OCAC Moves Into New Ottawa Facility At 105 East 5th
The Ottawa Community Arts Council began two weeks of packing and moved from the Ottawa Municipal Auditorium basement to a larger space at 105 E 5th in rooms that once housed Wards auto. The center will host classes, art shows, a gallery named Illlustrated Kansas Oct 6-8, and future darkroom and ceramics studios. Barker seeks volunteers and donations to fund operations and ongoing remodeling.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Ottawa Community Ans Council
OCAC
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Oma
E. 5Th
Wards
Deborah Barker
Barker
Ottawa Library
Dietrich Cabin
City Park
Kansas
Ottawa
Harper's Weekly
Kansas Arts Commission
Arts Council
Franklin County Historical Society
Princeton Gears Up for Celebration Parade and Carnival
Princeton prepares for a town celebration on Saturday with a 10 a.m. parade led by grand marshals Edith Winters and Jim Reekie, a Miss Princeton contest between Lenora Landwehr and Bridget Goyer, penny votes, and a full afternoon of events at Garst Field and the Princeton Community Building. Activities include lunch specials, kid and adult games, carnival booths, entertainments by Pickers and Grinners and others, plus a street dance from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday featuring Mischief and Karen Williams.
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Princeton
Edith Winters
Jim Reekie
Lenora Landwehr
Bridget Goyer
Central Heights
Marc Haney
Charlie Heck
Garst Field
Princeton United Methodist Church
Mischief
Karen Williams
Obituaries for Ward Wolken Yokum and related notices
Memorial service for Mer nie Turrell Ward 90 Carmel Ind will be at 2 p m Saturday at Saint Roberts Funeral Home with Rev Jerald Hamden officiating Burial at Garnett Cemetery Ward born Feb 6 1899 Harris Pa married Clarence Ward May 5 1919 Olathe He died Jan 26 1988 Survivors include daughter Elizabeth Holloway Carmel two grandsons a great granddaughter Funeral home call 1 hour before service Leonard Wolken 80 Greeley died Aug 29 1989 service 10 a m Saturday at St Boniface Catholic Church Scipio Burial at church cemetery Born Aug 24 1909 Scipio retired farmer Survivors include three sisters Mary Scheckel Elizabeth Rocker Hilda Wolken five brothers Ed Mina Arnold Nick Dismuis Heriani Rosary 7 30 p m Friday at Farris Feuerborn Memorial Chapel Garnett Isabel Yokum 88 Garnett died Aug 29 1989 at Olathe hospital Service 2 p m Saturday Farris Feuerborn Memorial Chapel Burial Garnett Cemetery Born Sept 19 1900 Welda married Dilwyn Yokum Aug 16 1924 at Ottawa Survives She taught 1919 1932 two terms Anderson County superintendent 1933 1937 Later worked Schroeder Ford Agency and Anderson County welfare officer Retired 1971 Organizers Hospital Meals on Wheels Garnett Also member Business and Professional Women Garden Club American Association of Retired Persons past member WSW Welda Sister Ellen Frost Garnett Friends may call after 10 a m Friday Memorial contributions to Gamett Senior Citizens Center</S>
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Mernie T. Ward
Mernie Turrell Ward
Carmel
Ind
Saint Roberts
Jerald 'Ri
Hamden
Garnett
Gamett
Harris
Clarence Ward
Olathe
Christian Science Church
Homemakers Club
Elizabeth Holloway
Lamb- Roberts Funeral Home
Leonard Wolken
Scipio
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Mary Scheckel
Greeley
Elizabeth Rocker
Hilda Wolken
Wichita
Ed Wolken
Jackson
Mina
Arnold Wolken
Tulsa
Okla
Nick Wolken
Harlan
Towa
Dismuis Wolken
Isabel Yokum Garnett
Isabel Yokum
Olathe Hospital
Farris- Feuerborn Memorial
Welda
Dilwyn Yokum
Ottawa
Anderson County
Schroeder Ford Agency
Anderson
Anderson County Hospital
Meals On Wheels
Gannett
Business and Professional Women
Garden Club
American Association of Retired Persons
WSW
Ellen Frost
Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel
Gamett Senior Citizens Center
Indiana
Lamb-Roberts Funeral
Jerrald Harnden
Garnett Cemetery
Daily Report Hospital Notes and District Court News
Admissions Patricia Collins of Ottawa and births for Kevin James and Glen Seler's families appear alongside sheriff and public safety items. Arrests include Jesse F. Barnatter and Robert Holloman with bonds, plus Kenna Jones on a DUI warrant. Vandalism and theft reports cover addresses in Ottawa and Baldwin, plus a Minor collision at Main and Third. Juvenile Crump pleads guilty to theft and receives two years probation with program placement.
