Pittsburg Woman Faces Seminary Challenge Far From Home
Joyce Bestor, a 37-year-old Pittsburg mother of two, commutes over 150 miles to St. Pauls School of Theology in Kansas City as she shifts from real estate to ministry. She encounters gender barriers, prison counseling, and transit loneliness while pursuing United Methodist ordination and imagining a future away from Pittsburg.
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Jan Biles
Pittsburg
Kan
Joyce Bestor
United Methodist Church
Bester
Bestor
Chaplin
Mark
Dental implants and the misquoted sentence clarified
A reader letter from Dr. Paul Goldhaber of Harvard Dental School challenges a magazine column on dental implants. The dean corrects misstatements, defends implant success definitions, and urges balanced public reporting alongside readers applauding implant results.
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Paul Goldhaber
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Department of Dental Implantology
OHS Art Students Win Several Honors
Ottawa High School art students earned multiple honors at the Tonganoxie Invitational Competitive Art Festival with six students placing in the show and contest. Bob Merten placed first in commercial art, Shannon Brecht finished sixth in sculpture, Darren Manna ninth in ceramics, and others earned design, printmaking, and sculpture ribbons. Lori Pyle won second in design at Allen County Community College competition, Paula Ratliff earned second in the AAA National School Traffic Safety Poster Program with a $50 savings bond.
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Ottawa
Tonganoxie
OHS
Bob Mertenl
Shannon Brecht
Darren Manna
Merten
Brecht
Connie Rumford
Mertell
Deverlee Ublaker
Angela Clevenger
Allen County Community College
Lori Pyler
Paula Ratliff
AAA Automobile Club of Kansas
U.S
OMS Music Students Do Well at Emporia State Festival
Ottawa Middle School band students earned 12 I ratings 10 II ratings and a III at a junior high music festival at Emporia State University. The advanced band received II ratings from all judges while many students plus ensembles earned top honors including Debra Havener Todd DeGroff Sherri Davis Michelle Heinlein Heather Shisler Noah Sandstrom Jason Ball and others.
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Ottawa
Emporia State University
Brent Wheeler
OMS
Debra Havener
Todd DeGroff
Sherri Davis
Michelle Heinlein
Heather Shisler
Noah Sandstrom
Jason Ball
Havener
Karen Lewis
Amy Sutton
Erika Sandusky
Janet Satterlee
Misty Archer
Jared Herrick
Yalonda Bones
Murray Zogg
Katie Hornbeck
Jeff Nelson
Archer
Rena Dillard
Becky Johnson
Jane Soper
Travis Behrens
Rex Chang
Sarah Abel
Heinlein
Tracy Elder
Sandstrom
Charles Heckman
Rachel Peterson
Alll
ECKAN to distribute USDA surplus in Franklin County April 21
ECKAN will distribute USDA surplus food to 570 commodity program recipients in Franklin County on April 21. Hours run 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at multiple sites including the ECKAN Center, Senior Center, Sunflower Plaza, and local churches and apartments. Homebound delivery occurs April 18 with contact at 242-7515.
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U.S.D.A
ECKAN
Franklin County
Ward
Franklin County Senior Center
Sunflower Plaza
Richmond Library
Rantoul Church
Ecean Community Center
KU Prof To PHS Voyager Talk At Pomona High
University of Kansas physicist and astronomy professor Thomas Armstrong will speak at Pomona High School on Wednesday April 30 on Voyager Studies of Uranus and the Outer Planets. His career includes work aboard Mariner 4 and 5 Voyagers 1 and 2 Galileo and the International Solar Polar Mission. He has NASA and Higuchi awards for space research.
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Thomas Armstrong
University of Kansas
Pomona High School
Uranus
Outer Planets
Armstrong
NASA
Higuchi
Takeru Higuchi
University Regents
Evidence Needed For Childs SS Card
Dusty Rhoades, Social Security manager in Ottawa, says all applicants including young children must prove age identity and citizenship or lawful admission status. Two documents needed, one for age citizenship and one for identity, with originals or certified copies returned. Parents must show their own identity and relationship to the child. contact Ottawa SS office at 2334 Princeton or call 242 7800 for details.
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U.S
Dusty Rhoades
Ottawa
Rhoades
Social Security Office
Princeton
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Diane Yeomans
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Deverlee Abelaker
Kristin Danielle Potter
David Potter
N. Sycamore
Walter Potter
Hazel Gates
Elm
Anna Gage
Princeton Road
Paul
Ann Landers
Philadelphia
Rube
Delaware
Del
Denver
Lane Church
Walnut Plaza
Wellsville
Lakeland Bluegrass Association
Lamont Hill Resort
Pomona State Park
Sewing Machine Sales
Albright
Oak Haven
Richmond
Kansas
Mary Sue Cox
Barbara Neal
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