Weather Forecast With Rain And Freezing Chance
Tonight shows light rain and fog with a low around 35. Wednesday brings more light rain into mid morning, then colder with a chance of freezing rain as temperatures drop into the upper 20s. See Page 2 for more weather details.
Kennel Aire to Move into Former Lester Building
Kennel Aire, based in Plymouth Minnesota, buys the old Lester Building in the Davis Road Industrial Park and converts it into a national processing and distribution center for pet kennels and related items. The Ottawa facility will start with 12 to 15 workers, doubling in 24 months, as distribution shifts from Waverly Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Pet Equipment Firm
Old Lester
Cleon Rickel
National Pet Equipment Company
Lester
Davis Road
Kennel Aire
Plymouth
Minn
Chester Beavers
Kennel-Aire
Beavers
PetSmart
Target
Brooks & Foster
U.S
Gardner
Orrick
Mountain Lake
Ottawa
U.S. East
West Coast
Waverly
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Jazz great teaches rhythm basics to Ottawa students
Maynard Ferguson and three band members spoke with local students at Ottawa University about forming a rhythm section in a big band. They covered swing latin funk and other grooves and stressed teamwork over solo spotlight. Drummer Brian Wolfe led the tutorial and emphasized adapting to each student.
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Walter Rubel
Maynard Ferguson
Ottawa University
Ferguson
Ezra Sykes
Herald
Con
Brian Wolfe
No contract yet for county administrator
The county administrator position remains unfilled as C Edward Young has not signed a contract. Commission Chairman Don Waymire said negotiations continue with lawyers reviewing terms, and paperwork may be faxed with further talks at the Wednesday county commission meeting. Young, city administrator in Eldon, Missouri, was appointed at a special meeting after interviews with three candidates.
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C. Edward Young
Young
Commission
Don Waymire
Waymire
Sion
County Commission
Eldon
Tonganoxie
Ottawa attorney to head judicial panel
Ottawa attorney Hei Sam Sheldon was chosen by U S Senator Sam Brownback to chair an advisory panel for judicial appointments. The panel will screen candidates for U S Attorney U S Marshal and other posts in Kansas, with letters of interest invited and a process including interviews and committee discussion to make recommendations.
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Sam Sheldon
Ottawa
U.S
Sam Brownback
Brownback
Kansas
Sheldon
Law School
Sen. Brownback
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald
School Board approves in school suspension policy
The Ottawa Board of Education voted 7-0 to enact an in school suspension policy. Administrators will transport suspended students to the suspension room, freeing space in schools like Eugene Field Elementary. The policy aims for a structured learning setting with a substitute teacher and one on one instruction.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Eugene Field Elementary
Eugene Field
LaDonna Pyle
Jan Collins
Garfield
Kim Christner
Christner
Jeanette Lowry
Collins
Rex Cummings
Cummings
Ottawa
Richard Jackson
Ottawa University
John Neal
Ministerial Alliance
Bill Allegre
Darren Dennis
Dennis
Atchison
Jodi Grover
Brenda Cummings
Future Visions High School
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com
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Eell
Wea
Wolfe
Herald Staff
By Hei
John Coen
Tony Keim
Coen