Weekly Local Events and Celebrations Listing
Fifty cent tacos and one dollar hamburgers highlight all day offerings at Mages Veterinary Clinic at The Saloon and K Academy puppy classes in Richmond. Karaoke Friday at 6 pm, Farmers Market at 1418 S Main, Itaca, plus 50 cent draws and dollar drinks. 80th birthday for Pauline Wilford on Sunday April 30, 2 to 4 pm at 711 South Main Ottawa with cards being accepted at Ottawa Retirement Village. The Silver Bullet Band performs at Cheyenne Country Dance Club on Saturday April 29. KC Cowboy Hatters appear Friday and Saturday nights. restaurant touts top food.
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Mages Veterinary Clinic
Richmond
Seere
Pauline Wilford
South Main
Ottawa
West 15Th
Silver Bullet Band
Cheyenne Country Dance Club
KC Cowboy Hatters
Elian raid sparks crisis as Miami police chief resigns
Miami police chief William O'Brien resigned after Mayor Joe Carollo criticized him for not warning about the raid to seize Elian Gonzalez. The city fires city manager Donald Warshaw, protests erupt with hundreds arrested and tear gas used. A city commission committee will probe police involvement and brutality reports.
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Miami
Elian Gonzalez
Joe Carollo
William O’brien
Erian
O’brien
Carollo
Donald Warshaw
Warshaw
Miami City Commission
Elian
Commission
Satur
Obituaries from Ottawa area and surrounding towns
Obituaries from Ottawa and nearby communities report deaths of Betty Benson, Harold Meyer, Kathy Bolen, Raymond Hossfeld, and Dana Calvert. Benson, born 1914 in Ottawa, memorials to St Paul A.M.E. Church. Meyer, 89, of Lawrence, cremation arranged. Bolen, 19, Emporia, died in a single vehicle crash, services set at Sacred Heart Church. Hossfeld, 76, of Falls City, service at Zion Lutheran Hiawatha with military honors. Calvert, 36, Wellsville, funeral plans pending. Interments and funeral home details listed for each.
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Ottawa
Lamb- Roberts- Heise
Léon Burney
Wasa
Daniel
Lydia Mae (Johnson) Benson
Whittier
Denver
Colo
United Airlines
Kansas City
Banjamin' Rucker
Columbus
Ohio
Paul A.M.E
Itawa
Kute
Cleo O. Benson
San Diego iParis
Clara Bell Tolson
Elmer
Luther
William
Howard Benson
St. Paul A.M.E
Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home
PO Box
Harold F. Meyer Lawrence
Harold F. Meyer
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Garden City
Fredrick
Amelia Hassebrock Meyer
Harold
Big G
North Lawrence
Josephine Taylor Gfeller
Rex Gfeller
Eugene Gfeller
Arthur Gfeller
Lawrence
Mabel Bauer
Virgil Meyer
Warren McElwain
Strong City
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Emporia
Pete O’sullivan
Daniel W
Julia A. (McFarland) Bolen
Wild Rose Antique Mall
Mike’s Sporting Goods
Community Medical Center
Falls City
Zion Lutheran Church
Dorothy
Roseburg
Ore
Mount Hope Cemetery
Hiawatha
VFW Post
Christ Lutheran Church Elevator Fund
LWML
Zion Lutheran Church of
Dana Calvert
Wellsville
Wilson & Son Funeral Home
Atlantis mission launch delayed to mid May at Cape Canaveral
NASA said Space shuttle Atlantis will not launch until mid May after three weather delays this week. Managers hoped for a fourth attempt next Wednesday but chose not to bump a weather satellite launch, placing Atlantis at the back of the local rocket lineup.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
International Space Station
NASA
Tle
Local Markets and Grain Prices From Ottawa and Franklin County
Quoted prices show stocks including Casey’s GenSt 111/4 and O'Reilly Auto 135/8 while unions note United Parcel 661/4 and WalMart 565/8. Grain quotes at Ottawa Co op list hard wheat 2.16 corn 1.94 milo 1.74 soybean 5.02 and Franklin County prices mirror with wheat 2.14 corn 1.94 milo 1.74 soybeans 5.02 with minor premiums and none entries for some rows.
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Casey’s
Fed Corp
H&r
Franklin County Consolidated Farm Services
Unsettled Weather Shifts West Across Plains and East
AccuWeather forecasts unsettled conditions easing in the East and moving westward. Thunderstorms erupt across Oklahoma and Kansas ahead of a warm front while High Plains see showers and storms. Snow falls in Wyoming mountains as the Southeast enjoys sun and the Southwest remains hot. Yesterday’s high near record 3.94 in 1994.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
High Plains
Wyoming
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Franklin County
Cailienidaur
Ottawa Herald
Ottawaherald.com
S. Cedar
Ottawa University
Pomona
Pomona High
Appanoose
Appanoose Area Preservation Society
Garnett Jaycees
Cedar Valley Reservoir
Ottawa Jaycees
First United Methodist Church
OHS South
Sacred Heart Church
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Carnegie Cultural Center
S Main
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Debbie McGee
S. Main
Old Depot Museum
W. Tecumseh
Elm
First Baptist Church
Fourth
Hickory
Herald
Franklin County Recycling
Itaca
Weil Drinks
Jacal
Little Havana
Alfred Sklar
United States of America
Xavier Suarez
Kathy Ann Bolen
North
Hartford High School
Emporia State University
Amy Bolen
Jason D. Bolen
Houston
Texas
Fred
Patricia McFarland
Princeton
G.H
Marjorie Bolen
Olpe
Maplewood Cemetery
Roberts-Blue Barnett
Emporia Friends of the Zoo
Neosho’ Rapids
Hartford
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home
Raymond H. Hossfeld
Neb
Rucker
Plaza Cinema
Friand
The
Ottawantique.com
Ottawaherald
AccuWeather
Ottawa, KS , Inc
Bevecest
Nash
New York
Okjiahome City
Aburgwather
AccuWeather.com
ICOLO
Colby
Liberal
Wichita
Accu
Net, Inc
Albuquerque
Clinton
Las Vegas
Hillsdale
Boston Or
Melvern
Ac Buffalo
St. Louis
San Diego
Cleveland
Dallas
Tampa
Tawney
hev.-Geo-Pont
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