Daily report notes and incidents from Ottawa area agencies
Admissions Tuesday include Dorothy Cooper of Ottawa. Dismissals include Dorothy Hardin and Doris Beers. Harold Herman, 66, Garnett, arrested on a Franklin County warrant for worthless checks. Thefts report log splitter ($1,100+). Protective custody for a 41-year-old Ottawa woman in a personal crisis. Three juveniles runaways tied to Topeka PD, returned to Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center. Vandalism involves a shot-out window on a 600 block East Wilson Street vehicle. Non injury crashes: Mesick, Face, and Jones Jr. cited for inattentive driving and speeding. Alarm activation on Davis Ave. Fire and police activity noted.
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Sheriff's Department
South Main Street
Harold Herman
Garnett
Franklin County
Sheriff's Department News
N. Mulberry Street
East Logan Street
Topeka
East Wilson Street
Ottawa
South Walnut Street
Scott Mesick
East 23Rd Street
Karia Face
Taylor Broers
Logan and
Davis Streets
Scott Jones Jr
Stephen Stickney
Jones
Markets end 2009 with little change as PMIs lift spirits
New York stocks finish the penultimate trading day of 2009 with modest gains despite slipping commodity prices. The Chicago PMI rose to 60.0 in December signaling ongoing Midwest manufacturing expansion for a third straight month, while a stronger dollar restrained gains and highlighted year end caution. Investors await rate moves as 2009 closes with the S&P 500 up about 25 percent. Grain and farm quotes from Ottawa and Franklin County provide late trade details.
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New York
Midwest
Chicago
Federal Reserve
Ing
Standard & Poor
Ottawa History: New Decade Begins with Global Frontier
Today in Ottawa History reflects on the closing of the 1950s and the dawn of the 1960s, noting the worldwide shift as humanity embarks on a new frontier. The prose ties the era to technological triumphs and a renewed push in space exploration.
Obituary for Richard Horace Creighton of Pomona
Richard Horace Creighton a 75 year old Mobile native and Pomona resident died Sunday December 27 2009. He was a 1965 University of Alabama School of Engineering graduate and a retired mechanical engineer who worked for International Paper C T Main Stone Webster. He is survived by wife Jane and children Lance Beuttel and Julie Rubin all of Pomona and brothers Walter and Gene Creighton. Funeral services will be 11 am Saturday January 2 2010 at Semmes First Baptist Church with visitation from 9 am. Interment at Semmes First Baptist Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Funeral by Rodney Funeral Home Mobile Alabama.
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Richard Horace Creighton
Mobile
Ala
Pomona
Mr. Creighton
University of Alabama School of Engineering
International Paper Company
C.T. Main Engineering Corporation
Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation
Creighton
Merle
Myrtle Creighton
Jane Creighton
Lance Beuttel
Jane
Julie Rubin
Walter Creighton
Alice
Semmes
Gene Creighton
Mary
Apex
N.C
Jeremy
Ian
Kent
Charlie
Piepie Beuttel
Semmes First Baptist Church
A.m
Semmes First Baptist Cemetery
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Place
Memphis
Rodney Funeral Home
Dauphin St
Laurence Dean Spratt obituary in Ottawa Kansas
Laurence Dean Spratt 82 of Ottawa died December 29 2009 at Christian Care Cottage Ottawa. Funeral 10 a m Saturday at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home Ottawa with burial at Peoria Cemetery. He was born January 15 1926 in the Rantoul area and was a carpenter farmer and mail carrier. Survivors include son Laurence Dean Spratt Jr and daughters Cynthia Hamiston Clathe Mona Graike. grandchildren and great grandchildren. Preceded by a son Larry Spratt and brother Clifford Spratt. Memorials to Parkinsons Foundation or Ruhamah Baptist Church.
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Laurence Dean Spratt
Ottawa
Christian Care Cottage
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Evah O
Ischy
Howard W. Spratt
Rantoul
Silver Valley School
Rantoul High School
Rantoul Elementary School
Ruhamah Baptist Church
Laurence Dean Spratt Jr
Kathleen
Carolyn
Lucas
Nathaniel
Davian
Olivia
Zachary
Cecelia
Kahler
Brookelynn
Mylee
Henry
Clifford Joseph Spratt
Larry Dean Spratt
Peoria
Parkinson's Foundation
Lamb-Roberts Funeral
2009 laws take effect in 2010 across states
Texting while driving bans expand in New Hampshire Oregon and Illinois making 19 states outlaw texting while driving. North Carolina begins a smoking ban in bars and restaurants with limited exceptions. California moves toward a partial ban on artificial trans fats in restaurants starting Friday with harsher rules by 2011. Massachusetts bans dog race entertainment. New Hampshire converts civil unions to marriages after 2011.
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Scott Bauer
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
North Carolina
Virginia
American Lung Association
Florida
Michigan
Arkansas
Wyoming
Coalition For
America
New Hampshire
Oregon
Illinois
Governors Highway Safety Association
Jesse White
Tina Derby
Warner, N.H
Derby
Bentonville
Massachusetts
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Daily Report
Dorothy Cooper
Dorothy Hardin
Doris Beers
Quenemo
U.S
Police Department News
Davis Avenue
Ottawa Fire Department
N. Davis Ave
Ottawa Co-op
Usda Farm Service Agency
Ottawa Herald
Louis Reed
Jean Patt
Himbertey, Paul
Clare, Chloe & the Franddogs
Orscheln
Jivannons
Princeton Rd
Cottonwood Animal Hospital
N. Hwy
Larry E. Mages
D.V.M
Trent A. Lancaster
D.V
Laura E. Erwin
Ottawa Veterinary Hospital
Ed Smith
J.C. Smith
Lisa Stadler
Mi Mi
MS. Priss
Emmett Emmett
Ottawa Animal Control
Ben Martin Peck Animal Shelter
Bmpas
HAHS
Petsmart
115Th & Metcalf
Overland Park
PETCO
Bmpas.org
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