Library Board Bans Smoking In Ottawa Building
The Ottawa Library Board adopted a no smoking policy for the entire building after discussion and public input. Trustees noted smoke in the basement during a trivia event and heard a protest from Merrita Poe urging health and safety protections. The policy takes effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Bauman
Ottawa Library Board of Trustees
Barbara Dew
Friends of the Library
Merrita Poe
Virginia Loyd
Dew
Tom Sachse
Lbrary
Ottawa Planning Commission
CIP
Ottawa
Flon Reusch
Reusch
Death notices and public safety briefs from Ottawa area
Obituary funeral notices for Frank E Mitchell 89 Osawatomie and George Albert Johnston 76 Osawatomie Rantoul RFD with services and burial details. Susie Lee Allen 83 Lawrence graveside set at Ottawa Hope Cemetery. Hospital admissions dismissals and initial appearances list DPS burglary theft charges for three men. Local arrests for DWI harassment and a vehicle deer collision plus a grass fire near Ottawa. Quotations for farm commodities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Mitchell
W. 15Th
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Assumption Catholic Church
Edgerton
St. Columbine Catholic Cemetery
Wellsville
Clara Fry
American Legion
Louis Hanson
Juanita Turner
Overland Park
Nettie Jeffries
Kansas City
Kan
Wilson and Son
George Albert Johnston
Eddy Birchard
Green Valley
Miami County
Osawatomie
Susie Lee Allen Lawrence
Susie Lee Allen
Lawrence
Hope Cemetery
Ottawa
Willis Allen
Casa Blanca
Los Angeles
Antioch Baptist Church
Topeka
Warren- McElwain Mortuary
Rebels Report Heavy Losses in Afghan Air Attacks
Islamic mujahedeen commanders say waves of Soviet and Afghan warplanes hammered guerrilla positions in southeastern Afghanistan, forcing fighters back with heavy losses. Rahim Wardak, leader of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan, calls the air strikes the worst fighting they’ve seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Rahim Wardak
National Islamic Front of Afghanistan
The
Associated Press
Paktia
Zhawar
Wardak
Khost
Babrak Karmal
Radio
Kabul
Teen Imitates Singer Death as Youth Suicides Rise in Japan
A 12 year old girl leaped from a suburban high rise in Tokyo becoming the 33rd Japanese youth to kill themselves since singer Yukiko Okada's death 24 weeks earlier. The wave has prompted government and police to document crises among youths, with methods including jumping, hanging, burning, and asphyxiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Yukiko Okada
Miss Okada
Multi-Event Community Listings and Dated Notices
A jumble of local notices lists dining deals, open houses, dances, theater showings, auctions, sales, and church events. Highlights include a Mexican buffet, a Hoagie Feed at Ottawa Middle School, a dance featuring Slick, Sly and the Wicked at Saddleback Lounge, a Sunday sirloin special, musk thistle spraying, 4 H DC benefit auction, and various sales with percentages off. Several addresses and phone-style numbers appear for local businesses and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slick, Sly and the Wicked
Saddleback Lounge
Propane Truck Collides With Car At Busy Intersection
A propane truck and a car collided at 15th Street and Eisenhower Road on Wednesday. Two drivers were admitted to Ran som Memorial Hospital for observation and released next morning, with charges evolving for Connie W. Hake after a sawed off shotgun was found in her vehicle. Two passengers in Hake’s car remained in jail awaiting District Court appearances. Authorities cited the propane truck rolling over without a gas leak and estimated vehicle damage at about $3,000 for the truck and full loss for the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael T. Conley
Aurora
Colo
Dave Meyer
Golden
Phillip E. Evans
Columbus
Kan
Department of Public Safety
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
15Th Street
Eisenhower Road
RMH
Union
Bill Saile
Pomona
Connie W. Hake
Carbondale
Hake
Keith F. Kuiper
Chuck W. Hake
Craig Davis
Saile
Eisenhower
Davis
Ottawa Township
Counties Declared Disasters For Frost And Flood Damage
The U S Department of Agriculture designated Lyon and Chase Counties in Kansas as disaster areas for frost and flood damage last fall, with six surrounding counties—Marion Morris Osage and Wabaunsee—also eligible for Farmers Home Administration low interest loans. Eligible farmers with 30 percent or more losses can receive loans up to 80 percent of losses, to a maximum of 500000, at 5 percent for the first 100000 and 8 percent thereafter. State notes also cited seven southeastern counties designated earlier for rain and hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Washington
U.S
Bob Whittaker
Lyon
Chase
Marion
Morris
Osage
Wabaunsee
John Carlin
Farmers Home Administration
Allen
Bourbon
Cherokee
Elk
Labette
Mont
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Library
Loyd
Sachse
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Don Williams
ORC
Bob Becker
Mid-America Council On Aging
Osawatomie State Hospital
Inter-library
Northeast
NEKL
Peg Carr
Municipal Auditorium
City Park
FCL
Carr
the Daily Report
Laura Evelyn Dawson
Donna Amos
Princeton
Grace Likens
Quenemo
Paula Garcia
Elva Ball
N. Mulberry
Lena Mitchell
Logan
District Court News
Public Safety News
Craig H. Lamberd
RFD
South Main
Gayle D. Page
W. 6Th
DPS
Page
Centropolis
Alvin A. Crist
Harrison Township
Fogle Quarry
Ottawa City
Ottawa Co-op
Teen
Singer
Hill House
Ottawa Lumber
Ottawa Middle School
Franklin Co
Call Now
Ad Briefs
Sutton
S. Main
Drake Jewelry
Taiwan
Urs
Cozy Corner Sandwiche & Coffee Shop
Richmond
O.K
Alice Johnson
Eagles
Honey Creek
Bethany Chapel Church
2Nd and
Poplar
Benny Landrum
Washington DC
Fairgrounds
Freda’s
Bev
Rob Try
Country Floral
W. 2Nd
Gomery
Neosno
Anderson
Butler
Chautauqua
Coffey
Cowley
Crawford
Greenwood
Linn
Wilson and Woodson
Dawn King
Ottawa University
Central Heights
Nick King
Shirley King
Rantoul
Memoriam
Albert L. Wagner
Albert L. ‘al’ Wagner
RFD No. 4
Hickory
Xeahia
Beverly Hills
Out OF Africa
Hillcrest
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