Meeker winner Kennard to receive Meeker Award at OU banquet
Former Dallas Cowboys lineman Derek Kennard, now a youth advocate and OU Phoenix campus alumnus, will receive the Meeker Award for humanitarian service during a campus banquet in Ottawa. He founded the DK Foundation, runs boys homes in Arizona, and teaches domestic violence classes while remaining active with youth programs.
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Ron Bishop
Ottawa University
Meeker
Derek Kennard
Phoenix
Ariz
Kennard
OU Phoenix
Dallas Cowboys
Ottawa
National Football League
Dis
University of Nevada
Los Angeles Express
Cowboys
The
DK Foundation
Chandler
Justice Service Incorporated
Youth Etc
Group Home Agency
Point West
Ottawa gets new mayor amid major capital projects
Debbie Henningsen was sworn in as Ottawa mayor as a raft of projects moves forward including a $3 million police station a new sewage plant and a $1 million rip rap upgrade along the dike system. The City Commission also approved rip rap repairs and discussed US-59 routing studies while welcoming city manager Weldon Padgett and recognizing National Volunteer Week and Arbor Day.
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Cleon Rickel
Harald
Debbie Henningsen
Ottawa
Henningsen
Richard Jackson
City Commission
Commission
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Big River Construction
Nebraska City
Neb
Marais Dea Cygnes
City Hall
Baldwin
Kansas Department of Transportation
Lawrence
I-35
Sam Smith
Youth Action Council
Washington
Bob Bezek
Deerfield
Osage Drive
S. Ash
N. Mulberry
Employers Mutual Insurance Company
Rocky Fleer
Kansas Municipal Electric Agency
Young Eagles event aims to spark aviation interest
The Prairie Flyers Experimental Aircraft Association plans a Young Eagle flight day at Ottawa Municipal Airport at 10 am Saturday despite a 70 percent rain chance. If canceled due to weather, ground school and displays proceed in a hangar, with aviation merit badges for Scouts who complete the ground program.
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Prairie Flyers Experimental Aircraft Association
Ottawa Municipal
EAA
Young Eagle
National Weather Service
Henry Snodgrass
Prairie Flyers
Snodgrass
Mid-America
Ottawa
Franklin County
Dodson Aviation
Madden Rentals
Sirloin Stockade
Tony
Lisa LeMaster
Robert Bowers
Doug McMullin
Bloom and son launch Kansans for reform in Topeka bid
Dan Bloom a former Eudora superintendent and his son Eric announce a Republican gubernatorial bid. They criticize state budget mismanagement and social program cuts while rejecting school funding cuts. They vow to run a national style outsider campaign, aiming to mobilize voters unhappy with Topeka governance.
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Dan Bloom
Topeka
Kansas
Bloom
Eudora
Eric
Kansas City
Fairway Vista
Ottawa County Club
Las Vegas
Insiders Club
Carla Stovall
State Ethics Commission
Stovall
Kent Glasscock
Good Old Boys Network
Glasscock
Bush expands asset freeze drive against al Qaeda network
The Bush administration ordered U S banks to freeze assets of a Pakistan based group and nine individuals tied to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. Treasury Secretary Paul O Neill said the move blocks finances of terrorists involved in bombings kidnappings and murder as part of the war on terrorism.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Osama bin Laden
al- Qaida
U.S
Treasury Department
Bush
Treasury
Paul O'Neill
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