OHS Student Auditions Shine in District 1 Choir Selection
Ottawa High School altos Nadia Piotrowsky Amanda McCurdy Kelly Gilliam and Nicole McCune auditioned for the Kansas Music Educators Association District 1. McCurdy was chosen to represent OHS and performed in a December 3 event at Olathe East with over 200 singers.
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Itawa High School
Kansas Music Educators Association
Baker University
Nadia Piotrowsky
Amanda McCurdy
Kelly Gilliam
Nicole McCune
OHS
Steve Strom
Strom
Ottawa
McCurdy
Olathe East
Baldwin High Receives Beef Council Grant
The Baldwin High School Home Economics department earned a $250 grant from the Kansas Beef Council for class labs to buy beef. The Beef Certificate Program gives Kansas high schools over $40,000 annually. Teacher Anita Faddis notes hands-on learning with fresh cuts is now possible. The package includes Cooking Today's Beef and emphasizes portion control and healthy cooking.
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Baldwin High School
Kansas Beef Council
Kansas
Anita Faddis
Voice of Democracy Winners Named in Kansas Second District
Dec. 7 Ottawa judging named Madgelyn Whitcomb Iola as first with a $300 bond. Tamara Suderman Lawrence took second earning $200, Mathilde Cook Louisburg placed third with $150. Sponsors include VFW Posts 1225 852 and 7348 plus Ladies Auxiliaries.
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Department of Kansas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Voice of Democracy
Ottawa
Madgelyn M. Whitcomb
Iola
Iola High School
VFW Post
Ladies Auxiliary
Whitcomb
U.S
Tamara R. Suderman
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Suderman
Mathilde A. Cook
Louisburg
VFW
LeRoy Niebaum
Darlene Ross
Ottawa Memorial Post
America
Central Heights FHA Attends National Cluster Meeting in Denver
Central Heights Future Homemakers of America and Pomona High School FHA members traveled to Denver for a three day national cluster conference. The event featured motivational speakers and workshops on teen issues and action, with 325 attendees from 14 chapters.
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Central Heights Future Homemakers of America
Pomona High School
FHA
Denver
Central Heights
Debbie Mack
Ardyce Wilson
Debbie Lambeth
Crystal Lambeth
Valerie Cutler
Tammy Moews
Matthew Lambeth
Burlington High School
Crysta Lambeth
April Fisher
Valeriel Cutler
Jill Noble
Abra Oram
Sponso Debbie Mock
Appanoose students run their own school paper
Nine girls in grades six through eight at Appanoose Grade School publish the Times a small-scale newsletter. Kandee Crane supervises the project calling it a newspaper on a very small scale. The first issue features Karla Green, the new principal, with Ginger Crane reporting.
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Appanoose
The
Times
Tomahawk Times
Kandee Crane
the Times
Ginger Crane
Karla Green
Crane
Green
Appanoose Times staff details and early issue content
Kandee Crane describes reporters Kristen Kiehl Jamie Bigham Aubrey Vaughn Tonya Harmon Kristina Young Michelle Devin Kylie Watts Stacey Hawkins and Ginger Crane as they publish the first Tomahawk Times. The paper includes stories on a fourth grade class rat feature and a third grade Day on the Farm trip, plus puzzles birthdays and a sports section.
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Crane
Tomahawk Times
Kandee Crane
Kristen Kiehl
Jamie Bigham
Aubrey Vaughn
Tonya Harmon
Parents as Teachers talk in Eudora features Pervis talk
Patricia Pervis of Children’s Mercy Hospital will present to Parents as Teachers on February 8 at Nottingham in Eudora. The talk “Re enforcing Positive Behavior” invites all residents and highlights early childhood development support, home screenings, and group sessions.
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Eudora
Patty Pervis
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Nottingham
Pervis
Ing
Dr. Christopherson
Pomona Student Wins School Geography Bee Title
Shaunna Driver, an eighth grader at Pomona Middle School, topped a field of 78 to win the school level National Geography Bee. She will take a written exam to qualify for the state competition. Runner-up was James Bond, with finalists Kenny Bowman, A J Worthington, Amanda Bounds, Aaron Thompson, Becki Cargo, Timmy Horton, Raymond Scott, and Marion Houston.
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Shaunna Driver
Pomona
Driver
Karen Driver
James Bond
Kenny Bowman
A.J. Worthington
Amanda Bounds
Aaron Thompson
Becki Cargo
Timmy Horton
Raymond Scott
Marion Houston
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories tops UK hardcover lists
Readers and bestsellers highlighted in Publishers Weekly list. Martin James Finn Gamer leads hardcover fiction with Politically Correct Bedtime Stories from Macmillan. Celestine Prophecy, Insomnia, Debt of Honor and Wings also chart high along with key nonficton and paperback titles.
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Publishers Weekly
James Finn Gamer
Macmillan
James Redfield
Warner
Stephen King
Vik
Tom Clancy
Putnam
Danielle Steel
Delacorte
John Paul II
Knopf
Tim Allen
Hyperion
Paul Reiser
Bantam
Rosie
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Kevin Kellium
Council
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VEW
Central Heights Fha
Ings
Chelsey Gannaway Baldwin High School
Baldwin and
Baldwin High
PC Bedtime
Rosie Daley
James Herriot
St. Martins
Michael Crichton
Ballantine
Ken Follett
Dell
Anne Rice
Betty J. Eadie
Bill Walterson
Andrews & McMeel
the Shipping News
E. Annie Proulx
S & S Touchstone
Jack Canfield
Mark Hansen
Health Communications
Es Mopar
Souui
Chesler
Randy Thompson
George Sell
A.F.U.E
Adamson Bros
Ottawa, Kansas
Dickinson
Iowa
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