Ottawa area debates rec center plan split with old middle school
Kansas Legislature reconvenes to weigh bills and a Franklin County sales tax proposal while Ottawa and Franklin County leaders clash between two recreation center plans. The Friends of Historic Buildings push to convert the old middle school into a county center, but lack a path to a 1/4 cent sales tax. The school board may delay decision, awaiting city and county proposals and site details before acting.
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Kansas
Franklin County
Friends of Historic Buildings
Old Middle School
Ottawa City
Ottawa
Friends
Ottawa graduates raise funds for leukemia society bake sale
Tara Griffin and I, Ottawa High School graduates now in the Kansas City area, joined Team In Training to run marathons this summer in San Diego and Anchorage. We aim to raise 6800 dollars for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and host an Easter bake sale at Ottawa Wal-Mart on April 22 to gain support for cures and bone marrow research.
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Tara Griffin
Ottawa
Kansas City
Tara
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
San Diego
Calif
Anchorage
Alaska
Wal-Mart
Mettenburg
Prayer for rain echoed in old church meeting record
In South Egremont Massachusetts during a late 19th century dry spell Congregational Church records show Deacon Comfort Sparks leading a rain prayer that ended with a cautious line advising the divine will. Rev. Donald K. Sinclair Ottawa
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Congregational Church
South Egremont
Mass
Comfort Sparks
Donald K. Sinclair
Ottawa
Best message to teens is know not no
A Salina talk by Tom Klaus argues teens face sexuality openly, urging parents and peers to discuss sex to prevent pregnancy and disease. He cites Dutch models and declines in US teen pregnancy, noting culture shifts toward self respect, responsible talk, and abstinence through knowledge.
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Tom Klaus
Iowa
Klaus
Salina
YWCA
America
Europe
United States
States
Atomic veterans deserve rightful compensation and care
The American Legion urges government action to recognize civilian nuclear workers exposed to ionizing radiation as service-connected. It urges $100,000 lump sums or medical care and retraining, with benefit of the doubt in uncertain cases, and calls for hassle-free VA medical and compensation rights without denial or shell games.
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Alan G. Lance
American Legion
Clinton
America
Atomic Veterans
U.S
The
Orville E. Kelly
Congress
Department of Veterans Affairs
White House
Institute of Medicine
Nevada Desert
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Benefits
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Friends Roup
Readers
Ottawa Herald
Harris Group
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawaherald
S. Cedar
Onawa
Aigila
Otawe
Walter Rubel
Tabel
Ollowaharald
Vernon J. Brown
Vom
Rowdy Miller
Johnny Tubbs
Otawaherald
Wayne Snow
Weswoom
George Pyle
Ceda
Oltawaherald
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