New Mayor Brings Fresh Face to City Reorganization
A new mayor steps into leadership as the city begins reorganization plans with a fresh face at the top. Details and reactions appear on page three.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 2013
Page
1
Mayor honors veterans and special residents in Wellsville
Wellsville mayor honors veterans and special residents in a ceremony noted on Page 8. The event highlighted local heroes and community figures, reflecting on service and community ties.
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Wellsville
Laws sisters in Boston after marathon bombing
Kathy Laws and Lynnette Laws stood earlier this week before Fenway Park in Boston. The sisters traveled to the East Coast city Monday as a bombing rocked the Boston Marathon, in which Lynnette Laws competed.
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Kathy Laws
Lynnette Laws
Fenway Park
Boston
Ottawa sheriff’s 2 minute city term may be record shortest
Jeff Richards likely served one of the shortest city commission terms after being sworn in and promptly resigning. The two-minute sequence followed his April 2 re election to a two year term and his April 10 swearing in as Franklin County sheriff after Gov. Brownback appointed him.
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Doug Carder
Ottawa City Commission
Jeff Richards
Richards
Kansas
Blake Jorgensen
Franklin County
Sam Brownback
Jeff Curry
Overland Park
Boston Marathon Runner Recalls Bombing Nightly Trauma
Ottawa native Lynnette Laws finished in 3 38 42 and described two blasts near the finish line as a deadly attack that killed at least three and wounded more than 180. She recounts confusion, kindness from strangers, and Boston’s resilient spirit urging others to run again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Laws
Kathy
OHS
Mark Laws
Dennis Tharp Appointed to Ottawa ORC Board
Ottawa voters approved Dennis Tharp to fill the unexpired term of Joe Goedert on the Ottawa Recreation Commission board through 2016. Tharp, 56, is the City of Ottawa’s electrical production superintendent and holds a bachelor’s in recreation administration from Ottawa University. He has coached local youth sports and grew up in Lenexa before moving to Ottawa at 17.
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Heartland Men's Chorus
Kansas City
Ottawa University
Fredrikson Chapel
S. Cedar St
Ottawa
SWAAN
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Dennis Tharp
ORC
Ottawa City Commission
Tharp
Joe Goedert
Goedert
Recreation League
Lenexa
City of
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