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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1999
Page
1
Kansas Agricultural Statistics reports hot dry weather slightly lowers crop conditions. Four percent of corn has matured, about average for this period. Corn is rated 10 percent excellent, 64 percent good, 21 percent fair, 4 percent poor, and 1 percent very poor.
Quotations for Monday after noon at the Ottawa Co op showed hard wheat 2.40, corn 1.70, milo 2.84, soybeans 4.16. Franklin County Consolidated Farm Services listed grains with wheat 2.27, corn 1.69, milo 2.60, soybeans 4.14, with various basis figures.
Community notices encourage foster care involvement, local sales events, and a praise celebration at Ottawa City Park. Listings include a preschool program at Apple Garden Child Care Center, dining specials at The Saloon in Richmond, crabtree products at New Traditions, and a September trip leave date. Norma Sellers, Kursten Smith, and First United Methodist Church Ottawa are named sponsors and contacts.
Lottery results show Powerball numbers 1 5 6 39 45 with Powerball 14 for a $27 million jackpot. Kansas Cash draw numbers 4 6 8 9 18 28 offer a $350,000 jackpot.
Gladys C. Loding 85 Richmond formerly Windsor Mo died August 16 1999 at Oak Haven Nursing Center Richmond graveside services 11 am Friday Laurel Oak Cemetery Windsor Mo complete obituary later. Evan Bishop 66 Elk County formerly Ottawa Baldwin died August 15 1999 at home funeral 10 am Thursday Dengel and Son Mortuary. He was born January 16 1933 in Ottawa and lived in multiple Kansas communities. He married Vernita Bloomer May 26 1951. Survives include children Jeff Bishop Sandra Irby Chris Midgley Brenda Reddell. 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Burial Highland Cemetery. Memorials to Hospice International. Jess Franks 95 Ottawa died August 17 1999 Ark Haven Nursing Center Tola funeral arrangements pending. Harriett E. Green 85 Olathe formerly Pomona died August 16 1999 at Olathe Medical Center born Nov 29 1913 in Greenwood Missouri. Survivor list includes multiple children and relatives. Cremated. no services. Lela Comstock 94 Ottawa Retirement Village formerly Quenemo died August 16 1999 Manor at Retirement Village. Services 10 30 am Thursday Feltner Funeral Home Lyndon. She lived in Quenemo since 1930. many church and community roles. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery Quenemo. Robert S. Phillips 67 Emporia area former Franklin County resident died August 13 1999. Cremated. memorial service held. Survived by spouse Geneva Frank and many children and stepchildren. Funeral by Jones VanArsdale Lebo.
A Monday fire in Branson, Missouri, destroyed costumes and props used in the Shep herd of the Hills re enactment of Harold Bell Wright's classic Ozarks tale. Fire officials credit an attic electrical short and contained the blaze to the building housing props and dressing rooms used by an 80 member cast over 40 years.
Blazing sunshine bakes the southern Plains tomorrow with hot, steamy conditions while New England and the mid-Atlantic see little drought relief from a few isolated showers and thundershowers. Thunderstorms develop in the Midwest as the Southwest remains dry and hot with AccuWeather UV readings and sunrise sunset times for tomorrow.
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