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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 2009
Page
7
Kansas Highway Patrol Hotline for Kansas City Area
Kansas Highway Patrol provides a nightly conditions hotline and online service. Call 800 585 7623 or 511 for travel updates and conditions in Kansas. Access at 511.ksdot.org for real time road information and alerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ksdot.org
National Temperature Extremes Across Lower 48 States
The Associated Press reports the day saw 28 degrees at Yellowstone Wyoming and 114 degrees at Bullhead City Arizona. The high and low illustrate wide geographic temperature variation across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Wyo
Bullhead City
Ariz
KU Requires Online Alcohol Education for New Students
The University of Kansas will require students 22 and younger to complete a two part online course on alcohol dangers. Part one must be finished by Sept 24 and part two by Nov 1, with both needed to enroll in spring. The program aims to curb risky drinking after two alcohol related student deaths. KU will notify parents about violations involving students 21 or younger.
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Associated Press
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Mented
University
Museum to celebrate 90 years of education
The Appanoose Area Museum at 600 Shawnee Road Pomona will mark 90 years of education with a birthday cake at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The public is invited.
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The
Appanoose Area Museum
Shawnee Road
Pomona
Appanoose
Pottawatomie Massacre in Bleeding Kansas Remembered
The Franklin County Historical Society highlights the Pottawatomie Massacre and John Brown in an Ottawa museum exhibit. Historians note Brown led a violent response to Lawrence sacking, with his sons and allies involved, shaping the era leading to the Civil War.
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Franklin County
Deb. Barker
Franklin County Historical Society
Old Depot Museum
W. Tecumseh St
Ottawa
Mahala Doyle
Brown
Pottawatomie
Mosquito Creeks
Owen
Frederick
Salmon
Oliver
Henry Thompson
Thomas Winer
James Townsley
Lawrence
Barker
John Brown
Kansas
Virginia
U.S
Harpers Ferry
Lane Kansas History Highlights Former Shermanville to Lane
The town grew from a Shermanville crossing on Pottawatomie Creek linked to the 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre. It was renamed Lane in 1863 after Gen James Lane. Early trade included hotels and general stores with a quarry site southwest of Lane. The Lane City Council lists Mayor Bill Chester and six council members. The narrative draws on The History of Franklin County, Kansas.
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Kansas
Free State
Lawrence
Samuel Jones
Phottawatomie Rifle Company
Pottawatomie
Brown
Dutch Henry
Pottawatomie Creek
Henry Sherman
Shermanville
Lane
John Hanway
U.S
James H. Lane
Paola
Lane City
Bill Chester
Larry Bryant
Betty McCale
Amanda Herman
Pamela Timblin
Deanna Carroll
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Franklin County Historical Society and
Friends of the
Ottawa Library
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