Master Folk Artist Grace Goff to Demonstrate Tatting
Grace Goff of Manhattan will demonstrate tatting at the Ottawa Quilters Guild meeting with the talk Transforming Yesterday's Memories into Today's Treasures. She is a Kansas Master Folk Artist and will lead a 9:30 a.m. Monday session in Elliott Hall at First Baptist Church, followed by an Add A Member Banner workshop by Margaret Wilson.
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Grace Goff
Manhattan
Ottawa Quilters Guild
Goff
Kansas State University
Kansas Arts Commission
The
Kansas Historical Society
Elliott Hall
First Baptist Church
Margaret Wilson
College Choir To Perform At Quenemo Baptist Church
A 37 voice choir from Oklahoma Baptist College will perform Friday at 7 p m at the Quenemo Baptist Church. Robert A. Ross Jr executive vice president and dean of students will speak. Choir directed by Adrian Van Manen. Public invited.
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Quenemo
Oklahoma Baptist College
Oklahoma City
Quenemo Baptist Church
Robert A. Ross Jr
Adrian van Manen
Wildflower Tours Begin Spring at Hillsdale and Ottawa
Hillsdale Lake hosts the first of three wildflower tours sponsored by the Kansas Wildflower Society with Park Ranger Mike Mueller leading the 1 p.m. Saturday excursion at the north side Visitor Center. The May 16 Hillsdale Lake and the Ottawa tour on May 24 will feature Mueller and other society leaders. participants should bring hats, comfortable shoes, a notebook, camera, and a flower guide.
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Hillsdale Lake
Kansas Wildflower Society
Ottawa
Wildflower Society
Kansas Corps of Engineers
Mike Mueller
Isabelle Rohrer
Burroughs Audubon Society
Miami County
Mueller
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Box 205
Paola
Kan
Mary Bancroft
Marilyn deFreese
Franklin County
KWS
Bancroft
Andy Reed
deFreese Farm
Fern Dell
Heredity Clue To Homosexuality
A reader asks if homosexuality runs in families. The Santa Monica Outlook notes studies showing 22 percent of brothers of homosexual men are gay or bisexual versus 4 percent for brothers of heterosexual men. It cites Kaiser General Psychiatry and a 1986 Dean Edell newsletter.
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Ann Landers
Ton
Ann
Santa Monica
Richard Pilcard
James Weinrich
Boston University
Dean Edell
Kaiser General Psychiatry
Low Platelet Count Thrombocytopenia Explained
Dear reader explains thrombocytopenia or low platelets, its causes such as idiopathic thrombocytopenia and thrombotic thrombocytopenia, signs of easy bruising and heavy menses, and advises follow up with a doctor. Also notes diet can lower cholesterol and may help prevent artery blockage from worsening.
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DR. Donohue
B.L
Ottawa High Band earns top ratings at regional festival
The Ottawa High School band section scored well at Baker University regional festival. Anna Boyer and LeAnn McElfresh earned II ratings for flute performances, while the OHS Concert Band secured a I rating in the large ensemble category.
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Ottawa
Baker University
Annas Boyer
LeAnn McElfresh
OHS
Two Win Writing Awards in Kansas Youth Contest
Allison deFreese of Princeton RFD 1 wins first in rhymed poetry and non fiction and second in rhymed poetry in the 13 and older youth division. Her brother Stuart takes four firsts in 12 and under, plus additional second and honorable mentions across Haiku, rhymed poetry and free verse.
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Franklin County
Kansas Writers Club
Allison deFreese
Byron
Marilyn deFreese
Princeton Rfd 1
Allison
A.D. Bickerstaff
Stuart
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Diane Yeaman
Williamsburg House
Williamsburg
David Link
West Franklin
U.S.D
Pomona
Quilters Guild
Quenemo Baptists
Hillsdale
Briscoe Pharmacy
South Main
Paul
Xjonohue
Oak Haven
Richmond
Kansas
Mary SueCox Barbara Neal
Dir. of Nursing
Sewing Machine Sales
Albright
S. Main
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Franklin County Red Cross
Ou—Wilson Field House
Ottawa Recreation Office
Garnett
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