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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 2001
Page
6
Renaissance pep rally brings high school to life at Ottawa High
Ottawa High School held a Renaissance sponsored pep rally with awards, music acts, and barn dancing styled by faculty in overalls. Students cheered as performers from rock bands and balladeers entertained, while Principal Darren Dennis praised the spirited turnout and organizers. The event featured 7,000 Renaissance awards over six years and included a $2,400 donation from Wal-Mart Distribution Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Chad Hinderliter
Darren Dennis
Dennis
OHS
Kuntz
Jean McCally
Steve Harris
Harris
Wal-Mart
Ron Bishop
Science teacher praises Kansas evolution standard vote
Ottawa High School science veteran Darrell Bourque welcomes the Kansas Board of Education ruling restoring evolution to core biology standards. The 7-3 vote ends 18 months of debate, replacing 1999 standards that trimmed evolutionary concepts and the big bang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Bourque
Ottawa High School
State Board of Education
Kansas
Bourque
OHS
Kansas Board
Bill Graves
Harvard
Stephen Jay Gould
Lincoln
Bill Nye
Washington Post
God
Arizona
Alabama
Illinois
New Mexico
Texas
Nebraska
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Associated Press
Former FBI chief Sessions to address Ottawa University
William Sessions, former FBI director under Reagan Bush and Clinton, will speak at Ottawa University as the DeFries Cultural Convocation speaker on March 29. He will appear in two sessions at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the OU Chapel, following Buck O’Neill as the series’ inaugural speaker last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Sessions
Herald
William Sessions
Federal Bureau of Investigation
DeFries
Ottawa University
Bill Clinton
Buck O'Neill
U.S
Planners to discuss long term goals in Ottawa
Ottawa Planning Commission narrow their focus to long term goals at a March 1 retreat from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Ransom Memorial Hospital conference room. City commissioners and Franklin County planners may attend. John Merrell says planners feel bogged down by routine zoning matters and want to make a real difference in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Planning Commission
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa City Commissioners
Franklin County Planning
John Merrell
Planning Commission
Merrell
Ottawa Planners Seek Delay in Vision Plan Vote
Ottawa Planning Commission plans to ask City Commission to postpone voting on the Ottawa Vision proposal after a 3-2 snap vote. The planners want to meet Feb 22 with commissioners to explain goals and ensure understanding before proceeding, with a summer start hoped for this community shaping project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Ottawa Planning Commission
Ottawa City Commission
Planning Commission
Theresa Cummings
City Commission
Ottawa Vision
Cummings
Ottawa
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Herald News
Tom Philips
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David Darling
Kansas State University
Plummerlee McCracken
Lawrence
Valentine Queen
Wellsville Manor
McCracken
Willard McCracken
Edgerton
Lily Davis
Ron Reed
Wellsville
Valentine King
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