Oasis Club Meets and Pays Tribute in Ottawa
The Oasis Club at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Jan 27 with 39 members and one guest honored Lorraine Max who recently died for her community and church work. A $100 donation to the Girls Club was voted in her memory as Betty Malburg won the door prize and Shirley White joined. next meeting Feb 10. The Ottawa Horticulture Study Club also met Jan 28 at the Ottawa Country Club with floral displays, a knee high gardening pilot program planned, and Linda Yardley winning a door prize. Kansas State University’s Air Force ROTC named new spring 1998 cadet officers with Dustin Grant as Bravo flight adjutant. Becky Rossman elected Phi Mu sorority director at Baker University. State Education Department lists Child and Adult Care Food Program participants for 1997-98 with centers across Baldwin, Garnett, Lyndon, Osage City, Ottawa, Overbrook and more.
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Oasis Club
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Henry Roberts
Lorraine Max
Elliotte Barnes
Carl Bobbish
Ottawa University
Max
Betty Malburg
Shirley White
Horticulture Club
Ottawa Horticulture Study Club
Ottawa Country Club
Frances Warnock
ROTC
Kansas State University
Air Force Rotc
Dustin Grant
Ottawa
Bravo Flight
Sorority
Rossman
Becky Rossman
Phi
Phi Mu Sorority
Baker University
Robert and
Vi Rossman
Princeton
Central Heights
State
Kansas State Department of Education
Baldwin
Baldwin Schools
Garnett
Little Peoples Learning Center Inc
Lyndon — Three Lakes
Kansas higher education plan advances funding overhaul
The Kansas House Select Committee on Higher Education approves a five year plan to restructure governance and boost funding. The proposed $1.15 billion spend over five years averages $230 million annually, with increases totaling roughly $76.4 million above governor Graves’s request in the coming year and rising amounts in fiscal years 2000 onward.
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Topeka
Kan
House Select Committee On Higher Education
Kansas
David Adkins
R-Leawood
Tim Shallenburger
Baxter Springs
Bill Graves
AAUW Grants Fund Computer Workshops for Ottawa Girls
A $1,040 grant from the AAUW Educational Foundation will help fund two computer workshops for middle school girls in Ottawa. The Girls Club will host sessions on February 14 and March 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with up to 32 participants. Susan Smith and Smith Consulting of Burlington will lead training on word processing and spreadsheets, using booklets as a yearlong resource. The club seeks donated computers and printers to expand access for girls without home systems.
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Ottawa
Educational Foundation of the American Association of University Women
Doris King
AAUW
King
Susan Smith
Smith Consulting
Burlington
King Sai Smith
Ottawa Girls Club
Friends Net Filter Sparks Research Problems at Wichita University
At Friends University in Wichita, administrators deployed Net Nanny to block indecent material after a porn email spread to many users. President Bilf Green frames it as balancing World of information access with campus standards, while a flawed filter hinders valid research needs. He warns the measure may not last if issues persist.
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Wichita, Kan
Friends University
Christian University
Bilf Green
Green
Grant to ECKAN Funds Volunteer Clearinghouse in Kansas
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp receives 12000 from the Community Service Foundation of Kansas to fund a volunteer clearinghouse. Each of Franklin Anderson Osage Lyon Coffey and Miami counties gets 2000 to link volunteers with service groups through a regional program.
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East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
ECKAN
Franklin
Anderson
Osage
Lyon
Coffey
Miami
Community Service Foundation of Kansas
Gulf diplomats seek end to Iraq crisis amid U N sanctions and force fears
Gulf Hume notes Nimitz stay in the region as about 20 combat ships and 20,000 sailors and Marines remain nearby. Iraqi lawmakers delay initiatives to allow diplomacy progress while Russia France and Arab League and Turkey push Baghdad to grant access for UN weapons inspectors. China opposes force citing humanitarian risks. Vedrine defends continued diplomacy as crisis lingers.
City approves pay raise debate and voting rule change
Blaine Finch opposed Lambers contract raise, supporting only a cost of living adjustment. City commissioners, by 3 2 vote, changed how a new member is chosen to a coin flip if tied, sparking concern from Gene Ramsey and Matt Matthews. Other actions include revenue sharing, contractor licensing consolidation, Osage block rezoning, setback reductions, and Waring Addition rights of way. Proclamations marked Black History Month and Boy Scouts Week.
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Lambers
Blaine Finch
Finch
KPERS
Matt Matthews
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Matthews
Vicki
Cummiskey
eAn
Osage
Ottawa approves park signs and youth grant requests
During the study session the Ottawa commission approved KOFO Radio’s use of city parking at the Municipal Auditorium for the Home and Garden Show on March 6 7. Rita Butts Leadership Class seeks city support as they request a letter to SRS to declare playground equipment funded through a grant to First Christian Church Day Care city property for relocation to Kanza Park. The class aims to raise funds for new playground equipment and staff will draft an ordinance banning signs on light and utility poles with fines up to 100 dollars or 10 days in jail.
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Rita Butts
Ottawa
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
City Park
First Christian Church
Kanza Park
Joan Tyson
Ottawa area hospital notes and sheriff's news brief
Admissions Shirley Burnett in Ottawa Wednesday. Dismissals Bonnie DeLano Joanne Worthington Cassandra Phillips Nevalee Hartpence in Ottawa Wednesday. Arrests John Lee Bond Pomona 35 in the 400 block East A Pomona on a Douglas County traffic warrant. Release after $100 bond. Incidents stolen 1985 Chevy pickup recovered at Montana and John Brown roads. Theft entries from Ottawa and surrounding areas. Fire calls false alarms at Allied Signal and Wal-Mart. Ambulance and medical emergencies noted. Municipal Court sentences listed for multiple defendants including Bond Aguilera Daniels Callaghan Barrett Peterson Longfellow Raine Hadl.
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Bonnie DeLano
Lyndon
Joanne Worthington
Pomona
Cassandra Phillips
Quenemo
Nevalee Hartpence
Ottawa
Sheriff's News
John Lee Bond
East A. Pomona
Douglas County
California
Montana
John Brown
Jerry Woods
California Road
Cindy Watts
Reno Road
Michael Dewayne Bishop
Osage
East Grant
Walnut No
Jeff Charles Sypher
S. Ash
Tammy L. Smith
Birch
Wal-Mart Supercenter
S. Princeton
Jerry W. Thornton
Williamsburg
Cecilia J. Greenfield
Allied Signal
N. Davis Ave
Wal-Mart
15Th and
Main
Joshua Lee Bond
S. Liberty
Elvis M. Aguilera
N. King
Jamie Marie Daniels
Lawrence
Scott Michael Callaghan
Riley Road
Dui
Larry A. Barrett
S. Locust
Michael J. Peterson
Richard L. Longfellow
Katheryn J. Raine
E. Hamblin
Jim L. Hadl
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Warnock
Linda Yardley
Clea
Herald RK
Det Descent Smith
Kevin‘ Bee Williams
Williams
Smith
Gerald Powers
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Gulf
Iraq
United Nations
Kuwait
Beijing
Qian Qichen
Washington
Ing
China
Qian
Security Council
Britain
Russia
United States
Vedrine
Kofo Radio
the Daily Report
Shirley Burnett
Wednes
Police News
Dana M. Battin
Kansas City
Sarah E. Young
Young
Phillip E. Duncan
Raytown
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Winston J. Mille
S. Sycamore
Sycamore
Robert E. Carter
Joann C
South Ash
Courthouse Square
Wellsville
Sheriff's Department
Kansas Highway Patrol
South Hickory
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