installation and reception details, dance at Saddleback Lounge and private club event at The Other Place II, Princeton Recreation pancake supper April 6, weed department musk thistle spraying, OHS Anything Goes performances, Skunk Run book and puzzle drive, Interior Motives sale 40% off, Debbie Walters now at Millie's Hair Fashions.
Funeral services for Lee Roy Rose in Quenemo
Lee Roy Rose 54 of Quenemo died Wednesday at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church, Quenemo. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery Quenemo. Survived by wife Minnie B Meiers. Two sons, two daughters, four sisters, two brothers, six grandchildren. American Legion conducts flag rites at graveside. Friends may call 1-9 p.m. Friday Feltner Funeral Home Lyndon.
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Lee Roy Rose
Quenemo
Ransom Memorial Hospital
United Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Minnie B. Meiers
Pomona
U.S. Marines
Woodward-Bell-Helsman American Legion
Melvern
Lester Lee Roy Rose
Douglas Keith Rose
Jacqueline Addington
Joplin
Gail Masenthin
Mary Jo.Hutchison
Betty Kraus
Laura Pulliam
Madison
Fla
Jeannie Bryan
Las Vegas
Nev
Bill Rose
Jim Rose
Topeka
American Legion Post 317
Feltner Funeral Home
Lyndon
Blueprint For Success From Farm Credit Services Leaders
FCS says 1986 will test responsiveness and competitiveness as lenders streamline and cut costs. The four state group, renamed from Wichita Bank for Cooperatives, reports 1985 losses totaling 424 million for the Federal Land Bank and related units, with mixed results elsewhere. Strong emphasis on maintaining credit quality, attracting new business, and monitoring farm real estate trends and the economy.
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Wichita, Kan
Farm Credit Banks of
Wichita
Wichita Bank For Cooperatives
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Federal Land Bank
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Consolidated Management
Jack Perry
Farm Credit
Farm Credit Services
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
Ninth Farm Credit District Flbas
District Pcas
Perry
Farm Credit Administration
Cing
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Hermreck
Ottawa Lumber
ECEAN
Garfield Pancake Express Lnt
VFW
Elks Lodge
Terry Middleton
Ad Briefs
Saddleback Lounge
Kickin Kountry
Princeton Recreation
Princeton Community Bldg
Franklin Co
OHS
SKUNK
West 11Th
Pine
Warner Sale
Debbie Walters
Lawrence
Millie’s Hair Fashions
W. 2Nd
the Daily Report
Margaret W. Kime
Margaret W
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Altar Society
Timothy Kime
Beaumont
Texas
Carol Mason
S. Locust
Diane McCord
S. Cherry
Bonnie Rouse
Phoenix
Ariz
Jackie Hancock
Farmington
Mich
Joan Wyman
Lake Orion
Floyd
Cy” Whitaker
Santa Maria
Calif
Mabel Staley
George McDowell
W. 15Th
Isabelle Robinson
S. Willow
Coleen Shepard
Luelle Casteel
S. Elm
Sheriff’s News
Monte S. Clark
N. Mulberry
Highway Patrol
Randy O. Scott
Scott
District Court News
Harold A. Heinlein
Veterans Administration
Sherry Tucker
Sherry Barrick
Michael Guerrero
N. Cedar
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Nathan F. Coons
Gordon L. Paul
Walfkuhle Farms
Dale Hermreck
Wulfkuhle
Michael L. Branson
S. Main
Johnny J. Manbeck
Williamsburg
Dwi
Travis J. Dryden
Princeton
Deron Ward
Pittsburg
Ryan L. Angell
Robin C. Bulmer
Ash
Addie A. Weigand
Angela J. Shill
Princeton Road
Robert E. Cardell Jr
Richmond
Brenda J. Platt
Willow
Kerry H. Kuehn
N. Sycamore
Darell W. Proctor
N. Main
Betty Toumberlin
Jerome L. Rues
Lowell S. Manis
N. Oak
Judith A. Collins
Anthony E. Saling
Paul H. Coley
Maple
Vern Wheeler
Doug R. Evans
Dana Leecy
Dana Chapman
Public Safety News
Clayton E. Gish
Olive
South Mulberry
Mike B. Ramsey
Apple Lane
Ottawa High School
Franklin Savings
Seventh and Main
Maria K. Schmoe
Jamie R. Anderson
Anderson
South Main
Andrew C. Eckroth
St. Joseph
Minn
Tina M. Meays
Larry W. Leach
N. Poplar
John B. Faden
Lincoln
Faden
Ottawa Co-op
FCS
Eve Wellt
Murphy
Wildcats
Care Bears
Memoriam
Margaret W. (Devereaux) Kime
Cleveland St
Detroit
Michigan
Research Hospital
Missouri
Paul Miller
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Lengel Son
Medan
Hickory
Robert L. Whitworth
Greater
Chamber of Commerce
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