Etta Semple House Sold and Aimee Semple McPherson Ties
The Etta Semple house at 128 N Locust has been sold by Bob Black who notes winter sealing while the new owner plans renovations. The column recalls Aimee Semple McPherson born in Richmond and suggests potential kinship with Etta, recounting McPherson’s rise as a Los Angeles radio evangelist, the desert ordeal, disappearance and return, and the eventual creation of the Foursquare Churches network.
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Etta Semple
N. Locust
Bob Black
Black
Richmond
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Upton Sinclair
Sharon Falconer
Elmer Gantry
McPherson
Kingdom
McPherson Temple
Heavenly Sunshine Choir
Jte
Mom
Faye Dunaway
West
Middle West
Christmas spirit drives local charity efforts across Franklin County
The community rallies to aid needy families and cancer patients through Salvation Army bell ringers, ECKAN Christmas Bureau support for 233 Franklin County families, the Franklin County Independent Bikers toy drive, and Angel Tree donations at Wal-Mart. Nick Scott’s story prompts renewed generosity as holiday giving reflects the season’s true spirit.
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Santa
Salvation Army
ECKAN
East Central
Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
Franklin County
Main Street
American Cancer Society
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Wal-Mart
Herald
Nick Scott
Pomona
Reader Forum letters seek signed submissions in Ottawa Herald
Readers are invited to send hand signed letters with address and phone number to The Ottawa Herald at 104 S Cedar Ottawa Kansas 66067 or by email to letters ottawaherald.com Submissions must not exceed 500 words.
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The
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Open records clash over rail crossing safety ratings
A Kansas open records dispute centers on the Kansas Department of Transportation withholding railroad crossing safety ratings in southwest Kansas. The Garden City Telegram sought the data. the state argued records were notes on works in progress and would disrupt review processes. The Hutchinson News urges the department to release the ratings to inform public safety decisions and encourage input. Colby Free Press discusses a $12.4 billion transportation plan and potential funding through taxes and federal aid, noting the political debate and need for public funds.
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Hutchinson
State Department of Transportation
Garden City Telegram
Mike Rees
Transportation Department
Shawnee
Charles E. Andrews
Kansas
Rees
Ment
Transportation
Dean Carlson
Colby Free Press
Topeka
Mike Hayden
Atwood
Gay
Bill Graves
Reader Forum Candidate for Ottawa School Board
Mark Worley Sr. files for Ottawa Kansas School Board on December 18 pledging to focus on students and technology while preserving the old building and hearing community input. He notes 18 years in Kansas, 4 in Ottawa, two children in local schools, and invites contacts by phone email or mail.
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Office of School Board
Kansas
Ottawa
Neosho County Community College
Anti impeachment rally draws small turnout at Haley Park
In Ottawa, a brief Wednesday night protest at Haley Park drew about six to eight people amid cold weather and a weekday, reflecting public fatigue with the Clinton impeachment debate. The editors note the event was advertised in The Herald classified section.
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Ottawa
Haley Park
Clinton
Air Force One
Lax
Ken Starr
Henry Hyde
Rick Bullock
Herald
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