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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 2003
Page
8
The Ottawa Herald requests event notices be submitted two days or more in advance by fax email mail or in person. Non commercial events open to the public may be announced free of charge and no phone calls are accepted.
The Prairie Flyers Experimental Aviation Agency chapter hosts its annual Christmas celebration at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Sirloin Stockade on Princeton Road. No gift exchange. buffet pay your own. Regular meeting set for 9 a.m. Dec. 27 at Ottawa Municipal Airport. Ottawa High School Holiday Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the University Chapel features the Concert Band, Concert Choir, Cytones, Girls Glee Club, and Paragons Ensemble. Peoria Township to meet at Briles School at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Ottawa Recreation Commission holds a 6 30 p m work session at City Hall. Wellsville Planning Commission meets at 7 p m at Wellsville City Hall. Le Leche League meets at Ransom Memorial Hospital conference room with contact numbers. Baldwin Bird Club gathers at Baldwin Grade School. Union Order of Eastern Star meets at Masonic Temple. PATH exercise group runs 9 00 to 10 40 a m at Don Woodward Center. Kiwanis lunch at Radish Patch. Gingerbread House Construction at Ottawa Library 5 00 to 7 00 p m. Ottawa High School Holiday Concert at Ottawa University Chapel. Radial Angel Christian rock at Ottawa Middle School. Franklin County Planning Commission meets 7 30 p m at the County Annex.
Admissions Monday include Rose Marie Bingham and Shawn Shults, both Ottawa, with Doris Brown also listed. Dismissals feature Neil Anderson and Kandice Gregg with family, Angela Moland, Ottawa, and later Rose Marie Bingham, Mary Fields with son Garnett, and Dorothy Gifford. Police arrests at Franklin County Jail include Eric Crump, Heather Wixom, and Johnathan Ingram, all linked to 831 N. King St., with charges ranging from obstruction of legal process to aiding a felon. all remain in jail with bonds set or pending. Numerous traffic crashes and EMS incidents are recorded on I-35, Sand Creek Road, K-68, Eisenhower Road, and Main Street, with injuries reported and several hospital transports to Ransom Memorial Hospital. Additional road incidents include collisions near Arkansas Road, and a tow of a struck vehicle on various city streets with no injuries in some cases. Ambulance calls are logged for multiple blocks in Monday and Tuesday.
Budge's Sports at 208 South Main Street Ottawa will be auctioned to empty shelves starting 10 a.m. Saturday. Griffin Auctions owner Buddy Griffin says big discount stores squeeze small retailers while owner Bob Boldra plans to return to teaching and coaching. The store, part of Budge's Hardware history, has stood for about 35 years and will auction all stock from baseball gloves to college T shirts, with high interest expected from local sports participants.
Wellsville residents and city officials welcomed a test of Railroad Controls Limited new stationary horn system at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe crossing. Installation depends on City Council and BNSF approval and funding from KDOT. Local officials noted reduced noise and easier communication compared with traditional train horns.
Historic Abilene Inc. president Terry Tietjens completed a seven acre purchase of Old Abilene Town and Museum with a plan to create New Old Abilene Town similar to Silver Dollar City. The $7 to $8 million project would cover 16 to 20 acres with entertainment dining and craftspeople while seeking state grants. Existing historic buildings would be refurbished and the opera house transformed into a theater.
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