Sesame Street Tackles Lead Poisoning in Nationwide Campaign
Washington AP reports Sesame Street characters team with the Children’s Television Workshop and the National Safety Council to raise awareness of lead dust dangers and peeling paint. Elmo and Maria, played by Sonia Manzano, star in the kickoff video. Lead poisoning can cause hearing loss anemia and developmental issues, with dust ingestion as the common exposure.
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Washington
Sesame Street
Children’s Television Workshop
National Safety Council
Elmo
Maria
Sonia Manzano
The
Safety Council
Birthday Notices Include Ottawa Families Celebrations
Ottawa area families announce birthdays and family readings for children in 1996. Darrin and Linda Cole celebrate Katelynn Paige Cole’s second birthday. Gerald Williams and Elizabeth Williams mark Matthew Nathaniel Williams’ second birthday. Jennie Jo Mosbauer turns three. Kord Adams Ferguson and Lauren Michelle Klein celebrate milestones. Brianna Renae Yates and Mackenzie Lynne Rodgers noted with family ties across Ottawa and nearby towns.
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Katelynn Paige Cole
Darrin
Linda Cole
Ottawa
Kathy
Jim McCurdy
Terry Mitchell
William Cole
Seminole
Oklo
Irene
LaVonne Bates
Doris Cox
Irene McCurdy
Williamsburg
Pauline Knight
Osawatomie
Matthew Nathaniel Williams
Daniel
Elizabeth Williams
Elkins
W.va
Gerald
Rita Williams
Pomona
Les
Sharon Edinger
W. Va
Virginia Williams
Leila Edinger
Higbie Anniversary Celebration Marking 50 Years in Wellsville
Damon Higbie and LaDema Carr Higbie of Wellsville celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a 3 to 5 p.m. reception on Saturday April 20 1996 at the Wellsville Nutrition Site. They wed April 20 1946 in Topeka. Retired from school districts, their children Gary Diana DePriest Cathy Higbie Dale Darlene Higbie and Karyn Higbie host the event for seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren with a no gifts request.
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Damon
LeDema Higbie
Wellsville
Damon Higbie
LaDema Carr
Topeka
Shawnee Mission School
Dis
Gary
Diana DePriest
Cathy Higbie
Dale
Darlene Higbie
Karyn Higbie
Hecks celebrate 50th wedding anniversary in Ottawa
Charles and Flora Heck of Ottawa mark their 50th wedding anniversary with children Larry and Janis Heck Deloris and Steve Karnes Rosemary and Tim Bien and Jake Heck all of Ottawa Pomona and Lawrence. They have 10 grandchildren and one great grandson. Charles Heck and Flora Butter married April 20 1946 at the Olathe courthouse. The couple moved to Ottawa in 1947 and still reside in their home.
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Charles
Flora Heck
Ottawa
Larry
Janis Heck
Deloris
Steve Karnes
Rosemary
Tim Bien
Pomona
Jake Heck
Lawrence
Charles Heck
Flora Butter
Olathe
Magazine revives tobacco report new york turning point exposure
Mother Jones publishes excerpts from a 40 pageTurning Point spread on tobacco industry efforts to curb anti smoking pressures. It releases three 30 second video clips and a full transcript on its site and airs the show by satellite for local retrieval. Editor Jeffrey Klein says it is a video fact pack available to any news show.
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New York
ABC News
Mother Jones
Jeffrey Klein
Klein
Martin and
Frank Koughan
Couple Finds Love Online After Ice Cream Nickname Mixup
Bernie Metten a 50 year old dairy sales manager nicknamed MILKMAN met Sherill Drackett a 50 year old widow known as ICM LADY online on Prodigy. After a chat in January he proposed on their first face to face meeting in Grand Rapids. They married March 22 in New York City and she moved to New York.
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Battle Creek
Mich
ICM
Bernie Metten
Dairy Company
Milkman Online
Prodigy
Metten
Long Island
New York
Sherill Drackett
Grand Rapids
New York City
Fine Lake
Suthers Celebrate 40th Wedding Anniversary in Williamsburg
Joseph H. Suther and Carol L. Suther of Williamsburg set a 6 p.m. reception at Williamsburg Community Building to mark their 40th anniversary. They wed April 28, 1956 at Forbes Air Force Base Chapel in Topeka. Their children Richard Suther Regina Roecker Joe Suther Patti Moore and grandchildren from Ottawa Williamsburg Honolulu and Hutchinson attend.
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Joseph H
Carol L. Suther
Williamsburg
Joseph H. Suther
Carol L. Brownlee
Forbes
Air Force Base Chapel
Topeka
Richard Suther
Regina Roecker
Joe Suther
Patti Moore
Ottawa
Jack Suther
Honolulu
Robert Suther
Hutchinson
Engagements of Ruby Grammer and Donald Nickelson Near Wellsville
Ruby Ilene Grammer of Wellsville and Donald Harold Nickelson of Ottawa announce their engagement. The bride elect is the daughter of Leland and Alvera Grammer of Lawrence, and the groom elect is the son of the late Charles and Sametha Nickelson. The couple plans to marry June 9, 1996 at Wellsville Baptist Church.
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Ruby Ilene Grammer
Wellsville
Donald Harold Nickelson
Ottawa
Leland
Alvera Grammer
Lawrence
Charles and
Sametha Nickelson
Garnett
Wellsville Baptist
Deadline for Society Page Notices Given by Noon Tuesday
The Society page deadline is noon Tuesday before the Wednesday run. Forms for Society announcements are available at The Herald office located at 104 Cedar.
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Herald Office
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HUTCH
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Mark Mil
Sasha Seymour
Steve St. John
Denise Fouts
Jim Johnson
Cox
Kids Ink
Jennie Jo Mosbauer
Jane Mosbauer
Independence
Chad Mosbauer
Jim
Beverly Cannady
Princeton
Dorothy Osburn
Nixa
Richard Mosbauer
Des Moines, Iowa
Frances Cannady
Eldon
Velma Hobbs
Loveland
Colo
Martin
Vera Mosbauer
Dorothy Baze
All of Independence, Mo
Kord Adams Ferguson
Bryan and
Kishawn Ferguson
Bob and
Karen Harshaw
Roger and
Camilla Ferguson
Meade
Billie Adams
Richard
Martha Brown
Baldwin
Ed Ferguson
Herb
Billie Langley
Texas
Lauren Michelle Klein
Erik and
Robyn Klein
Overland Park
Holly
Bill Klein
Terry
J.D. Threadgill
Roeland Park
Mary Lois
Frank Yates
Dorothy Snell
Ella Klein
Fremont
Neb
Fran Belcher
Ashland
Richard and
Wanda Bonebrake
Omaha
Brianna Renae Yates
Brian and
Susan Yates
Frank
Mary Lois Yates
Rick
Rene McFarland
Steve Prothe
Paola
Marvin
Doris Prothe
Doug
Judy Hutchcraft
Clarence
Myrtle Baasch
Makenzie Lynne Rodgers
Bill
Amy Rodgers
Caleb Gene Rodgers
Doris
Richard Brown
Lee’s Summit
Nancy Kennedy
Margie Rodgers
Wilma Kennedy
Chris Post
Kansas City
Ethel Rodgers
Cole
Mosbauer
Ferguson
Rodgers
Higbies
FTD
Butler's
W. 15Th
Florists
Transworld Delivery, Inc
Magazine Revives Tobacco Report
Donald Nickelson and
Ruby Grammer
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