Ottawa retailers report steady holiday shopping season
Ottawa stores report a solid holiday period with sales in line with or above last year. Budges Sports Center co owner Brenda Boldra notes sales were perhaps twice as strong, aided by 25 off everything after Thanksgiving and better inventory. Sears Roebuck and Co owner Don Higgins says sales were steady, improving toward Christmas. Radio Shack co owner Dan Shannon cites record days but overall similar to last year. Sutton's Jewelry owner Cathy Sutton sees slightly lower sales as shoppers buy cheaper gifts. Stores plan post Christmas sales to clear inventory.
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Darrin Peschkr
Herald
Ottawa
Brenda Boldra
Budges Sports Center
S. Main
Boldra
Franklin County
Don Higgins
Sears Roebuck and Co
Higgins
Dan Shannon
Radio Shack
Shannon
Sutton’s Jewelry Inc
Cathy Sutton
Sutton
Darrin Peschka
Ottawaherald
Kwanzaa Celebrated Across Nation After Christmas
Laura Potter reports on the 1966 created African-American holiday Kwanzaa, its seven principles unity self determination collective work and responsibility cooperative economics purpose creativity and faith, and seven symbols including the mat candles and unity cup. Ottawa Mayor Richard Jackson notes it is a celebration of unity rather than a religious holiday.
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Maulana
Ron Karenga
University of California
Karenga
Janus Adams
Ottawa
Richard Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr
Barbara Ann Teer
National
America
Kwanzaa
Imani
Jackson
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald.com
White Christmas joy inspires Sudanese teens and volunteers
The Associated Press reports snow charms Sudanese refugees Deng and Garang, soon to be resettled in the U.S., while across the nation Christmas spreads through charity and kindness. Celebrities in Los Angeles help at a meal and toy drive for 2,500. In Wisconsin, Mike DeRosa serves breakfast for hundreds. The Roeder family in Tampa visits Tampa General Hospital with gifts for Bubbie, a brain tumor survivor, who returns to class after surgery.
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Associated Press
Peter Deng
Clement Garang
Sudan
U.S. State Department
America
Deng
Africa
Valerie Smiley
Lansing
Mich
Los Angeles
Carrie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Dick van Dyke
Mike DeRosa
Burger King
Eau Claire
Wis
DeRosa
Roeder
Tampa
Fla
Calm Christmas Night In Ottawa With Snow and Warnings
Ottawa residents enjoyed a quiet Christmas as a light snowfall added to the season’s total. Chief Jeff Herrman urged awareness of the city snow routes and warned that vehicles parked on them will be towed. He noted a few non injury accidents amid brisk weather and advised bagging new gifts to avoid theft. Nearby, a candlelight memorial for a homeless woman at New York’s Grand Central Terminal drew about 60 people. A solar eclipse dimmed skies across much of North America, while winter weather caused crashes in AR, OK, and northern TX.
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Herald
Ottawa Police Department
Jeff Herrman
Ottawa
Herrman
Bobbie
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Mama Dee
North America
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Karen Boyer
State weighs highway funding amid Dodge City road tests
AP reports on U S 50 east of Dodge City where trucks bend pavement at 60 mph and lawmakers question how the Department of Transportation evaluates repair needs. KDOT is reexamining formulas in use for over a decade as officials seek a clearer funding method.
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Dodge City
U.S. 50
Department of Transportation
KDOT
Topeka
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