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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 2003
Page
8
The Ottawa Herald advertises daily bulletin board submissions for non commercial events open to the public. Items must be sent at least two days in advance by fax email or mail to Ottawa Kansas address with no phone calls.
The annual Christmas Bureau asks businesses groups and individuals to sponsor those in need. So far 323 families representing over 700 people applied for help, with only 10 food basket sponsors. Donations reach 675 of a 2500 goal. Call ECKAN at 242-7450 or 242-7515 for details or to sponsor a family.
Etta Semple, Kansas Free Thought leader and Ottawa hospital founder, is the focus of a talk by John Mark Lambertson at 1 p.m. Sunday. The talk, by the Committee of Reason, will be at Hogan Academy at Troost and Meyer Boulevard, Kansas City, and is open to the public.
Local groups plan meetings at Wellsville Senior Center Lane Pride and Franklin County Planning Commission. Water candle vigil for troops at Funk Farm Homewood. Ribbon cutting for Ottawa Area Chamber. Hope House Christmas giveaway 9 to noon. Elf for a Day at Ottawa Library. Mayor’s Tree Lighting in Richmond and Santa at Rantoul City Hall.
The Daily Report lists arrests: April Kaylen Ledom, 34, Princeton, cited at 1:27 p.m. Wednesday for driving while intoxicated and driving while suspended. released on bond. Michael A. Sluka, 20, Hallettsville, Texas, arrested at 8:29 p.m. Wednesday on domestic battery charge. released on $1,075 bond. Also notes accidents and medical emergencies on various streets.
County health and emergency staff push for a dedicated fire and emergency preparedness coordinator to bolster training, grants, and rural department representation. The role could absorb bioterrorism duties and offset salary costs with grants, while the county drafts a job description and seeks funding options.
Wellsville council ends year with safety upgrades approving two Ash Street lights and central air for the firehouse funded by the fire budget. Public works installed seven utility hole risers to level street surfaces amid parking and snowremoval concerns. Mayor Wilhite urged property clean up and a privacy fence between city shop and fire station. Meeting moved to December 30 to avoid New Year’s Eve conflicts.
Ottawa Herald photographer Laurie Sisk earned two awards in the Missouri Kansas AP Photo and Graphics Contest. She took second in News for a home fire in Ottawa and received an honorable mention in Feature for a photo of baseball legends Buck O Neal and Ted Double Duty Radcliffe.
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