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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 2005
Page
1
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Sony joins Microsoft and Nintendo in providing parental control options to limit access to violent video games. The ESA notes PS3 will include these controls, building on PS2 and PSP features, while Xbox 360 and Revolution plans already aim to restrict access by rating and online interactions.
New York City has launched the Rodent Control Academy to train city workers in humane baiting trapping and poisoning methods as part of a broad war on rats. Brooklyn native and instructor Bobby Corrigan debunks myths while detailing rat behavior from subway tunnels to apartments. Mayor Bloomberg cited rising rat complaints and record use of traps and poisons in the city’s annual report.
Santa will visit downtown Pomona on December 17 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Community Christmas Tree. Bring your list for Santa. Also note Drake Jewelry promotes diamond sparkles for gifts and Franklin County Health Dept closes all day Friday December 16 for staff meeting and in service.
This pre Christmas weekend offers many local activities from Weigand's Radio Shack to Goody's Maurices and the Kansas Alpaca Company on Kentucky Road. Visit Fiberwear Shop Saturday 10 am to 3 pm for gifts and cuddly alpacas then a Christmas tree at Peckhams Farm with evening wagon rides from Dunn's Landing. Santa visits Pomona Saturday 2 to 4 pm near the town Christmas tree. Enjoy Smokemasters barbecue and a Vassar Playhouse Christmas show at 6:30 pm. Evening wagon rides cost 3 dollars Fridays and Saturdays 5 30 pm to 9 pm. Friday trivia at Sand Bar 7 to 9 pm.
A weekly Ottawa area Out & About roundup lists events and activities. Highlights include All That Glitters at the Kansas History Museum in Topeka, a Great Wolf Lodge Snowland display in Kansas City Kansas, and a range of local programs at Ottawa libraries schools and centers with times, locations, and contact numbers.
A condensed schedule lists several Ottawa area meetings and events. Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon sessions run at Franklin County Mental Health Center, First Baptist Church, and First Christian Church. Eagles Ladies Auxiliary Christmas party, Franklin County Planning Commission, Prairie Flyers Christmas dinner, and Living Sober Group at Green Acres Restaurant and other local venues.
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