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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1999
Page
6
Area Sampler Head To Speak At Chamber Meeting
Marci Penner executive director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation will address the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce 71st Annual Meeting January 8 at Ottawa University Student Union. The festival in Forest Park aims for 10000 visitors showcasing Kansas merchandise and attractions. Reservations with RSVP by January 2 and a chamber电话 242 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marci Penner
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa University Student Union
Penner
Foundation
Milford Penner
Ottawa
Kansas
Forest Park
State Graves to skip Statehouse New Year's gala
Gov. Bill Graves will not attend the Statehouse gala as organizers expect 1000-plus attendees for a New Year’s Eve event. He prefers bed by 10 p.m. and will watch the Holiday Bowl on Dec 29, then spend time with family before the 2000 Legislature begins Jan 10. Graves plans a quiet Christmas at home in Mission Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Statehouse
Bill Graves
Linda
Katie
Graves
Mission Hills
Students turn back the clock at Ottawa Middle School
Sixth graders presented Best of the Century projects covering decades from the 1900s to the 1970s. Jill Spratt found a November 1926 Ladies Home Journal with ads for Campbell’s Soup and Oldsmobile, while others showcased Babe Ruth, poodle skirts, Beatle records, and Watergate era notes. Students used the Internet for research and may create a time capsule for eighth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Woodstock
OMS
Jill Spratt
Ladies Home Journal
Campbell’s Soup
Paramount Pictures
Oldsmobile
Eureka Vacuums
Miriam Lemp
Amanda Rush
Hattie Myers
Katie Melia
Rusti Zook
Rush
Babe Ruth
Janice Joplin
Joleen Alexander
Alexander
Retired Ottawa teacher wins Rotary Service Above Self award
Marian Alderman, a long time Ottawa resident active in libraries, Sunday school and various groups, received the Rotary Club quarterly Service Above Self award for her decades of volunteer work. She delivers Meals on Wheels since 1982, helps homebound readers, and supports Midland Hospice among other duties while noting she no longer has the energy for a full teaching load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Alderman
Alderman
Ottawa
Eugene Field
Eisenhower
First Baptist Church
Ottawa Rotary Club
Ottawa Public Library
Midland Hospice
Ottawa University
Old Depot Museum
Dietrich Cabin
Lawmakers Set Tight Budget Agenda for Kansas Session
Kansas lawmakers open Jan 10 with Gov Graves budget plan for FY 2001 and current year. He pledges cuts to rebuild shrinking reserves. Priorities include public schools higher education and social services. Health care farm economy Hog farms regulation abortion taxes loom. election year likely light on hot button issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Kessinger
Topeka
Kansas
Bill Graves
Senate
House
Couple receives presidential congratulations on 58th anniversary
Harold and Josephine Tetwiler of Ottawa received a surprise note signed by President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulating them on their wedding anniversary. Married Dec 28, 1941, they are long time residents aged 88 with one son and four grandchildren. Harold is a former car dealer and Josephine a former teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Ludwig
Herald
Harold
Josephine Tetwiler
Ottawa
Bill Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Tetwilers
Clintons
Tetwiler Motors
Graves rejects proposed vouchers in Kansas pilot plan
Governor Bill Graves rejected a pilot school voucher proposal from House Majority Leader Kent Glasscock. The plan would run three years for up to 300 persons, using tax dollars to empower parents to choose public or private schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Bill Graves
Graves
Statehouse
House
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Clos
Joyce
Glasscock
Ottawa City Hall and offices close for holiday
Ottawa City Hall county offices district court and post office and library close Friday for the holiday with operations to resume Saturday. Friday pharmacy hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kramer Drug opens 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Ottawa Herald will not publish Saturday December 25. Channels TV guide appears in Fricey editions.
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Crac Neces
Tulsa
Okla
Koch Industries
Koch
U.S
Terry Kern
Bill Koch
Wichita
Kan
Ron Bishop
Ottawa Middle School
Rotary
Ottawa City Hall
Post Office
Ottawa Library
Kramer Drug
Ottawa Herald
TV Guide
Fricey
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