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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1983

Page

7

Sheriff Seeks Citizen Help Spot Pot Harvesters

Franklin County Sheriff Rex Bowling urged rural Neighborhood Watch members and other residents to report any marijuana cultivation activities. He cited state wide crackdown with Kansas Bureau of Investigation to cut street availability. Tips would be confidential and could assist in uncovering fields and pre harvest watering or cultivation.

Franklin County Rex Bowling Bowling Kansas Bureau of Investigation Sheriff's Office

Kansas Troopers Win Best-Dressed Police Department Honor

Kansas Highway Patrol uniforms chosen as the best dressed among U S law enforcement. Col. David Hornbaker accepts a $300 award from the National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors, to be donated to the Capper Foundation.

Topeka Kan Kansas Highway Patrol United States David Hornbaker The National Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors Hornbaker John Carlin Law and Order Magazine Capper Foundation For Kansas Patrol Mount Olive N.C Henderson County Greensboro Omaha Madison County Ind Washoe County Nev Kansas J.B. Battle Uniform Co Oklahoma City

Rood Vassar funeral and other notices from Daily Report

The Daily Report lists funeral services for Hazel M. Rood of Vassar who died from a gunshot wound, with details on birth, marriages, survivors, and burial. It also notes memorial services for Romera Whitford Baldwin in Belton, and death notices for Richard Shea of Longview, Washington. Additional items cover Norma Jean Lavelle’s funeral in Centropolis, local admissions and discharges, births, arrests, thefts, and market quotations from Ottawa and Kansas City.

Hazel M. Rood Vassar Crable Funeral Home Osage City Rood Emporia Topeka Hazel’s Pomona Reservoir Meera Romera Whitford Baldwin Romera Whitford Baldwin St. Sabinis Catholic Belton Norma J Cole Camp Norma Jean Lavelle Cantropolis Kansas Dengel & Son Greenlawn Kansasity Missouri James McCrossen Franklin County Centropolis Christian Church

Wellsville Days Set With Good Ole Days Theme

Wellsville’s Days Committee announced the theme Good Ole Days 83 for Sept 17 18 events include a Main street arts and crafts sale from 9 to 5 a.m 10 a.m children's parade 11 a.m main parade and various games a street dance will cap the evening a softball tournament and an ice cream social are planned entry forms for parades and craft booths available by mail or at Plants and Posies with provided contacts and box addresses in Wellsville.

Wellsville Wellsville Days Committee Dee Bogle P. O. Box

KDOT to Outline Plans for Eight East Central Kansas Counties

Kansas Department of Transportation will present two year highway plans for eight east central Kansas counties including Franklin at a public meeting in Iola on Thursday Aug 18 at 7 30 p m The session will cover possible three year projects and funding from a 1983 legislature package and federal gas tax increases expected to total about 1 billion for five years Local officials from Franklin Ottawa Miami Coffey Anderson Linn Woodson Allen Bourbon and other counties will attend Kenneth Boggess will moderate with Kemp and Robert Morrissey of FHWA speaking The event opens to questions and comments The Poweshiek Amphitheater in Michigan Valley also hosts Osage History Song and Story Friday and Star Watch Sunday

Topeka Kansas Franklin Kansas Department of Transportation Iola Franklin County Ottawa KDOT Miami Coffey Anderson Linn Woodson Allen Bourbon Kemp Kenneth Boggess Columbus Robert Morrissey Federal Highway Administration Michigan Valley Poweshiek Michigan Valley Park Lake Pomona Dorothy Shoup Kristi Willhite Osage County Jim Meyer University of Kansas David Edwards

Trading Post Pageant Relives History at 1827 Landmark

The fifth annual free history pageant at Trading Post features a 1920s forward theme with fur traders crafts and clockmaking demonstrations. Exhibits include 1887 schoolhouse telephony, antique farm implements, restored engines and threshing shows. Local groups perform music, clogging prizes travel with Beagle area church service 9 am Sunday and quilt raffle Sunday.

Trading Post Humanities United Telecommunications and Independent Telephone Pioneer Association Washington D. C Silver Dollar City Kim Klopfenstein Randy Terry Beagle LaCygne Drifters Trading Post Antique Implement and Tractor Association Trading Post Historical Society Linn County

Dance and club ads for Pomona and area Frid ay night

Raggedy Ann s Pomona hosts Rhythm Ramblers Friday night. Cruiser at the Coach Club Friday and Saturday nights. Kickin Country at the Other Place Friday and Saturday night. Jam session at VFW Sunday Aug 14 2 10 pm for Tim Toumberlin Sr family. Piano lessons Roger Price. Litwins back door open during street work. Willis Garden Center ads and items. Free kittens, ear piercing, perms sale at Looking Glass. Eagles Lodge steak night and dance Bootleg Band. VFW dance 9 pm Mac and Rhythm Ramblers. Hairport special prices 1528 South Main 242 5971.

VFW Sun Tim Toumberlin

Wellsville USD 289 Adopts 1983 64 Budget

Wellsville USD 289 approved the 1983 64 budget at a public hearing and regular meeting. Mill levy rises 2.85 mills to 57.87 due to reduced assessed valuation from removal of farm machinery and business aircraft. Board approved bids for milk and asphalt paving and reviewed graduation requirements tied to State Board of Education actions. A special meeting was set to review teacher hearing findings, with a fact finder to meet September 1. A district curriculum guide spent two years in development was approved.

Wellsville Wellsville U.S.D Gwen Boone All-Star Dairy Edgerton

No Takers For Silver Lake Golf Course Sale

Lee Butler of Ottawa has offered the nine hole Silver Lake course west of town for sale to Franklin County and the Ottawa City Commission. Officials expressed no immediate interest, with county and city leaders noting concerns about diverting funds from other projects and the fate of a public golf course six miles from Ottawa. Butler listed the property with a national realty firm and left open the possibility of sale for development.

Franklin County Ottawa City Commission Lee Butler W. 15Th Silver Lake Ottawa Butler Charles Mayity

Low-Cost Lunch Guidelines Set for Several Districts

County schools announce eligibility rules for free and reduced price lunches under U S C 290 and Sacred Heart programs. Application forms were mailed to parents and are available at each principal's office. Forms may be submitted anytime. add 2184 dollars per extra family member for free lunches and 3108 dollars for reduced-price lunches.

U.S.C. 290 Sacred Heart Wellsville West Franklin Central

Local briefs note patients and scholarships across Kansas

John Ogle of Quenemo is a patient at St Marys Hospital Rochester Minnesota. Michael Basel of Williamsburg receives a $500 Herbert M Low Scholarship from Kansas State University. Two Ottawa Guardsmen trained in Wyoming with the 20th Medical Detachment. Several Ottawa area students earned August degrees from Emporia State University. Eldon Zielsdorf of Ottawa is a patient at Shawnee Mission Hospital. A veteran's representative will assist at City Hall August 16. A bus trip for USD 287 students to Ottawa High School for physicals is planned. United Telephone hires Installation Technicians of Siloam Springs Arkansas for Lyndon Burlingame Melvern Pomona through September.

Michael Basel Williamsburg Herbert M. Low Kansas State University Manhattan Ralph Basel Michael Ottawa Area Emporia State University Burton Wallace Bowers Jan Price Poplar Carolyn Cloyce Shepherd Pomona Brenda Sue (Baxter) Wigger Ralph Joseph Wilper Garnett Theda Retha Clark Lyndon Juanita M. Neilsen United Telephone Co Burlingame Melvern Siloam Springs Ark

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