Ottawans Rally Behind MDA Effort This Weekend
Ottawa and area groups launch Labor Day fundraising for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Auction led by Jim Raby starts 7 p.m. Friday in the Indians Lanes north lot with items from Suzie's Silks, Budge's Sports Center and more. Bowlathon runs 10 p.m. Sunday. donations earn bowling, T shirt, breakfast. A WIBW helicopter film Monday morning and Jaycees runs add events, with pledge center open all day.
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Jim Raby
Raby Auction
Indians Lanes Bowling Center
Suzie
Bob Sheldon
Indian Lanes
Leroy Hildebrandt
Rent Masters
Budge’s Sports Center
Bonnie Sheldon
McDonald’s
MDA
Wibw-Tv
Topeka
WIBW
The
Ottawa Jaycees
Ottawa University
Budges Sports Center
Jaycees
Wal-Mart
Olathe official bound over on charges of false expense claims
William Ramsey, Olathe public works director, bound over for trial on a felony count of filing false expense vouchers for a 1985 St. Louis trip, with three related misdemeanor charges. Prosecutors say the trip cost about 225 for a visit to Ramsey's relatives, not for a business meeting as claimed, and point to inconsistent accounts and testimonies.
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Olathe
HNL
William Ramsey
Public Works
St. Louis
Robin Lewis
Johnson County
Gerald Hougland
Ramsey
Lewis
North American Business Systems
Holliday
American Public Works Association
Deaths Ethel M Shields Wellsville widow is buried today
Graveside services for Ethel Mary Shields 81 of Wellsville will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Wellsville Cemetery. Born January 8 1905 in Kansas City Missouri she married Harry T Shields in 1925. Survivors include three sons five sisters a brother ten grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. Memorials may go to the American Cancer Society.
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Ethel Mary Shields
Wellsville
Wellsville Manor
Kamsas City
Harry T. Shields
Miami County
Wellsville Baptist Church
Berian
Robert Edwin Shields
Falbrook Calif
William B
James Shields
Adelia Nutt
Lilla Mae Wright
Memphis
Russell
Emporia
Florence Shannon
Robert L. Clay
Tenn
American Cancer Society
Wilson and Son
Kansas diversion programs fall short in follow through
A Legislative Division of Post Audit report found about one quarter of offenders in Kansas five largest counties did not complete diversion terms in 1985. Documentation gaps hindered outcomes, risking premature charge dismissals, with 11,000 diversions recorded statewide mostly for DUI. Total 1985 spending by five largest counties was about $526,000, averaging $105 per diversion.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Cities
Legislative Division of Post Audit
Special Committee On the Judiciary
Food Medicine Reaches Victims Of Gas Cloud In Cameroon
Villagers fled the gas disaster near Lake Nios in northwest Cameroon are receiving food and medical aid by airlift as scientists study the murky lake. Army relief efforts face rugged terrain and poor communications while burying thousands of dead and transporting autopsies to Yaounde. Rescue and burial operations continue as about 3,000 survivors were evacuated and 2,000 soldiers sealed the area 200 miles northwest of Yaounde.
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Lake Nios
Lake
Nios
Ad Briefs And Local Notices Roundup
Community notices include ART CLASSES starting September 9 10 11 limited enrollment. Several offices and businesses announce closures Aug 30 Sept 7 or Sept 2. HARD BODY Workout runs Sept 8 Oct 27. WEDDING DANCE for Rod ceGinnis at High School gym Aug 30 5 pm 8 couple. MISCHIEFS at The Other Place. Willis Garden Center ad lists products and hours. Wright's Studio requests pickup of softball baseball pictures.
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Wblte
RodceGinnis
Rantoul
Spm-lam
Activities On Tap At Area Reservoirs
Pomona and Melvern reservoirs offer weekend events sponsored by the Corps of Engineers. At Pomona the film Triumph of the Wood Duck screens Friday at 9 p.m. at the Outlet Amphitheater. Saturday reviews of August sky at Powesheik Amphitheater in Michigan Valley Park begin at 9 p.m., with a Sunday slide program Safety around the Lake at 9 p.m. and a 2 p.m. Monday control tower tour meeting in the tower parking lot. At Melvern Reservoir two slide shows, This is Melvern Lake and Melvern Lake Oh What a Place, begin at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Outlet Public Use Area. presenters include Troy Freerksen and Bill Patterson. The programs end the 1986 Saturday night lineup at Melvern. Ottawa Wesleyan Church announces Rev. Paul Turner will become minister starting Sunday. Turner previously served in 1975 and 1976 in the Philippines with Lois Turner, their three children, and travel/education leaves noted.
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Ottawa Department of Public Safety
MDA
Pomona
Melvern
Corps of Engineers
Outlet
Powesheik
Michigan Valley Park
Powesheik Amphitheater
Melvern Reservoir
Melvern Lake
Oh What
Garnett school board plans 8 p m meeting on cooperative in service
The Garnett USD 365 board will meet at 8 p m next Tuesday at the district office to discuss a cooperative in service plan patrons concerns enrollment personnel and related items. Army second lieutenant Robert Jardon son of Dee Jardon Baldwin City RFC 3 was commissioned after Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning Georgia. His wife Celia is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Birzer Ottawa RFD 3. Private Michael J Allen son of Mr and Mrs Bob Nitsch Baldwin City RFD 2 completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Glenna Jo Whiteford Cedar 9045 has earned a masters in accounting and information systems from the University of Colorado. Airman Michael L Heckman son of Sharon K Heckman 221 Ash and Floyd R Heckman Concordia and Airman Brian S Bridges son of Mr and Mrs Cecil H Bridges Ottawa RFD 4 have graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas.
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Garnett U.S.D 365
Robert Jardon
Dee H. Jardon
Baldwin City
Fort Benning
Celia
John Birzer
Ottawa Rfd 3
Army National Guard
Michael J. Allen
Bob Nitsch
RFD 2
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Glenna JO Whiteford
Cedar
University of Colorado
Michael L. Heckman
Sharon K. Heckman
Ash
Floyd R. Heckman
Concordia
Brian S. Bridges
Cecil H. Bridges
Ottawa
RFD
Air Force Basic
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
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Frank Taylor
the Daily Report
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S. Mulberry
Richard Baker
Mary Rupp
N. Sycamore
Walter W. Butler
S. Willow
Charlie Watts
Randy L. Ecord
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Belton
Anita Hart
Madison
South Pence
S. Main
Regina Carr
Patrick J. Proctor
Pine
Main
Seventh Streets
Angela R. Schweiger
Osawatomie
Harold E. Tobler
Tobler
Ottawa Co-op
Mance
Ad Briefs
Turner's
DR. Eaton
Edgecomb
Sean Zappmn
Wendy Browning
Willis Garden Center
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Mon
Wright
Ticipants
Troy Freerksen
Bill Patterson
Melvern Corps
Wesleyan
N. Cherry
Paul Turner
Turner
Manila
Philippines
Rev. Turner
Marion College
Marion, Ind
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Craig Dengel
Ralph Macchio
Pat Morita
Wowars
the Duck
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