Ottawa events calendar lists meetings and activities
The Ottawa Herald calendar for April 30 1994 catalogs meetings at the Chamber City Hall and Courthouse Square including county commission sessions and extension service programs. Ongoing events feature Relay for Life OHS track days, farm fairs, craft shows, and weekly markets with dates, times, and locations across Ottawa Franklin County.
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Ottawa Herald
Herald
Chamber
County Commission
Main
City Commission
Fourth
Walnut
S. Main
Convention and Tourism Committee
Claas
10Th
Cedar
Courthouse Square
Franklin County Conservation District Board
American Red Cross
Sheriff's Department
Ottawa University
Relay For Life
Cancer Society
OHS
Larry Maes
Forest Park
Garnett Square Fair
Annex
OCAC
Old Depot Museum
West Tecumseh
City Park
Franklin County Genealogical Society
Quilters Guild Meeting
Elliott
Howe
Lawrence
Woodcarvere Club
Franklin County Diabetes
Writers Group
DARE
OMA
Hickory
Ottawa Jaycees
Pizza Village
National Association of Retired Federal
City Hall
Ottawa Personnel Association
AMH
American Association of Retired Persons
East Central Kansas Area Agency On Aging
Franklin County Recycling
Wingert
la Leache League
Ottawa Library Board
Fifthand
Pride Tec
Victorian funeral display at Depot museum exhibit
Depot's exhibit spotlights a Victorian parlor funeral era with embalming tools, caskets, and crepe veils. Donations from Overbrook and Ottawa add a child’s casket and bier while stone carvings, Lane marble, and Hanway quarries illustrate local tombstone craft. Nearby storefront windows and a Forest Park model complete the museum’s late year upgrade.
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Barker
Floyd Greenwood
Overbrook
Walt Dengel
Ottawa
Forest Park
Lyndon High to Present Two One Act Plays
Lyndon High School will present two one act plays at 7 30 p m Tuesday and next Saturday in the high school auditorium Tickets are 3 Roy a Vietnam veteran returns to a small Texas town and the town's changes are explored in Laundry in Bourbon and Lone Star by James McClure directed by Jason Harris
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Lyndon High School
Bourbon
Lone Star
James McClure
Lyndon
Jason Harris
Roy
Harris
Property valuations rise 11 percent with rural growth cited
Brown explains that an 11 percent rise in Franklin County property values, $1,114 above the non farmstead average, reflects new rural housing. He clarifies taxes hinge on budgets, not valuations, and notes farmstead is counted with residential in county figures while city farmsteads are excluded.
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Brown
Franklin County
Weather outlook with scattered storms and mild highs
A weather brief notes mostly dry to start the week with a chance of showers and thunderstorms west and south Monday. Lows in the 40s, highs mid-50s to mid-60s. Tuesday brings more showers and storms with lows near 40 to 50 and highs in the 60s. Wednesday turns dry with lows in the 40s and highs upper 60s to mid-70s.
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Nortwest
Crap
Rain Keeps Area Waters Rising With Roads Threatened
Local officials warn continued rain keeps area waters high and roads at risk of flooding. The Marais des Cygnes Pottawatomie Creek and Middle Creek are elevated with several routes slated for closure Saturday, including Vermont Road north of Rantoul Stafford Road from Montana to Oregon, Alabama Terrace Labette Terrace, Colorado Road south of Pomona Idaho Road south of K 68 Eisenhower at Pawnee, Pawnee west of Eisenhower and Rock Creek east of Oregon Road.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Pottawatomie Creek
Middle Creek
Pepple
Ottawa
the Herald
Vermont Road
Rantoul
Stafford Road
Montana Road
Oregon Road
Alabama Terrace
Labette Terrace
Quenemo
Colorado Road
Pomona
Idaho Road
Eisenhower
Pawnee Road
Pawnee
Rock Creek
Harold Shomber ends travels to settle for rest and clocks
Harold H Shomber 86 reflects on a life in Ottawa moving through church leadership and business management roles. He and wife Trene traveled widely before settling at Fairfax Station with plans for gardening, television time, and repairing antique clocks as a retirement hobby.
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Ottawa
Sertoma Club
Shomber
Trene
Henry A. Shomber
Seattle
Boeing
Carolyn Rodenberg
Fairfax Station
Harold
Alaska
Mexico
Canada
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Belgium
Irene
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Hawaii
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Italy
Egypt
Israel
Homewood
Acorn
Hood School
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Kansas State University
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1983 Update
The Ottawa Herald lists long standing subscription rates for various delivery options and regions. It details prices by mail and carrier in Ottawa and surrounding counties, including Franklin Douglas Osage and Anderson, with terms requiring advance payment and noting rate changes effective October 1, 1983.
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Cedar
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
Ottawa
Refunds health top state agenda in reform bill
The Legislature advances a health care reform bill described as a mix of insurance changes and administrative restructuring to meet anticipated federal mandates. It creates a bipartisan oversight committee on health care and moves toward signing into law, with Senate approval and House acceptance of a conference report. The same session also tackles a proposed state gaming compact enabling four tribes to open a casino in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Senate
Houge
House
Conference Committee
Finney
Joint
Committee On
Kansas City
Kan
Ottawa VFW Hamburger Fry and Dance Night Ad
Community notice for Ottawa VFW at N 59 Highway hosting a hamburger fry on Saturday April 30 from 5 to 8 PM with reduced prices and a dance from 8 to 12 led by ACE On Serv Ice. Couples pay 4, singles 2, costume contest, two cakes prize, and venue details. Also mentions Sand Creek Gate Farmers Market opening May 4 at 14189 Main and kindergarten physicals weekly via Fr. Co. Health Dept contact 242-1879. Road grading service offered with phone 242-8126.
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Ottawa
Vfw
ACE On Serv Ice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ottawa Board of Education
Chamber Board of Directors
Education and Health Committee
Fairgrounds
West 17Th Street
Habitat For Humanity
Planning Commission
Communication and Image Committee
Ottawa Middle School
Lincoln
Lincoln School
N. Cedar
OMS
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Bill Howe
KU Dyche Hall
Kanaas National
HG Te-Bn
Art Guild
East Central China Painters
Sirloin Stockade
Princeton
Wingert's
Johnny Paycheck
Thind
Habitat/Humanity
First Christian Church
S. Hickory
Third
Eldon
Ortawa
Twin Lakes
Faith Lutheran Church
Bennett
Hanway
Lane
Ferguson and Nettleton
Lyndon High
Just
Texas
Commerical & Cota
Richmond
Wellsville
Ottawa Water
Jenny Dd
Wichita Watchmakers Guild ‘and Peas
The
Kansas
Jim R. Hitch
Jay Bemis
Tom Love
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Howe
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Vom Stella
BR. Spec
Sand Creek Gate
Farmers Market
Fr. Co. Health Dept
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