This Week in History 1991 Ottawa Days Recap
Ten years ago Ottawa events covered December 2 to 8 1991. Auxiliary formed to support firefighters families and gifts. city funding agreement with Ottawa Area Chamber questioned. hospital administration changes at Ransom Memorial. wage concerns raised over local industry jobs. new Franklin County detention center issues. Pearl Harbor 50th anniversary memorial by VFW led by local veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Fire Department
Berlene Sellens
Ottawa
David Warren
City Commission
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County Economic Development Inc
OFCED
Len Daugherty
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Daugherty
HMP
Sue McFadden
Ottawa City Commission
McFadden
Commission
Franklin County Adult Detention Center
Pearl Harbor
Kansas Air National Guard
Ottawa Post
VFW
Don Anderson
David Bunch
Franklin County
Osawatomie
Robert Bennett
el Dorado
Hutchinson
Julia Child
Ottawa High School
Eleanor Myers
Franklin County Council of Aging
County Commission
National League of Cities
NLC
Denver
Fred Zook
Small Cities Advisory Council
Zook
United States
Claude Webb
Harold Letchworth
Gene Price
Marais Des Cygnes
Missouri
The
Herald
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa University
Eugene Field School
Sherrer rumor swirls over possible Washington post
Eleven months before the 2002 election, Lt. Gov. Gary Sherrer is said to have spoken with Washington officials about a potential job with the Surface Transportation Board. He says no offer was made, but the chatter suggests a possible transition that would force Governor Graves to appoint a replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Sherrer
Washington
Surface Transportation Board
Sherrer
FBI
Statehouse
Kansas
Bill Graves
Graves
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Carla Stovall
Glasscock
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Hawvernews.com
Admissions policy unfair to high achieving students
Edwin A. Locke argues that the University of California Regents new holistic admissions criteria undermine objective academic measures like SAT scores and grades. He warns the policy will favor subjective factors such as poverty, athletic or artistic ability and risk political bias, harming high achievers while privileging egalitarian aims.
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Board of Regents of
University of California
California
Berkeley
World Trade Center
Regents
University
Oprah Winfrey
Woon Goldberg
Ities
Oprah
Whoopi
Richard Atkinson
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Thy Katte
Ottawa Herald
Harris Group
Deaanng Sharp
S. Cedar
Ottawaherald
Frankin County
Bal Grey
Ken Kignar
Kkiiner
Attawaherald.com
Teo Milibarn
Rotewaherald.com
Cedar
Shorrer
Martin
By Edwin A. Locke
Ayn Rand Institute
Otvawaherak.com