Heights Viking banquet honors staff with long service awards
Central Heights hosted the Second Annual Viking banquet recognizing staff for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service. Gerry Getty named Viking of the Year for organizing the First Annual Children's Literature Festival. Principal Charles Gash received a special QPA award alongside several board members.
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Viking
Central Heights
Jocelyn Leonard
Marlene Laird
Marvin Duvall
Pam Howeafter
Debra Bryant
John Schultze
Gerry Getty
Steve Getty
Jack Hutchinson
Charlene Reeve
Linda Roth
Flo White
Hobart Betz
Debbie McMahon
Shirley Reeves
Rebecca Schoch
Sue Walker
Larry Ward
Getty
Mary Downing Hahn
Carolyn Reeder
June Rae Wood
William Allen White
Hahn
Wood
Man
Charles Gash
Board of Education
Lee Johnson
Don Hobbs
Jerry Brock
Cherry Chrisjohn
Mike Pruner
Lester Wuertz
Ralph Young
Garfield
Tyler Ahrens
Tim
Susan Ahrens
S. Cedar
Ahrens
Ottawa
Lang earns UP post and Pomona FBLA shines
Pomona High School junior Melissa Lang won the State Executive Board seat for District VI as vice president at the FBLA State Conference in Emporia March 30 31. The Pomona chapter earned multiple honors including a Gold Seal Chapter for the sixth straight year and qualified members for the National FBLA Conference in Orlando Florida. Sherry Fritts Emily Watts Elizabeth Schleicher and others earned top state results in events with the chapter annual report placing second. Schleicher graduates in May after two terms on the state executive board.
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Pomona
Melissa Lang
Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
Emporia
Melissa
Jason Acker
Theron Combs
Orlando
Fla
Sherry Fritts
Emily Watts
Elizabeth Schleicher
Wal-Mart Gives Tree to Ottawa School for Enviro Education
Wal-Mart associates from the Ottawa store presented a tree to Appanoose Grade School as a pledge of commitment to land air and water. Ottawa store director Allen Thomas said the donation supports environmental education through recycling efforts educational literature and other projects at local schools.
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Ottawa Wal-Mart
Appanoose
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Allen Thomas
Ottawa
Wal-Mart
Sam’s Club
State Music on Saturday at Six Cities
A number of area school students will compete at the State and Ensemble Music Festival on Saturday. Qualifying required an I rating at regional, with six cities hosting the state event: Manhattan Salina Emporia Great Bend Concordia and Wichita.
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Manhattan
Salina
Emporia
Great Bend
Concordia
Wichita
Wheels for Life fundraiser drives community support
A Pomona teacher coordinates the Wheels for Life event inviting residents and businesses to back the community effort. St Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is the beneficiary of the drive.
Jordan Tops Singles Chart and Album Rankings
The weekly Billboard top lists show Montell Jordan leading the singles chart with This Is How We Do It and The Lion King soundtrack atop the albums. TLC, Adina Howard, Soul for Real, and Real McCoy appear in top spots across multiple categories, with country and adult contemporary readers also featuring Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, Madonna, and Hootie & the Blowfish.
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Montell Jordan
Island
TLC
Adina Howard
Mecca Don-East West
Soul For Real
Uptown
Real McCoy
Arista
Dionne Farris
Columbia
Disney
Priday
Priority
Atlantic
Radioactive
2Pac
Interscope
White Zombie
Geffen
Brooks
Dunn
John
Michael
Tracy Byrd
MCA
Alabama
RCA
Reba McEntire
Tim McGraw
Curb
Martin Page
Mercury
Elon John
Rocket
Madonna
Maverick Sire
Des'Ree
Bugles
Hootie & the Blowfish
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Mike McClendon
Library Board
Planning Commission
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National Electric Code Board of Appeals
Building Code Board of Appeals
Band Committee
Fourth Judicial Correction Advisory Board
Scott Lambers
City Hall
Pat
Great Plains
Iowa Park Plaza
Baldwin Kawai Young Chang
Steinway Kimball
Seiler
Visa & Mastercard
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