Smart jocks prove minds set on academics at Ottawa High
Ottawa High School coach Randy Clark says the 23 varsity players have a 3.37 GPA while the overall student body averages 2.64. He notes athletes often outperform nonparticipants and that education should come first with extra curriculars second. Freshman football 3.17, football 2.95, girls volleyball 3.18, wrestling 2.80, girls basketball 3.32.
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Ottawa High School
Randy Clark
Clark
Kansas
OHS
Kansas State officials weigh Rule 52 on free speech at games
The Kansas State High School Athletic Association faces challenges to its Rule 52 banning taunts at high school basketball games. The ACLU questions whether the ban infringes First Amendment rights while acknowledging sportsmanship requires crowd control. Local supporters argue free expression includes taunting, including chants and even newspaper reading during introductions.
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Kansas State High School Athletic Association
American Civil Liberties Union
Hutchinson
Art Long
Long
ACLU
Flint Hills Opry Brings Opry Style To Burlington Kansas
Area entertainers are building Flint Hills Opry in Burlington, opened Dec 9, using the Plaza Theater. The vaudeville style show features country bluegrass gospel and 1950s rock with magic and comedy. Regulars include Eddie Winslow David Adamson Roy Burgoon and Chely Wright s sister Charlene Daniels helps. Local talent joins guest spots as crowds near 300 each Saturday night. Concessions showcase Kansas products and the Wrights aim to expand reach beyond Nashville Branson and Missouri.
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Ottawa
Flint Hills
Country Music USA
Tennessee State
Burlington
Flint Hills Opry
Vaudevillian
County Line
Chely Wright
Fairwell
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Nashville
Roy Burgoon
Wellsville
Chely
David
Boogie Woogie
Bob Barcley
Adam Lynch
Mike Bellinger
Richard Barrett
Dan Wooge
Teresa Boswell
Donna Altic
Kansas
Luther’s Smokehouse
LeRoy
Louisburg Cider Mills
Cheri Wright
Tennessee
Missouri
Branson
Wrights
Gold Diggers and the Look of Fortune in a Lifetime
The narrator recalls a Southwestern summer chasing gold with his father and a lifelong fascination with prospectors. Katherine Summers, a Montana miner who finally struck it rich at 78 with Lotto America, embodies the gold hunter’s creed: the look for fortune is the thrill, the risk, and the journey, not mere wealth.
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Chloride
N.M
Southwest
Katherine Summers
Montana
Rockies
Missoula
Summers
Hitler
Stalin
Art and media debate prompts free speech defense
A writer expresses mixed views on Tipper Gore and censoring rock music and TV shows. They acknowledge concern over harmful content but defend press rights to cover all figures including questionable ones, echoing a belief in free expression amid controversy.
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Tipper Gore
Shapes and society clash over circles and censorship
The piece weighs geometric virtues of circles and squares against social standards and censorship. It argues circles are hard to draw, notes practical uses for squares, and discusses how markets, libraries, and media shape culture. It condemns cheap sensationalism while urging thoughtful debate.
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Bundy
Guns N’ Roses
Ant
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates List July 1989
Ottawa Herald announces subscription prices effective July 1 1989. Rates shown by delivery method include carrier Ottawa area motor route and mail options in Franklin and adjacent counties with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual tariffs.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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