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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1997
Page
7
New US-50 Intersection Stop Sign Changes
Kansas DOT renamed the intersection of US-50 and Eisenhower Road as a through route. Stop signs at old and business US-50 will be removed, requiring traffic from the south and Eisenhower Road to stop. Changes followed a Franklin County traffic study and were due to be implemented Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower Road
Kansas Department of Transportation
Spike Runnion
KDOT
Garnett
Eisenhower
Runnion
Franklin County
Brady presses Kansas gun limits in hearings
James Brady urged Senate and House committees in Topeka not to approve legislation allowing licensed individuals to carry concealed pistols. He said gun lobby seeks more guns and criticized expanding gun access amid his wheelchair-bound advocacy with Handgun Control Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
James Brady
Kansas
Senate
House
Brady
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Ronald Reagan
John Hinckley
Washington
House Federal and State Affairs Committee
Werrens
Handgun Control Inc
Ottawa Girls Club Builds New Home To Grow Its Reach
The Ottawa Girls Club continues to expand decades after its 1970s origins with volunteers funding and operating through United Way and local donations. Founded by Lorraine Max, the club moved from church rooms to a brick building at 113 W. 4th in 1996, offering free after school programs for seven to 25 girls daily and emphasizing positive learning, self identity, and community responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Girls Club of
Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church
Lorraine Max
Girls Club
Max
United Way
Ottawa Recreation
Berniece Smith
Ottawa Girls Club
African American traveling exhibit debuts in Ottawa
A new traveling resource trunk from the Kansas State Historical Society titled The African American Experience in Kansas debuts in Ottawa and will run Wednesday through March 12 under the Ottawa Black Awareness Committee. It also premieres in Topeka at several schools and will have a public showing announced later this week. The exhibit offers hands on learning with census records city directories and maps detailing early black families in Kansas like Andy Colbert of Fort Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka
Ottawa
Robbie Athon
Public Information Office
The
State Historical Society
Kansas
Avondale East
Community Action Head Start
Logan Junior High
Historical Society
Athon
Richard Jackson
Jackson
Andy Colbert
Colbert
Fort Scott
Wall
Arkansas
Charity
Mississippi
South Hill Street
H.A
Jocie
Georgia
Ottawa candidates debate youth crime and city programs
Seven city commission hopefuls including Joan Attebery Vicki Cummiskey Blaine Finch Raquel Fleet and Greg Hernandez discuss youth crime in Ottawa and propose programs such as a youth center recreation initiatives after school jobs and prevention efforts. They offer varying views on how serious the issue is and how best to address it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Ottawa
Joan Attebery
Attebery
Vicki Cummiskey
Cummiskey
Stephanie Perez
Woodward Community Center
Blaine Finch Finch
Raquel Fleet
Fleet
City Commission
Fleer
Earf
Lege
Greg Hernandez
Hia Fernandez
Hernandez
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OMICS
Age Daily Report
Sports Society
Herald Staff
Topeka, Kan
Bill Graves
Shawnee County District Court
Dave Schneider
Kansans For Life
Schneider
Bruce Bartelli
Frontenac
Southeast
Jay Thornton
Diane Toplikar
Ottawa High School
OHS
Gary Erisman
Eyes
Commiskey
Finch
Tyson
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