Local team wins Amateur Division at Pomona Lake crab pie tourney
Ottawa anglers Mike Cevoli and Kevin Evans topped Amateur Division with 9.52 pounds of crappie at Pomona Lake, earning 750 dollars as pink and chartreuse tube jigs drew fish at 20 to 22 feet. Ron Erhard and Don Hess were second with 9.44 pounds. semi pro honors went to Jack Swafford and Ray Tole with 9.6 pounds. 26 semi pro teams and 33 amateurs competed. overall payout 5390 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Bishop
Michele Jump
Shawn Edwinson
Larry Hammond
Eugene
Pomona Lake
Chatt Martin
Ottawa
Mike Cevoli
Kevin Evans
U.S.A
Wellsville
Ron Erhard
Don Hess
Topeka
Jack Swafford
el Dorado
Ray Tole
Towanda
Bill Shackelford
Dale Parrish
Roach
Mike Loman
Camdenton
John Boise
Warsaw
Noel Fernandez
Deepwater
Frank Steeham
Kansas City
Joe Johns
Stockton
Lawmakers Clash On Kansas School Funding At Forum
At a Saturday legislative forum in Ottawa local and state officials debated K12 funding amid a $730 million shortfall. House proposals cut per pupil by 303 while Senate backers favored a 20 increase, with funding sources and future revenue uncertainty discussed by Rep. Tanner Sen. Tyson and Superintendent Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Education Committee
Ottawa
USD
Jan Collins
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Bill Feuerborn
D-Garnett
Robert Tyson
R-Parker
Board of Education
Collins
Tanner
Tyson
House
Senate
Impact statement issued for both routes of U S 59
The Kansas Department of Transportation released the Environmental Impact Statement proposing a four lane freeway between Ottawa and Lawrence. Two route options are listed one along the existing roadway and another one mile east with public input sought, hearings likely in Baldwin in late April and comments open through May 30, final decision possible by mid summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Department of Transportation
Ottawa
Lawrence
KDOT
Federal Highway Administration
Baldwin
Carl Hill
Hill
Caryn Goldberg
Franklin-Douglas Counties
U.S.59
Goldberg
EIS
Franklin
Douglas County
Ralph Tanner
Secretary of Transportation
Tanner
Ottawa City Hall
Ottawa Public Library
Baldwin Public Library
Topeka
Transportation
Dean Carlson
Docking State Office
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald
Sextuplets born in Wichita declared healthy and strong
In Wichita, six babies three boys and three girls delivered by C section at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph are strong and expected home in four to five weeks. Doctors say they resemble 31 week olds and one is already receiving breast milk via feeding tube. Parents Sondra and Eldon Headrick of Rago used fertility treatments. sextuplets born after 31 weeks.
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Wichita
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
St. Joseph
van R. Bohman
Sondra Headrick
Eldon
Rago
Headricks
Aubrianna
Talley Quartet Jazz Show in Ottawa Porters Standards
Doug Talley on saxophone and Tim Brewer on bass performed at the Ottawa Municipal Auditorium Saturday. The Kansas City based Doug Talley Quartet interpreted Cole Porter tunes, delivering their own acoustic sound to Porter standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Talley
Tim Brewer
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City
Cole Porter
Porter
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