Messy books reveal tiny and colossal Park Service errors
Congressional investigators found the National Park Service kept misvalued items from a vacuum cleaner listed at 800000 in contrast to a one cent fire engine. The GAO said four years after a law for sound financial management the agency had little progress. Overstatements exceeded 90 million dollars due to data errors and software glitches.
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Ashington
National Park Service
Congressional
Park Service
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
James Duffus III
the Park Service
Department
Joyce Fleischman
Fleischman
House
Florence Six
WalkAmerica 25th Anniversary Walk Continues
WalkAmerica marks 25 years on the road to healthier babies as March of Dimes Ottawa campaign organizers Tara Bell and Shelly Wilkins invite participation in the 1995 Franklin County event sponsored by Fashion Inc. of Ottawa. Contact Bell at the listed number for more details and involvement.
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Tara Bell
Franklin County
Fashion Inc
Ottawa
March of Dimes
The
Bell
Shelly Wilkins
Farmers face higher fertilizer costs across Kansas
Kansas farmers struggle with rising anhydrous prices, driven by strong demand, plant closures, and supply limits. Kent Ott near Mulvane says yields will drop if rates are cut, while experts note ammonia prices reflect supply and demand. Wheat and corn growers anticipate adjustments as fertilizer costs remain a major variable in farm budgets.
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Kent Ott
Mulvane
Terra Industries
Sioux City
Iowa
Stan Riemann
Farmland Industries of
Kansas City
John Falk
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Mike van Campen
Turon
Kansas State University
Judge seeks information before ruling on vagueness issue
Judge Sachse weighs the void for vagueness question as lawyers submit additional case law within ten days. He granted a Bill of Particulars against Robinson, denied suppression of statements, and allowed pretrial interviews with protections. A Feb. 21 pretrial conference and Feb. 27 trial are scheduled in Ottawa.
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Sachse
Robinson
Craig Davis
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department
Richard Geist
Ottawa Police
Delbert Hawes
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Crowley
Davis
Forest Park
Ottawa
Billy Crowley
Clyde Crowley Jr
Eric Crowley
Jimmy R. Cox Jr
Jeremy Hendrickson
Eddie Carter
Toby Lurber
Weather Outlook: Snow East. Colder Midwest to Southeast
UA at Kansas extended Monday with potential snow in the east and a snow ending in the west. Temperatures will run from the teens in the northwest to the 208 region in the southeast. Tuesday remains dry but cold with lows from the single digits below zero northwest to around 10 above southeast and highs from the mid teens to mid 20s. Wednesday remains very cold with lows around zero northwest to 10 to 15 southeast and highs mainly in the 20s.
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Kansas
TALK series third session on A Walker in the City
Brown Kansas Wesleyan University English chair leads 3 p.m. Thursday talk at Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Room A on Alfred Kazin's A Walker in the City as part of the TALK program. Ottawa Library sponsors locally with statewide Kansas Humanities Council support. Copies available. reading not required. The Immigrant Experience is the theme.
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In Brown
Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina
Kansas
Ransom Memorial Hospital
City
Alfred Kazin
Ottawa Library
Kansas Humanities Council
Ottawa
Lora Reiter
Ottawa University
Richard Rodriguez
Supper club fete supports Ottawa arts council
Tickets remain for the Feb 25 Jazz Supper Club benefiting the Ottawa Community Arts Council at Ottawa High School. The McFadden Brothers from Kansas City will lead a jazz band with a local jam session afterward. Caterer John GalloWay will serve soul food including barbecued chicken and ribs. Dinner and show tickets are $27.50 or two for $50 before Feb 23, $30 at the door. doors open 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m.
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Ottawa Community Arts Council
Ottawa High School
Ash
McFadden Brothers
Kansas City
Ing
Angela Perryman
Perryman
Lawrence
John Galloway
E. 5Th
Booklist Editor's Choice 1994 Ottawa Library Highlights
The Booklist Editor's Choice presents a condensed annotated list of 1994 Ottawa Library picks across fiction and non fiction. Notable titles include Doctorow The Waterworks Gordimer None to Accompany Me Hamilton A Map of the World Hoeg Borderliners Heller Closing Time Erving A Son of the Circus McCarthy The Crossing Mosley Black Betty O Connell Mallory's Oracle Kissinger Diplomacy Guralnick Last Train to Memphis Nuland How We Die and the Baseball illustrated history by Ward Burns.
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Booklist
Ottawa
E.L. Doctorow
New York
Gail Godwin
Nadine Gordimer
Vera Stake
South Africa
Gordimer
Jane Hamilton
Wisconsin
Joseph Heller
United States
Peter Hoeg
Smilla
John Erving
Bombay
Cormac McCarthy
Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins
L.A
Mallory
Carol O'Connell
Henry Kissinger
Memphis
Peter Guralnick
Elvis Presley
Elvis
Sherwin B. Nuland
Geoffrey C. Ward
Ken Burns
Rutgers Board backs president after test remarks uproar
Rutgers University’s Board of Governors reaffirmed support for President Francis Lawrence after he faced backlash for saying poor students lack genetic heritage for standardized tests. The 32 hour public meeting included about 50 speakers for and against Lawrence as he apologized. Protesters accused the administration of bigotry and demanded resignations.
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Newark
N.J
Rutgers University
Board of Governors
Francis Lawrence
Lawrence
Bayou
Fran
Flavio Romares
Tulane University
New Orleans
Rutgers
Fran Lawrence
Mary Davidson
School of Social Work
Oklahoma
Appanoose Chili Supper Carnival and Local Events
Local notices list events including Appanoose Chili Supper and Carnival on Feb 11 and Bethany Chapel program on Feb 12. Also promotions for discount Jazz tickets, Valentine gifts, recycling hours, a SAT prep reminder, Bauman’s anniversary sale, spring craft show, and home improvement loans through Kansas State Bank Ottawa.
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Bethany Chapel Baptist Church
Sun
Larry Roland
Donna Bell Koch
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1994 Update
The Ottawa Herald lists 1994 subscription rates for Ottawa and surrounding areas with advance payment terms. Rates vary by duration and delivery method, including carrier, motor route, and mail to Franklin, Miami, Douglas, Osage, and Anderson counties, plus out of state options.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
The
Ottawa Herald
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Virginia Howe
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