Prose honor for Ottawa woman in Kansas Voices Contest
Gayle Norris of Ottawa earned honorable mention for her prose piece A Home In the Country in the 1995 Kansas Voices Contest. A May 6 reading of winning pieces will be held at Bluestem Booksellers in Winfield. 925 entries from 442 Kansas authors were judged.
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Gayle Norris
Ottawa
Kansas Voices
Bluestem Booksellers
Winfield
Kansas
Alpha Delta Kappa Teachers’ Sorority
Williamsburg
Lila Reekie
Mary Channon
Dixie Atchison
Emporia
Tin Pan Alley
Lawrence
Reuter Pipe Organ Company
Air Force
Colorado Springs
Colo
Heath Duncan
U.S. Air Force Academy
Duncan
Don W
P. Kay Duncan
Kingman Road
Ottawa High School
KSU
Manhattan
Kansas State University Foundation
History
Ralph Price
Ralph Ray Price
KSU Foundation
Terry Erisman
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of
Imaging Arts and Sciences
Erisman
Bob
June Erisman
S. Elm
Southview Hires Robin Lutz as Community Education Director
Robin R Lutz a Kansas native and Purdue graduate has been named director of community education for Southview Homecare She previously served as PR marketing director for the YWCA in Greater Lafayette Ind Lutz will educate the community including physicians about home health care Abuzz is to be available for groups seeking more information Southview serves Anderson Franklin Linn Miami Douglas and Johnson counties.
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Robin R. Lutz
Southview Homecare
Lutz
Kansas
Purdue University
YWCA
Greater
Lafayette
Ind
Help contacts and hotlines listed for disaster relief
The notice provides phone numbers for credit card donations and agencies including Salvation Army in Oklahoma City Feed the Children Red Cross and St. Anthony Hospital. It also lists call lines for people at risk after the Alfred P Murrah Building blast with two contact numbers for relatives and a separate helpline.
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Salvation Army
S.W. 5Th St
Oklahoma City
Red Cross
St. Anthony Hospital
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Bombing Probe Expands With FBI Involvement Across States
Federal authorities deploy 200 FBI agents and over 100 investigators to search for suspects. Oklahoma authorities find a possibly connected Chevrolet Cavalier amid a bomb scene as follow up interviews begin. Officials stress no custody of a suspect, while White House notes overseas evidence search and multiple leads.
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FBI
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Weldon Kennedy
el Paso Times
Texas
Mexico
Kim Hughes
Kennedy
White House
Leon Panetta
County backs $50,000 for four-district alternative school plan
Franklin County commissioners pledged 50 thousand dollars from the Capital Improvement Plan to a cooperative project among West Franklin Central Heights Wellsville and Ottawa districts to create a new alternative school for troubled and special needs middle and high school students. The money is a one-time seed funding with no county strings, as officials seek interlocal agreements and state guidance.
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Franklin County
West Franklin
Central Heights
Wellsville
Ottawa
Bugs Savage
Savage
Cummiskey
Jackson
Ottawa Boys Club
Don Woodward
County Shop
Humane Society Animal Shelter
County Fairgrounds
19Th Street
Tonight's Forecast For Si Region
Mostly cloudy tonight with a low in the lower 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Saturday looks dry with lows in the 30s to 40s and highs in the 40s to 50s across the region. Sunday and Monday remain dry with lows in the 30s and highs from the 50s to near 60 in the southwest.
Truce Rejected by Bosnian Government in Sarajevo
In SARAJEVO Bosnia Herzegovina AP reports the Bosnian government refused to renew a four month truce ending this month and charged the international community with indifference toward Bosnia s suffering.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia- Herzegovina
Bosnia
Matthews mayor urges citizen participation in city plan updates
In a council meeting outgoing mayor urged more residents to volunteer for boards and commissions while two citizens spoke during public comments. Berniece Smith urged action on leasing the old Ottawa Recreation Commission building to the Ottawa Girls Club and funds to refurbish the Ottawa Senior Center. Adrian Derousseau pressed KDOT to terminate traffic islands at US-59 and K-68 for safety and flow. Also approved were bond issues for road and sewer projects, handicapped parking spaces, and proclamations for Volunteer Week and other recognitions.
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Menth
Matthews
City Commission
Berniece Smith
Ash
Ottawa Girls Club
Ottawa Recreation Commission
City Hall
Smith
ORC
Girls Club
Franklin
Ottawa
S. Main
Adrian Derousseau
Ottawa Co-op
Derousseau
Kansas Department of Transportation
Wilson Street
13Th Street
Pin Oaks
Courthouse Square
Bev Deardorff
Kansas
Neosho Seminars In Ottawa And Garnett This Week
Neosho County Community College offers two public seminars in Ottawa and Garnett. Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia free seminar discusses causes progression expectations and management. Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney in Ottawa May 1 and Garnett May 2 costs five dollars. For more information call 242-2067.
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Neosho County Community College
Ottawa
Garnett
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Anderson County High School
NCCC
Ottawa Herald subscription rates and staff list noted
The Ottawa Herald from 1994 shows advertising and delivery rates for Ottawa and surrounding areas, including carrier and mail options with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly prices. It lists staff roles such as Editor Publisher Jim A. Raich and other production and circulation personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
German exchange student compares Gymnasium to Ottawa High
Meike Lippert recalls German Gymnasium workload with 29 class hours weekly and up to 13 classes, homework every day, and broad subjects. She notes Kansas and Ottawa surprised her. she now enjoys Ottawa and its work culture, contrasting job prospects for youths and adults.
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Schwaan
Gymnasium
Ottawa High School
Lippert
Meike
Germany
Dairy Queen
Kansas
Ottawa
Canada
COMMUNITY BULLETIN OF SALES EVENTS AND SERVICES
Various local notices include FREE MOTHPROOFING starting Monday at Royal Cleaners, ceramic project notices from Rosie's Ceramics, senior graduation piece submissions for the Ottawa Herald by May 1, a JC Penney 93rd anniversary event with a Chrysler Cirrus giveaway, health screenings at Kramer Drug and UC Penney, and recycling hours at 2098 6 Main. Also listing a Handbell and Vocal Choir concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church and Turret Inn B&B dining and meeting space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JC Penney
Yel Kramer Drug
UC Penney
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Ottawa Herald
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Rosie
Art Miller
FA. CO
Westminster Presbyterian Church
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Homemakers School
Thurs
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Fr. Co
Butler’ Florist
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