Whippoorwill Showboat Service Lovingly Reviewed
Don Lambert writes of the Whippoorwill Showboat at Lake Pomona praising a meals and a two act show titled An Americaine in Paris. Bruce and Veda Rodgers deeply involved in Winfield theater run the showboat and playhouse with staff and guests from Ottawa Topeka Lawrence Abilene and beyond. The piece notes the shows cuisine ice usage and the script by Veda Rodgers inspired by Gertrude Stein mixed with Gershwin songs.
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Kansas
Lake Pomona
Kansas City
Bruce Rodgers
Vassar Playhouse
Ottawa
Topeka
Lawrence
Abilene
Margaret Rodgers
Bruce
Veda
Playhouse
Paris
Gertrude Stein
Picasso
Rousseau
George Gershwin
Diana Gish
Judi Sterling
Stein
District Court News Marriage Licenses Filed
Joel Richard Fredrikson 25 of Ottawa and Katherine Jewel Nevins 27 of Ottawa cited as marriage license subjects. Claudia Ann Shields 18 of Topeka and Lester L Wilhite 24 of Topeka listed. Warren G Vincent II 20 of Ottawa and Carolee Ann Farris 22 of Independence Missouri noted. Deborah Rae Harrison 18 Wellsville and Gerald Lynn Thomas 18 Wellsville connected. Ronald Levier Sheffield 23 (incomplete).
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Joel Richard Fredrikson
Ottawa
Katherine Jewel Nevins
Claudia Ann Shields
Topeka
Lester L. Wilhite
Warren G. Vincent II
Carolee Ann Farris
Independence
Deborah Rae Harrison
Wellsville
Gerald Lynn Thomas
Ronald Levier Sheffield
Ottawa youth questioned in overnight vandalism probe
A 14 year old Ottawa boy is being questioned this morning over vandalism estimated at more than 700 dollars. Rocks shattered windows at Printys Auction House Poor MANS Antiques and Kansasland Packing in the 1100 block North Main. A chrome rim and two lug nuts were stolen from a 1973 Pontiac owned by Margaret Kramer. Roy Clark 76 pled guilty after a pole through accident near Logan and Cedar. He was cited for inattentive driving and treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Multiple minor crashes were reported around Third Maple Princeton Road and John Brown Highway with various drivers cited for backing and U turns. The Franklin County Sheriff reports a one vehicle crash east of Lane-Rantoul Road. no injuries.
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Ottawa
Printy's Auction House
Poor Man’s Antiques
Kansasland Packing Company
North Main
Margaret Kramer
ACITY
Logan and
Cedar
Roy Clark
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Third
Maple
Beulah Thompson
S. Cedar
Charles Talbott
Norman Raby
S. Locust
West 15Th
Marilyn Bennett
Rantoul
Princeton Road
23Rd Street
William Shenk
Willow
Russell Reinhardt
Nelson
Wis
Franklin County
Kansas shoppers see mixed price shifts in weekly survey
Kansas Farm Bureau reports cheaper potatoes coffee and beef cuts this week while pork and eggs rise. Potatoes 10 pound sack down 16 cents to 1.55. national brand coffee down 14 cents to 3.86. store brand unchanged at 3.52. Rib steak 1.59, round steak 1.14. Pork sirloin roast up 7 cents to 1.28. center cut chops and pork steak up 4 cents. ham down 3 cents to 1.07. Egg prices mixed as large eggs up to 79 cents a dozen. medium 59 cents. Short-term pork price dip expected before hog flow tightens prices again. Specials on fresh fruit, especially peaches, expected this month.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Kansas completes 235.5 mile I-35 across state line
Gov. Robert F. Bennett officiated at a ribbon cutting near Emporia marking the opening of a 10 mile segment that completes Interstate 35 in Kansas. The event links Kansas City at the Missouri line to the Oklahoma border through Ottawa, Emporia, El Dorado, Wichita and Wellington, finalizing a 1,571 mile cross country route. Kansas now joins Oklahoma and Missouri with all 135 miles open.
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Robert F. Bennett
Kansas
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Ottawa
Eldorado
Wichita
Wellington
Bennett
Sunflower State
Duluth
Minn
Laredo
Tex
Towa
Sanford Show Richmond enters hospital for observation
SANFORD Show Richmond was admitted to Anderson County Hospital Garnett Monday for observation and treatment. Elsewhere BRIDGE winners at the Elks Club included North and South John Thornburg and Bob Miller first, Lois Hazlett and Mary Hill second in the standard event. The Friends of the Library board meets at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the library. July was drier than usual with 1.55 inches of rain versus 3.53 average. year-to-date 21.75 inches vs 21.91 average.
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Sanford
Richmond
Anderson County Hospital
Garnett
The
Elks Club
John Thornburg
Bob Miller
Lois Hazlett
Mary Hill
Ruth Indall
Freda Gilmore
Suzanne Wassmer
Steve Vossler
Worden
Ad Briefs and Local Notices Mix in Warm Weather
Local items summarize menu prices at Mike's Kazy Kitchen and sales at select Daily. CITY Barbershop, Lemon Tree, and DANCE Saddleback Lounge announce short vacation closures and reopens. Heidi and Peter Academy enrollments noted with a name change for Marilyn Neuenswander now out of Acorn Cafe. Milk prices listed. non returnable plastics and corn oil margarine priced.
Construction To Resume On Elderly Housing Project
Construction will restart Monday on the elderly housing project at Seventh and Poplar after a June 3 strike by the Kansas City area bricklayers union ended last week. Eldrich Construction Company says it will take time to bring in crews who went out of town during the strike. Completion could slip depending on weather, though the Jan 1 target remains possible if conditions stay favorable. A 45-day extension request has been sent to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Seventh and Poplar
Kansas City
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Ronnie) Lee Cathcard
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