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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 2005
Page
6
Ottawa High School senior Caleb Blakesley signed with the University of Kansas on national signing day marking the start of Division I recruiting. He calls it the beginning not an ending, noting four years of year round football await and big changes including workouts, two-a-days, and the season.
Ottawa High School halfback Vashon Perryman signed a letter of intent with the University of Oklahoma. Ottawa coach Pat Beeh credited Perryman with work ethic, camps, and track success that raised him to Division I status. Blakesley, a 6'5" 280-pound lineman, praised as a football prospect, likened to Steve Grogan and eyed at defensive end.
President Bush campaigns for Social Security changes amid divided Congress. He pitches reduced benefits for younger workers and personal accounts to create a nest egg. He declares the program must be permanently sound and tours five states, starting in North Dakota where Democrats hold Senate seats targeted for sway.
Voters will decide in under nine weeks if Kansas should join 17 states in a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage and denying civil unions and related benefits to gay couples. The ballot on April 5 would define marriage as between one man and one woman.
Roll call supporters say the amendment would preserve existing state policy while opponents warn it could harm unmarried heterosexual couples or block private firms from offering benefits to gay employees partners. The measure cleared the Kansas House on Wednesday to go on the ballot.
Ottawa officials approve 80 acres south of I 35 and east of US 59 and 300 acres near Fogle Quarry for annexation. Kent Granger requested the former, while Mark Clear led the latter, which is eyed for a wholesale nursery by the developer. Granger says his property is for sale with no planned use.
Ottawa High School sophomore Talla Hazen curled classmate Valerie Kuehen's hair at Jabez Salon and Spa Co. during the school's job shadow day. Hazen plans to pursue mechanic work in the U.S. Marine Corps while Kuehen considers cosmetology school.
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