Washington's Birthday Holiday Closures Across Agencies
Most financial institutions and local and federal offices close Monday the 15th for Washington's Birthday. City Hall Courthouse and County Buildings close all day. county landfill and banks also close. County Commission meets Wednesday the 17th. City Commission schedules adjusted. federal farm offices and post office closed with no residential delivery. State offices open. Herald office operates, paper delivered as usual.
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Washington
Savings and Loan Associations
City Commission
Federal Farm
Herald
Fake Repairman Steals Games Across Kansas
Statewide bulletin issued for a man posing as a video game repairman who takes machines for repairs and never returns. Lt. Tony DeLaTorre warns businesses near Wichita along I 35 to verify any repair service with the company, check for suspicious activity, and contact authorities if needed. The suspect is a white male, about 5 8 to 5 10, 165 to 240 pounds, light brown hair, possibly a moustache, driving a blue pickup with no tailgate.
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Tony DeLaTorre
Department of Public Safety
Wichita
DeLaTorre
DeLa Torre
Wellsville Council Raises City Insurance and Notes Tax Disbursement
Wellsville city council approved higher coverage for shop equipment 3333.55, increased water tank coverage to 100000, insured Saddle Club Park shelterhouse at 3700, and raised real property insurance by ten percent. Disbursement from county property taxes totaled 64882.02. Unemployment premiums rose dramatically with new claim expectations. Snow-route towing led to cars dug out after 6 am ordinance limits.
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Wellsville
Jerry Bennett
Saddle Club Park
Bennett
Ottawa University to stage Wilder play The Skin of Our Teeth
Ottawa University will present Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth on February 25 and 26 at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium directed by Roger Moon. Cast includes Todd L. Thurston and Anne Morrissey playing Mr and Mrs Antrobus, with Melvern resident in supporting role. The comedy follows George Antrobus and family through eras of ice age flood and war as they escape disaster by the skin of their teeth.
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Ottawa University
Thornton Wilder
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Roger Moon
Todd L. Thurston
Melvern
Anne Morrissey
Fitzpatrick
Moped Helmet Bill Advances In Topeka Panel
A Kansas Senate Transportation panel endorsed a bill requiring helmet use for riders under 18 on mopeds, aligning with motorcycle helmet rules, and sent the measure to the full Senate. The second moped bill was postponed. Also debated were changes to highway project wages and moped liability insurance for riders.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Jim Allen
Ottawa
Jane Eldredge
Lawrence
Allen
The
Department of Transportation
Transportation Secretary
Ron Hein
Kansas
Mike Johnston
Parsons
Johnston
Surance
Dan Cope
Optimists Club
Ottawa Area Weekend Fund of Local Events and Sales
Ottawa churches clubs and businesses advertise a busy weekend of events. Bake sales, flea market hours, kids clothing discounts, steak nights and dances at Eagles Lodge, Lions Club bean supper, Hill House buffet, Monty's broasted meals, silk Valentine arrangements, 4-H delegates, and country club dinners and hours all listed with times and prices. Local venues include Alco, Ottawa Kans, First Methodist Church, Hill House, Turner's Tele Shop, L&M Buffet, and Pomona Tavern.
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Ottawa Country Club
Obituary notices and public death reports in Ottawa Kansas
Funeral notices for Mrs Bertha M Dean Mrs Estella Graham and Mrs Effie Jones and Lloyd Carr outline funeral times and burial sites in McPherson Ottawa and Apache Junction. The report lists survivors and service details alongside admissions dismissals marriage licenses divorces thefts vandalism and local incidents in Ottawa Kansas with multiple names dates and locations.
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Bertha M. Dean
Ball & Son Funeral Home
McPherson
McPherson Cemetery
Lloyd C. Carr
Apache Junction
Ariz
Arizona
First United Methodist Church
Highland Cemetery
Jerry Harnden
Carr
Oakland
Iowa
Ottawa
Richmond
Desert Chapel
Hickory
Nettie Dale
Birch
Mary Carr
Waverly
Marjorie Carr
Kansas City
S. Hickory
Lamb Roberts Funeral Home
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Holiday
County Commission
Wilder
University of Kansas
KU Division of Continuing Education
KU Fire Service
Christine Jacobs
Cope
Christy
Randy Forbes
Kansas Motorcycle Industry Council
Bethany Chapel Baptist
Alco
West 11St
Young Place
Eagles Lodge
Lion’s Club
First Methodist Church
Hill House
Monty
Walmart
Turner
West 15Th
United Methodist Church
D.C
Ad Briefs
Coffman Welding Service
L&m Shoe Repair
15Th St
Mon
Valentine
Be’s Wax and Gift Nook
S. Main
Garfield Pta
National Guard
Swartz
Rock House
Buster Cleaver
L & M Buffet
Ottawa Country
L&m Buffet
Pomona Tavern
Owens
Sheldon's Place
Pomona
the Daily Report
Howard R. Bradley Ward
Howard R. Bradley
Manhattan
Bradley
Kansas Association of Future Farmers of America
Estella Graham
Estella (Swearingen) Graham
Lincoln
Lamb-Roberts
Jim McCrossen
Graham
Paola
American Legion Auxiliary
Oscar W. Graham
Olathe
Esther Stroud
Weatherford
Oklah
Mae Marley
Gardner
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Effie M. Jones
Effie M. (Armstrong) Jones
N. Poplar
Lawrence Hospital
Dengle & Son
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Centropolis
William Weber
Jones
Sawyer
Franklin County
Calvary Baptist Church
David Jones
Douglas County
Glenn Jones
RFD
Letha Coulter
N. Cherry
Shirley Warren
S. Maple
Richard Jones
Williamsburg
Betty Flora
Beulah Keith
Larry Graham
Vanessia Ochs
Penny Clark
N. Mulberry
Edna Wray
Amanda Martin
S. Walnut
Rick McFadden
Susan Jones
S. Elm
District Court News
Virgil Thomas Evans
Linda Kay Ogle
Max Edward Hawk
Beverly Osborn
Public Safety News
Myra Brewer
Humane Society
David Carter
Jeff Turner
Cleta Ewing
Parmalee Prueducts
King
West Fifth
Terri
Slipka
Minneapolis
Minn
Leo FE. Blackford
S. Willow
Sixth
Cedar
Calvin D. Kirkham
Valley Falls
East Ninth
Arthur J. Barnett
Dean F. Teeter
Teeter
Barnett
Sheriff's News
Cecil E. Ward
N. Main
Anderson County
Ward
Ottawa Cptop
Pill & Lower
Wadkins
Calvin
Woodlawn
Dengel & Son
Effle M. (Armstrong) Jones
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Janes
Theatre-On-A-Shoestring
Kaufman's & Hart
Davis Bennett As
Ed Carmichael
Lee Gale As
Tony Kirby
Stella (Swearingen) Graham
James W. McCrossen
Jerrald R. Harnden
Ransom
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