Pomona student named to Pittsburg State University Honors College
Patricia Ruth Cox of Pomona has been selected for the 1997-98 PSU Honors College class after a selection process based on ACT scores, essays, recommendations, and activities. Her planned biology major requires a minimum ACT of 28 and a 3.7 high school GPA for eligibility. Cox is the daughter of Charles Cox.
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Honors College
Pomona
Patricia Ruth
Ticha” Cox
Pittsburg State University
Cox
PSU Honors College
Charles Cox
Trooper recounts McVeigh arrest on highway
Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Charles Hanger testified that he pulled over Timothy McVeigh for a missing rear license plate on I-35, hid behind his cruiser, drew his weapon when McVeigh reached for a camouflage wallet, and found a concealed pistol with a round of Black Talon ammunition. McVeigh faced potential death penalty exposure in the Oklahoma City bombing case.
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ENVER
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Charles Hanger
McVeigh
Interstate 35
Hanger
Arkansas
Scott Mendeloff
Noble County
Perry
Okla
Mendeloff
Arts council marks 20 years in Ottawa
Ottawa Community Arts Council celebrated its 20th anniversary with a Sunday banquet in the former Ottawa Library building at Fifth and Main. Guests recalled OCAC origins in 1977 while Don Lambert and Deb Barker highlighted early county art shows. An auction of about 20 local works supported the artists and the art guild.
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Ade
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Arts Council
Ottawa Library
Fifth and Main
Bill Butler
Dave Ludwick
Don Lambert
Deb Barker
Franklin County
Lambert
Ottawa Herald
Topeka
Kansas Arts Commission
Franklin County Historical Society
OCAC
Charles Scoville
Ottawa
Osage County
Carnegie Library
Barker
Air Technologies Inc
Joan Tyson
Faye Cole
Irene Peckham
Jeanette Lowry
Art Guild
Ocean rescue ends in double family tragedy
Noel Prince recounted aiding Ivy and others after spotting three people stranded on rocks amid 6 to 8 foot surf. Ivy and her mother died at the hospital, Ivy's grandmother died on the beach, and Ivy's father David Pacheco learned of the losses en route to California. Relatives recalled a close family with Thursday dinners at the Ottawa Country Club and a loving mother who cherished her children.
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Noel
Prince
Kansas City Star
Ivy
Eddy
Thygeson
David Pacheco
Ottawa
California
Phillip Pacheco
Las Vegas
Mary Pacheco
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa High students build digital history site
Indian students, aided by librarian Diane Toplikar, labored on a digital history project about local Indigenous peoples. They sought scandals or superstitions but found mostly peaceful history. the site will include photographs and Indian cemeteries, with four to six weeks of work.
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Diane Toplikar
Lisa Good
Allen
Deb Barker
Crane
Camp
Digitalhistory.com
Ottawahighschool
Freemen Check Schemes Draw Federal and Local Crackdown
Sheriffs fear federal and state leniency toward freemen accused of filing frivolous liens and bogus checks. Shawnee County plans letters to banks warning of freemen checks while officials vow to prosecute if charges exist. National cases include a Tulsa couple convicted of passing fraudulent checks tied to Montana leader LeRoy Schweitzer and liens backed by judges’ property.
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Shawnee County
Suzanne James
FBI
Metcalf
U.S
Kansas
Chris Watney
Mary Horsch
Carla Stovall
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Freemen
Horsch
Tulsa
Okla
Fairview
Kan
Montana
Bill
Karen Hanzlicek
LeRoy Schweitzer
Comptroller
U.S. Treasury
County approves septic rule changes and mail system upgrade
The Franklin County Commission unanimously approved minimum septic work for new systems, with Bartlett and West providing soil profiles and site evaluations for 200 dollars and design services for 250 more, plus 130 dollars for permits. The county also agreed to purchase a Pitney Bowes mail processing system at about 117 dollars monthly for 14 months, expected to save around 600 dollars monthly in postage, labor, and maintenance. Last year the county sent over 61,000 pieces of mail.
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Franklin County Commission
Bartlett and West
Topeka
Bartlett and
West
Rory Hale
Hale
Pitney Bowes
Ray DeJulio
Juanita Zeek
Zeek
Weather Tonight and Next Few Days Forecast Becomes Partly Cloudy
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 50 and a south wind of 5 to 15 mph. Wednesday shows a chance of morning thunderstorms in central and eastern areas, then dry with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Thursday remains dry with lows in the 40s and highs 70 to 75. Friday brings a chance of thunderstorms and varied morning lows from the low 40s in the northwest to the mid 50s in the south and east, with highs mid 60s to mid 70s depending on location.
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Camper Club
Town Hall Center
Garnett
Prairie Chicken Camper Club
Neil
Lucille Anderson
Carl
Alice Marie Leim
Marrel
Charlotte Macy
Lane
Richmond
Marrel Macy
North Lake
Virginia Cunningham
Darrell
Helen Macy
Vet
Rmh
Franklin County Veterans Memorial Committee
Ann Maxwell
Kansas State Bank
Clyde Griesen
Bill Howe
Freone Hollinger
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Benjamin
South Korea
Baldwin
Army
Christopher D. Benjamin
Camp Casey
Tongduchon-Up
2Nd Infantry Division
Bambi Andrews
Katie Conley
Lawrence
Baldwin High School
TolHree
Eone
Carter
Franklin
Test
Ottawa Herald, Inc
Cedar
Jay Bemis
Tom Love
Kathy Miller
Gene Kelly
Jean Rossman
Wayne Snow
The
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James Chandler
Ottawa Country Club
T.J
Linda McCreight
Svy
Feds
Pottawatomie
James
County
Oks
Bill Tellier
Herald
Colby
Tatum
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AccuWeather
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