Tawney Family Hosts First Holiday Gathering in a Decade
Lowell Tawney and wife Carol welcomed the entire family for Christmas last year, with 10 grandchildren present. Relatives traveled from Shawnee, Fort Scott, Dallas, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, to share the holiday at home.
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Kansas City
Kan
Board backs away from elementary school closings
USD 290 parents sigh with relief as the board defers a proposal to close Eisenhower and Hawthorne elementary schools. Superintendent Jan Collins presents recommendations to keep all elementaries open for now and craft a long term facilities plan, with next review set for January.
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Hawthorne
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Usd 290
Collins
Jack Bushman
Bushman
Tawneys celebrate Christmas together after tough year
Lowell Tawney and wife Carol hosted a large family gathering in Lane for Christmas 2004. Relatives traveled from Fort Leonard Wood and other cities. Carol’s remission from ovarian cancer followed by surgery and hospital stays in late 2000 and early 2001 made the 2004 reunion especially meaningful.
Dear Santa Letters to Santa From Local Children
Dear Santa seeks doll stroller for Rory and Reggie Kale and thanks for last year’s gifts. Letter reproduces child handwriting with caution about interpretation and notes forwarding to Santa.
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Jolly Elf
Rory
Reggie Kale
Thane
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Holiday events line up for area groups and schools
Local and area groups offer holiday programs including Ottawa High School Winter Concert at the Ottawa University Chapel, Skilton Music Club at Carnegie Cultural Center, Garfield Elementary and Lincoln Elementary School Christmas programs, and Ottawa Library Story Time at The Depot with stories, hot chocolate and train play. Free and open to the public with parental accompaniment recommended.
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S. Main St
Ottawa
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Old Depot Museum
W. Tecumseh St
Franklin County faces jail overflow costs and leases
Franklin County Commission chair Don Stottlemire warned that prisoner overflow could cost more than 250000 annually. At a Monday meeting officials noted 19 inmates were sent to Allen County jail in Iola this weekend and 20 the prior weekend, signaling rising housing expenses.
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Franklin County Commission
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Stottlemire
Allen County
Iola
Midge Ransom Named to County Planning Commission
The Franklin County commission named Midge Ransom to the county planning commission. A hearing is set on budget changes. Commissioners will discuss costs of exporting prisoners versus building a new jail at a work session after the 8:30 a.m. meeting at the Ottawa courthouse. They also plan to revisit selling the Franklin County Annex and road improvements tied to a new U.S. 59 expressway.
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Stottlemire
Allen County
Don Hay
Jay Newton
S. Main St
Ottawa
Franklin County
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Stafford Terrace
American Eagle tax abatement hearing set in Ottawa
A public hearing is scheduled for December 21 on whether American Eagle Outfitters should receive a property tax exemption for a major expansion of its Ottawa distribution center. The plan doubles the facility to 540,000 square feet, adds jobs, and spans a 10 year abatement from January 2007 to December 2016. Company officials expect over 200 new jobs and say the project will boost the local economy. City Manager Weldon Padgett called the expansion potentially "huge benefits" for the area after a required cost benefit analysis.
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Herald
American Eagle Outfitters
Ottawa
Weldon Padgett
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