OMS students reach out to the elderly
Ottawa Middle School Quest class under counselor Dorothy Chaney prompts teens to adopt elderly community members. Students pair with Ready and Able People groups, sending daily Christmas cards, gifts, and plans for visits. Several adoptions extend to birthdays and Valentine’s Day with ongoing friendship.
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OMS
Diane Yeamans
Herald
Ottawa Middle School
Quest
Dorothy Chaney
Jamie Daniels
T.a.s
Mollie Seiff
Laurie Firestone
T.A
Local Mid-America dairy store to close in Ottawa
The Mid-America Dairy Cheese Store and Farm Supply Store will close January 15 as part of a major cooperative restructuring. The Ottawa receiving station closed in October, ending milk intake from 20 eastern Kansas counties and about five million pounds monthly. 130 employees will lose their jobs, with milk shipments redirected from farm to processing plants in Sabetha or Chillicothe.
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Diane Yeamans
Mid-America
N. Main
Kansas
Jack Padley
Migrlaker
Kansas City
Mid- Am
Mid-Am
All-Star
Garett
Sabetha
Chillicothe
Fairmont and Zarda
Fairmont-Zarda
Bennett Creamery
Ottawa
Jackson Ice Cream
Dil Jon's
Jackson
Wall Street Mixed as Investors Brace for International Woes
Wall Street opened wary amid international tensions and questions over the Fed. The Dow Jones fell early but rose to 2630.20 by noon as traders awaited details after Guard Shevardnadze's resignation and monitored possible further Fed easing. IBM up 1%, GE up, AT&T down, and AMEX off.
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New York
Wall Street
Guard Shevardnadze
Bush
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Updated For 1990
The Ottawa Herald lists new delivery rates effective April 1 1990 for Ottawa and surrounding areas. Rates cover casher delivery by mail rural towns carar motor route and Franklin County adjacent counties with monthly quarterly six month and annual options.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
State of
Kanas
Weather Log From The Local Paper
Temperatures show a 55 degree reading yesterday with a month to date December average and year to date figures. Barometer stands at 30.06. Sunset tonight is 5.02 and sunrise tomorrow at 7.03.
Nursing homes press bid to lift Medicaid freeze in Kansas
In Topeka a federal hearing on an injunction to lift a state freeze on Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes neared closure. Attorneys for the two associations rested their case as the state planned a final witness. Judge Saffels aimed for a two week ruling. The suit alleges the one year freeze violates federal law by delaying adequate costs of care. The last witness, Russell Bellora, testified the frozen rates fail to cover expenses. former witness Lewis Allen, head Kansas Health Care Association, was killed in a car accident prior to the session.
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Topeka
Kan
U.S
Coun
Dale Saffels
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Dennis Taylor
Russell Bellora
Coffeyville
Medical Lodges Inc
Bellora
Lewis Allen
Kansas Health Care Association
Allen
Christmas Season Ad Briefs and Local Notices
Local ads list 20 percent off toys at Mr C s Hardware and 25 to 50 percent off winter wear at Fashion Alley. Christmas Eve candle service at Cantropolis Church and a Santa visit at Pesk s Super Saver. Jewelry sale hints at long term gifts. Community events include a jamboree, charity call for volunteers, and a Christmas drawing at Wellsville High School gym.
Court denies right to life support in Cruzan case
Missouri Supreme Court rejected a bid to force physicians to provide nourishment to Nancy Cruzan, 33, in a persistent vegetative state. Demonstrators gathered at a hospital as Randall Terry of Operation Rescue sought a meeting with Cruzan's parents to urge restoring feeding.
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Mount Vernon
Missouri Supreme Court
Nancy Cruzan
Kansas City
Terry
Missouri
Ms. Cruzan
U.S. Supreme Coun
Coun
Stay Quit Tip Day 30 Be a host and dine smart
The tip suggests hosting the family dinner to celebrate freedom from tobacco and keep the mind off cigarettes through shopping and cooking. If choosing to be a guest, prepare a low calorie dish, potentially an old favorite, to maintain diet control during the holidays and pay off after the festivities end.
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Josh Smith
Saffron
Maridee Devore
Candice Martinez
Cade Bien
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Tim James
Stephanie Schulz
Tabetha Montgomery
Cindy Smith
Kyle Erbert
Rachel Asher
Padley
Palley
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Fed
International Business
General Electric
American Express
American Telephone & Telegraph
NYSE
Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Jim A. Hitch
Terry Ostmayer
Jay Ramis
Ovens
Garol Ackermann
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Whitacre
Fress
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Woon
Iberal
Salina
Wichita
Perrier Ea Lam
Pittsburg
Ad Briefs
Mr. C's Hardware
S. Main
Cantropolis Church
Jay Thompson
Fashion Alley
Niger
Willis Garden Center
Cherry
Correction
County Kitchen
BJ. Humpitt’s
Crooks
Sutton's Jewelry
GUY & Mae's
Williamsburg
Sutton
Brass Ring Society
Lawrence
Assembly of God
13Th & Mulberry
OMA
Ottawa Sanitation
Santa Claus
Pesk
Pomona
Wellsville Chamber of Commerce
Wellsville High School
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