Christmas Eve services and luminary display announced
Ottawa churches schedule Christmas Eve services with a Grace Episcopal Festival Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. and a 10 a.m. carol sing. Rockwood Acres hosts an annual luminary display at dusk, weather permitting, with over 1800 lights along the drive. Meals on Wheels gains a $100 grant to support about 10,565 monthly meals across five counties.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Fifth and Locust
Ottawa
Rockwood Acres
Rockwood Ra
Meals On Wheels
Mid-America
Obituaries Continued From Pa Local Widely Known Figures
Obituary notes include Jaethes Anderson Charity coordinator for East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp. ECKAN. marriages, survivors, and funeral details for Maxine L Waln Thornton of Wellsville, died December 22, 1997, with services in Wellsville and burial in Ruhamah Cemetery Rantoul. Memorials to Christ Gospel Church or youth recreation programs.
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Jaethes Anderson
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
ECKAN
Bernard Hesse
Topeka
John
Brent
Allen Hesse
Julie Katzer
Carla O'Conner
Jill Hesse
Jennie Hesse
Patricia Jenkins Gehr
Zoe Gehr
Farris-Feuerborn
Garnett
Greeley
Maxine L. Waln Thornton
Wellsville
Olathe
Gardner Rehabilitation Center
Wilson and Son
Ruhamah
Rantoul
Goser
Edna (Chapman) Smith
Melvern
Christ Gospel Church
Baldwin
James Waln
Paola
William
Joe
Mike Waln
Edgerton
Don Waln
Jones
Okla
Daniel Waln
Eudora
Sandra Drake
Glenda Courtney
Osawatomie
Margaret Hugill
Buckner
Velva Merriott
Independence
Bob Smith
Washington
Bill” Waln
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Sheriff Police News Summary
Dismissals Teresa Adams and daughter in Rantoul on Monday. Incidents include child abuse report unfounded. Cecil Porter Jr., 15, identified as runaway. Arrests Steven Harris, 19, held on city warrant. Sean Pedrow, 20, cited on DUI and drug charges and released to appear in municipal court. Rape reported at Canterbury Court.Police continuing investigation. Numerous thefts and vandalism reported across Ottawa area with detailed dates and locations. Ambulance calls logged for Fall and medical emergencies along Labette Road.
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Teresa Adams
Rantoul
Sheriff's News
Jackson Road
Sheriff's Department
Cecil Porter Jr
North State
Richmond
Police
Steven Anthony Harris
Osage County
Franklin County
Sean M. Pedrow
14Th Terrace
15Th and
Mulberry
Pedrow
Lincoln
Ottawa
Canterbury Court
Larry J. Callahan
S. Locust
South Princeton
Darrell D. Larkin
Brenda Joyce Falls
S. Maple
Clifford Ethan Evans
Princeton Lot T
Larry Wayne Shurlock
Bard No. 10
Deanna R. Diamond
Princeton
East Central Vocational Cooperative
A Automotive
South Walnut
North Oak
Virginia Road
Labette Road
Betty Leads Class Food and Toy Drive for Families
Betty Holzhuter encouraged her daughter's class to provide a used toy or book for a Christmas gift drive while student families donated enough food for 80 to 90 pounds. A bicycle and a three wheeler were also given. The gifts were wrapped by students and delivered with Christmas carols, and Betty hopes the effort becomes an annual tradition to aid those in need.
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Betty
Holzhuter
Emotional impact as Huff sentenced in deadly crash case
The article details reactions to a judge denying requests for a shorter sentence and for institutional treatment. It covers statements from Huff's lawyer Joyce Fackler Hendrix, victim Kathleen Bowman and family, and witnesses including Benita Welborn, with emotional testimony from the 13 year old grandniece of Kirkland and Bowman's daughter. The narrative notes the defendant’s professed need for medication and implies ongoing family trauma and safety concerns.
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Huff
Joyce Fackler Hendrix
Larned’s
Sachse
Teacher licensure plan moves forward with regulations focus
The state advances toward performance based licensure in three parts regulations standards and assessments. Public hearings in March and April gathered feedback with a revised plan in August. The January target shifts to regulations as the first vote ahead while standards and assessments await regulation decisions. Commissioner Tompkins said work hinges on knowing supported regulations.
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State Board of Education
Andy Tompkins
Education
Ottawa reforms target new teacher licensing and special ed
Ottawa educators discuss a sweeping reform plan focused on licensing shifts for developmental stages and special education. The proposal would apply to new graduates, removing labels for many disabilities and creating four certification categories adaptive enhanced deaf and hard of hearing and visually impaired. Local educators express both support and concerns about implementation and district flexibility as hearings continue.
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Ken Bungert
Kansas State Department of Education
Ae Re ‘Enue
Sprovie Mn Educational Poat
Shepherd
Bungert
Teri
Howard
Ottawa
Memorabilia Shops Sell Morbid and Presidential Themed Items
Ewing, director of a small museum notes nostalgia for items from I Love Lucy fans. Los Angeles County coroner's office gifts include seal items like shirts hats mugs and towels. Tattoos by Paul Massaro in Buffalo sells skulls from lizards to bobcats with prices up to 329 for an alligator skull. White House gift shop offers Socks the stuffed seal and golf towels with Secret Service logo plus gold adorned beer mugs. Louise Hayden of Washington says authentic look and unique insignia drive interest.
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Coroner's Office
Paul Massaro
Buffalo
White House
Secret Service
Ottawa Commissioners Lay 1998 State Legislative Agenda
Ottawa city commissioners outlined a 1998 Kansas Legislature agenda including a four-lane US 59 project from Ottawa to Lawrence, tighter driver license hearing controls, authority to collect non-traffic municipal court fees, and Prairie Spirit Rail Trail additions. They also oppose retail wheeling and planned to proclaim January 19 1998 as Martin Luther King Jr Day.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Lambers
Lawrence
Jeff Herrman
The
Commission
Martin Luther King Jr
City Commission
Residents oppose NCCC tax levy in petition drive
Neosho County taxpayers protest the Neosho County Community College capital outlay levy renewal. Wendell Bowyer backs a public vote amid tax worries, questioning Ottawa campus spending while NCCC officials say funds have not been used there since 1987 and are not allotted for Ottawa.
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Chanute
HNL
Neosho County
Nccc Board of Trustees
Wendell Bowyer
Bowyer
NCCC
Ottawa
Les Longberg
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Bulletin Board
KCVA
Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
City Hall
S. Hickory
Vermont St
Williamsburg
His Way Ministries
His Way Chapel
Finney Road
First United Methodist Church
Melcher
the Daily Report
Nifer
Bowman
Grandma
Kirkland
By Carol Crapper
Harris News Service
Carol Shepherd
Hays
Steve Abrams
Arkansas City
Wanda Morrison
Hutchinson
Schools of Education
Karen Gallagher
Reform Committee
University of Kansas School of Education
Charles Leftwich
Fort Hays State University
Louise Hay
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