Ottawa Teams Earn State Sportsmanship, Baseball Title
Ottawa High School earned the Class 4A Sportsmanship Certificate at the Salina basketball tournament, with awards for boys and girls. Five months later Ottawa American Legion AA baseball won the state title in Larned, 5–0 over host Larned, boosting the season to 34–3 and earning a Wisconsin regional berth. Coach David Drumright praised the team’s conduct, noting broad community support and a $3,000 trip fund for Wisconsin.
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Salina
Ottawa
Kansas High School Activities Association
Ottawans
Ottawa American Legion
Larned
Viriqua
Wisc
David Drumright
Roger Farthing
Topeka
Kansas
Drumright
Montreal Expos
Kit Evans
Haley Park
Wisconsin
National Jam Boree experience and faith opinion notes
A veteran recalls attending the National Jam Boree with Scouts noting patch trading and diverse activities such as a bui dathon motocross and buck skin games. The writer also shares a personal faith message criticizing limits on prayer and religious expression in public life and calls for standing up for Christian beliefs.
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Eric Hammes
Ottawa
Utah
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Chutzpah Channel earns front page in Salina Journal
Salina Journal notes chutzpah in state Rep. Carol Beggs criticism of 9.9 mill local tax hike while blaming lawmakers for underfunded schools. Also blasts Cox Communications for seeking fewer basic channels and higher prices, predicting a future “Chutzpah Channel.”
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Salina Journal
Carol Beggs
Salina
Beggs
Bill Graves
Pete Brungardt
Kansas
Salima
Tinely
House
Senate
Cox Communications
Cox
Get Smart
A-Team
TV Land
Pop Tart lawsuit crowns queen of ridiculous litigation
Sean Carter catalogs a New Jersey case where Brenda Hurff sues Kellogg and Black & Decker for 100000 over a toaster fire caused by an unattended Pop Tart. The column lampoons product liability theories and forecasts possible settlement while noting Hurff’s media outreach.
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Brenda Hurff
Washington Township
New Jersey
Kellogg and Black & Decker
Ms. Hurff
America
Mr. Hurff
Hurff
Kellogg
Kellogg Black & Decker
Hous
Sean Carter
Yahoo.com
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The
Ottawa Herald
Harris Group
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawaherald
S. Cedar
Fox
Franklin County
Cedar
Walter Rubal
Tabel
Bill Gray
Kathy Miller
Otawaherald
Ken Kistner
Kistner
Ottawaherald.com
Tim Millburn
Lawmaker
WOW
Arnstrong
Sears
George B. Pyle
Couey
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