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Patricia Collins
Ottawa
Kevin James
Glen Seler
Onawa
Sheriff's News
Jesse F. Barnatter
Wichita
Robert Alleri Holloman
Wellsville
Franklin County
Kenna J. Jones
RFD
Mena Jones P
Main
Albin N. Longren
Lawrence
Robert W. Wingo
Wareaw
CPS
District Court News
Randal L. Crump
King
Kaneas
Salina
Man Held on Sodomy Charge in Franklin County
Charles Smeltzer, 23, of 810 S Cedar, charged in Franklin County District Court with two counts of aggravated sodomy and one count of taking indecent liberties with a child. He remains jailed on $20,000 bond after an arrest Tuesday. Alleged sexual relations involved two Ottawa boys, aged eight and 10, with incidents at a residence in Ottawa on Tuesday and on August 23.
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Charles Smeltzer
S. Cedar
Franklin County
Smeltzer
Ottawa
Siren test planned for Monday at noon in Ottawa
Ottawa DPS Captain Richard Towe says tornado sirens will be tested Monday at noon weather permitting, lasting a couple of minutes. Tests occur quarterly to ensure reliability, with cancellation if severe weather is possible. Sirens sound for five minutes only during actual tornado events, not for all-clear alerts. KOFO radio will broadcast the all-clear.
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Richard Towe
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Towe
KOFO/AM
Baldwin tourist train adds dining experience
The Midland Railway offers two hour dinner rail excursions starting September 8 on Fridays Saturdays and Sundays through November aboard the Westport car. The Prairie Pioneer is operated by Heritage Rail Corp in cooperation with Midland Railway offering a three course meal at 35 dollars per person. Reservations are required by mail or telephone.
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Baldwin
Midland Railway
Westport
Midland
Heritage Rail Corp
Midland Rail
Prairie Pioneer
P.O. Box
Kansas City
POW/MIA Month Observed by Local VFW Post 5901 Activities
The VFW Post 5901 and Auxiliary plan a September observance with a Weight-A-Thon starting Friday at 7 p.m. overpledges fund POW/MIA programs. Final weigh-in is Sept 29. A balloon release and POW MIA display on US-59 will honor Kansans listed as prisoners or missing in action. A hamburger feed and dance on Sept 15 supports the cause. proceeds aid POW MIA programs.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
VFW
Us-59
Ottawa
David Wooge
DPS nabs three Ottawans on drug charges
DPS deputies stopped a car in Forest Park for a traffic violation and found eight small containers of cocaine, $74 in cash, marijuana, and beer. Suspects Juan M Guerra 18 Chris Lee Loder 18 Ottawa RFD 4 and James L Large 19 are jailed on cocaine and marijuana possession suspicions in Franklin County.
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Department of Public Safety
Forest Park
Local Ad Blitz Sparks Fall Specials and Events
Frantic consumer notices list revamp cosmetics at Color Me Beautiful in Charlotte, Friday buffets at Hill House and The Alley discounts, dance nights at The Other Place and Peppers, breakfast at Kozy Kitchen, center satellite TV offer, a demolition derby entry forms at Cook's Service, and grocery deals at Ray's IGA including peaches and pears. Includes Holt House closure notice and a torn bag sale at Willis Garden Center.
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Pomona
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Peavier
Ottawa Country Club
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Ricky
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Cherry
DPS
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Chat & Curl
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Kozy Kitchen
Larry
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Kazy Kitchen
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