December Community Calendar Highlights and Local Events
Ottawa and Wellsville host a December calendar of gatherings including the Ottawa Community Arts Council Gallery of Gifts through December 23 featuring Vanita Chandler. A packed schedule covers Recycling Building hours, County Commission meetings, booster clubs, church groups, hospital events, parades, tours, performances, and municipal board sessions through mid month with multiple venues such as City Hall, Chamber of Commerce, and Ottawa University listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansom Memorial Hospital
Vanita Chandler
Wellsville
Ottawa
Community Arts Council
S. Elm
County Commission
Booster Club
Chamber of Commerce
City Commission
City Hall
Ottawa Christian Women’s Prayer
Princeton St
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County Conservation District Board
East 23Rd
First Baptist Church
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Metropolitan Ballet of
Wichita
Franklin County
TeamBank
Ottawa Recreation Commission
S. Main
Ottawa Christian Women
Ottawa University Student Union
City Planning Commission
Nel Association
Ransom Memorial
Kansas Veterans Commission
Ottawa Library
American Association of Retired Persons
Wichita art praised for thriving public sculpture collection
Susan Nichols of Save Our Sculpture praised Wichita for its strong outdoor sculpture collection including Waving Wheat at City Hall and Keeper of the Plains at the Mid-America All-Indian Center. The SOS chapter raised 190000 to restore Sedgwick County Soldiers and Sailors Monument and supported school commissions amid calls for ongoing assessment and grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichita
Kan
Wichita
America
City Hall
Wichita State University
Susan Nichols
Save Our Sculpture
Smithsonian National Museum of American Art
Kansas City
Nichols
Soldiers and Sailors
Sedgwick County
Dora Timmerman
Blackbear Basin
Mid-America All-Indian Center
Wichita Sos
SOS
Horace Mann
Minorities and tech focus of cities meeting
Kansas City report on the National League of Cities conference notes minority opportunities in education and contracting. William Spriggs, National Urban League researcher, says magnet schools deny broad access and urges cities to boost minority participation in government projects amid a 4,000-strong gathering addressing technology youth and public policy. Y2K concerns loom with a proposed federal Y2K disclosure resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy
Clark
Ansas City
Penang
America
William Spriggs
National League of Cities
Spriggs
National Urban League
al Gore
New Jersey
Bill Bradley
League
Student Brings Real Gun to Westside Elementary
An eight-year-old student at Westside Elementary in Pittsburg Kansas faces a potential year-long suspension after bringing an unloaded handgun to recess and showing it to classmates. The incident, initially thought to involve toy guns, was reported Nov. 27 following parents’ calls. The district scheduled a long-term suspension hearing for Dec. 7 while another student serves a five-day punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
John Keller
Westside
Keiter
Keller
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Neosho County Community College
Beech
Red Cross
Faith Lutheran Church
Ottawa University
Dietrich Cabin In
First Baptist C
Chamber Board of Directors
The
Communication and Image Committee
First Christian Church
Eleventh and Cedar
Board of Education
Fourth and
Walnut
Quilter’s Guild
Elliott Hall
Veteran’s Memorial Committee
Celebration Hall
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Sirloin Stockade
Unified School District
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Neosho County
Fay Cole
Ottawa Art Guild
Kansas Cellular
Sonic
Www
Kansa
Llar
Wichita Public Art
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