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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 2002

Page

7

Weather outlook: colder with sun breaks this week

The forecast calls for tonight to be colder and partly cloudy with lows in the lower 30s. Thursday will be partly sunny with highs in the upper 40s and again partly cloudy Thursday night with mid 20s temperatures. Page 12.

NCCC names Cornell administrator as new college president

Dr. Vicky Smith, senior program director at Cornell University, was hired to lead Neosho County Community College. She plans a Jan 6 start at the Chanute central campus and will visit the Ottawa branch periodically as she reviews budgets and enrollment trends to craft a fiscal plan. Eldridge welcomes her emphasis on community college ties and strategic reforms to lift accreditation probation.

Andy Gassaway Illinois Midwest Mark Eldridge Neosho County Community College Ottawa Vicky Smith Institute of Community College Development Cornell University Ithaca N.Y NCCC Eldridge Community College Kansas Higher Learning Commission North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Smith NCA Neosho County Mili Levy Chanute

Single Mom Seeks Answers to Parenting Struggles

A single mother questions her choices and seeks guidance on being a better parent. She wonders if she is yelling too much and whether her efforts are enough while caring for her child.

Single parenting in Franklin County faces tough paths

This first in a four part series follows Michelle Dusang an Ottawa resident who became a single mother in 1998 and confronts financial emotional and social tolls. She quit smoking drinking and dating focusing on Jacob born in 1999 amid rising out of wedlock birth rates nationwide and in Kansas.

Franklin County Vickie Moss Herald Michelle Dusang Dusang Jacob Kansas Kansas Department of Health and Environment Oklahoma United States KDHE U.S. Census Bureau

Sebelius Will Not Undo Graves Aid Cut For Cities Counties

Gov elect Kathlee n Sebelius will not rescind Bill Graves 48 million withheld from cities and counties. A lawsuit by 79 counties 186 cities Wyandotte County Unified Government Kansas City and state groups asks the Kansas Supreme Court to restore the aid planned to close a 312 million deficit. Sebelius takes office Jan 13 and defers budget fixes to Graves while drafting a 2004 fiscal plan.

Associated Press Topeka Kathleen Sebelius Bill Graves Doug Mays Wyandotte County Kansas City Kansas Association of Counties League of Kansas Municipalities Graves Kansas Supreme Court Sebelius

Gallery of Gifts season ends with book signing

Ottawa Community Art Council closes Gallery of Gifts and Carnegie Cultural Center for the year with a book signing by retired architect Bob Marsh. Marsh recently released a book on banus and will sign from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, with books available for sale.

Herald News Ottawa Community Art Council Carnegie Cultural Center Bob Marsh Mary Anne Whiteford Art Council Marsh Gallery of Gifts Arts Council

Survey tracks status of elderly in Franklin County

More than 40 percent of Franklin County women age 65 or over live alone, versus about 17 percent of men in the same age group. Kansas ElderCount 2002 provides an apples to apples statewide and county view, with 86 percent of county citizens 65 or older registered to vote and 29 percent of county men 66 or older still in the labor force.

Franklin County Kansas Mercedes Bern-Klug Kansas Elder Count University of Kansas Medical Center Center On Aging Kansas Department On Aging

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