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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 2003
Page
6
Ottawa Fire Causes Holiday Mantel Candle Fire
Ottawa firefighter Joe Shirck carried a smoldering bucket from a fire at 1320 S Willow Street. Fire Chief Jeff Carner said a candle and decorative mantel decor caused the blaze. damage was confined to the fireplace. Homeowner Golden Peterson was home and reported the fire around 2 10 p.m. Officials urged UL listed decorations, avoid circuit overloads, use proper extension cords, and extra caution with open flames during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Joe Shirck
S. Willow Street
Jeff Carner
Golden Peterson
Carner
Sugar Creek Development expands with eight new lots
Ottawa city commissioners approved a final plat boosting Barkdoll Construction’s Sugar Creek Development from about 122 to 130 houses in western Ottawa. The move vacates paper streets to fit eight more lots while development proceeds in phases amid annexation and code updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Ottawa City Commission
Sugar Creek
Barkdoll Construction
Seventh
Eighth
Beech
Pine
Ottawa
Fileen Marquis
Finance and Administration
Benny Bennett
Public Works Department
Gary Burns
Gasmart USA
Conoco-Phillips
Princeton Road
Ottawa Phillips 66
23Rd St
Weldon Padgett
Ottawa Main Street
Ben Martin Peck Animal Shelter
Dan Pickett
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Padgett
Internal Revenue
Jackson
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas Association of Counties
Bush Deficit Plan Faces Broad Political Resistance
President Bush seeks to halve a projected $500 billion federal deficit within five years, a target labeled too modest by conservatives and unattainable by analysts while Democrats mock it. The plan, to be included in the 2005 budget for Congress, faces skepticism about achieving a $250 billion deficit in five years amid large spending and political hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bush
Congress
Stephen Moore
Conservative Club For Growth
White House
Joshua Bolton
Capitol Hill
Struggle for Saddam death penalty after Halabja gas attack
Survivors of the 1988 Halabja chemical attack urge justice for Saddam Hussein and support for the death penalty in an Iraqi court. Amna Abdulqader, who lost seven relatives, argues for execution if possible, while international groups oppose it and push for a wartime tribunal with foreign judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halabja
Iraq
Amna Abdulqader
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Addam
Bush
Omar Khawra
Bakr
Abdulqader Hassan Mohammed
Narmin
Pomona Teacher Earns State Business Education Honor
Pomona High School educator Cheryl Thomas received the 2003 Secondary Business Educator award from the Kansas Business Educators Association. Nancy Groneman praised Thomas's longstanding excellence, noting the honor remains prestigious as fewer than 20 teachers are recognized from hundreds. Thomas expressed surprise and appreciation for the acknowledgment of her work and dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Kansas
Cheryl Thomas
Kansas Business Educators Association
Thomas
Nancy Groneman
The
Business Educators Association
Groneman
Emporia State University
Cheryl
Gompyer
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