Weather outlook for midweek with rain chances
A partly cloudy night with lows near 48. Wednesday turns breezy and cloudy with a 50 percent chance of afternoon rain and storms, high around 68. Wednesday night brings a 60 percent rain probability and overnight lows in the mid 50s. Weather, Page 10.
War sparks debate in high school events class
Ottawa High School students in Candie Campbell's current events class discuss the Iraq war after the U S declaration of war. Jamie Carey says daily news prompts questions and open dialogue helps sort through issues while students relate to peers and those in the military.
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Andy Gassaway
Herald
Ottawa
Jamie Carey
United States
Iraq
Candie Campbell
Carey
Campbell
Melissa Skidmore
Skidmore
U.S
Skidmoreaid
Rachel Seymour
Ashley Berr
Berr
Bert
Saddam
Students write to soldiers in Middle East letters at Ottawa Middle School
About 600 letters from Ottawa Middle School students were sent to American soldiers in the Middle East as part of a Builders Club and Kansas Association for Youth effort. Students asked questions and expressed gratitude while learning about military life, with pen pals like Sgt. Jonathan Haney from Afghanistan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Gassaway
Ottawa Middle School
Middle East
Temie Lehman
OMS
Kiwanis
Builders Club
Kansas Association For Youth
Lehman
David Brockway
Katie Hunziker
Hunziker
Sparearaney
Bethany Correll
Jonathan Haney
2Nd Battallion
505Th Infantry
82Nd Airborne Division
Bagran
Afghanistan
U.S
Iraq
Laurie Sisk
KAY Club
Father reaches plea agreement in abuse case
James P. Guinn will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. May 19 after pleading no contest to abusing his daughter Deya Guinn. He faces up to nearly three years. homicide charges await if the infant dies before sentencing. Deya, born January, sustained brain damage, broken bones, and is deaf and blind.
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Vickie Moss
Herald
James P. Guinn
Deya Guinn
Deya
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City
Ransom Memorial Hospital
John Dowell
Guinn
Dowell
Rec center plans delayed until budget season
Ottawa City Commissioners push back recreation center work to after the budget cycle citing staff start on the 2004 budget. Mayor Jackson and Commissioner Ramsey stress delaying action until late spring or mid summer as ORC officials express frustration and dependence on city funding. An earlier $2.1 million Forest Park bond failed and ORC awaits guidance from the school board on a special mill levy funding the project.
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Ottawa
Richard Jackson
Gene Ramsey
Weldon Padgett
Jackson
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Jane Morton
ORC
Forest Park
Ottawa School Board
Morton
Volunteers Rally For National Week Across Ottawa Area
Area agencies push to attract volunteers for National Volunteer Week running April 27 to May 3. Local projects coordinated by ECKAN include a Franklin County Special Olympics event on Saturday at 1614 N. Davis Road and evening activities at East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging and Ottawa Retirement Village.
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Andy Gassaway
Nixon
Spirit of Americas
Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
Angela Schreffler
AmeriCorps Promise
Eckan
Local Volunteer Opportunities for National Volunteer Week
Franklin County events list times and places for volunteer help. Franklin County Special Olympics invites volunteers Saturday at 1614 N Davis Road Ottawa to assist in running the competition. East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging requests help making Vials of Life at 192 Main St Ottawa Monday afternoon. Den Woodward Center hosts May basket activities April 29 30 at 517 E Third St Ottawa. Ottawa Retirement Village asks volunteers to deliver May baskets May 1 at 1100 W 15th St Ottawa.
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East Central Kansas Area Agency On Aging
Main St
Schreffler
Don Woodward
Third St
Ottawa
Franklin County
N. Davis Road
den Woodward Center
E. Third St
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