Local students named to honor rolls and deans lists
Gardner storyteller Helen Firestone spoke to Storyweavers and Heart Ambassadors relocating tales from Union Station and as a Harvey Girl. Ottawa University announced fall 1997 dean’s honor roll and list with names from Garnett Osawatomie Ottawa and others. KU fall graduates include Anita Poe Lyndon Stephanie Supple Blaine Baldwin Bowyer Gouwens Lalonde Hanson Sheldon Bigge Wade and more. Wichita State added Heidi Meinen to its dean’s honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Helen Firestone
Gardner Multi-Services Center
Union Station
Firestone
Storyweavers Club
Heart Ambassadors
Ottawa
Heart By Heart
Ottawa University
USC
Baldwin
Patty Flory
Garnett
Joy Crist
Cheryl Hermann
Lyndon — Philip Christesen
Osawatomie
Barbara Burns
Christy Karigan
Kelley Bethell
Blaine Finch
Sheri Green
Wade Hepner
Kristi Jensen
Sarah Lemp
Scott Mayes
Kevin McAdoo
Meredith Sayers
Amber Showalter
Rhonda Wilkerson
Overbrook
Sharon Anderson
Waverly
Zachary Peek
University of Kansas
Lane
Anita Poe
Lyndon
Stephanie D. Supple
Blaine C. Baldwin
Stephen F. Bowyer
Thomas E. Gouwens
Anne M. Lalonde Hanson
Stanley P. Sheldon
Wellsville
Kori L. Bigge
Ryan T. Wade
Wichita
Heidi T. Meinen
Wichita State University
Library raises fee for replacing books at Ottawa library
Ottawa library trustees raise the replacement processing fee from 1.25 to 3.00 per item to cover staff time. The $3 fee plus replacement cost aims to offset handling costs for missing items. Audit firm Agler and Goeddert Chartered to perform annual audit at 1,750. Friends group pledges 275 for conference travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Tellier
Herald
Ottawa
Library Board of Trustees
Barbara Dew
Agler and Goeddert
Kathy Jordan
Friends of the Ottawa Library Group
Ottawa Library
National Public Library Conference
Kansas City
Ottawa layoffs hit Our Own distribution center move
Our Own announces closure of the Jeffersonville plant and mass layoffs in Ottawa. About 40 workers remain at Jeffersonville as a small office stays open. Lou Atherton, Ottawa Chamber president, notes impact and retraining programs through regional universities. He sees interest from firms in Ottawa for industrial sites, with the owned 300,000 square foot facility needing modification for other uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
HWI
Ottawa
Lou Atherton
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Atherton
Teachers negotiate unilateral agreement option discussed
The board considers a unilateral agreement offering teachers three choices if no contract is settled. A meeting is planned to decide on this step. Sunflower UniServ officials comment on progress and the learning experience of the negotiation. Evaluations will be redesigned by a teacher elected committee with set deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berek
Bezek
Steve Lopes
KNEA
Sunflower UniServ
OEA
Fortable
Lantis
City rejects school district permit amid nuisance, likely appeal
The city denied a construction permit to the Peace school district amid a nuisance finding over dirt mounds from the old middle school site. The district plans to appeal. Lantis urged better intergovernmental communication between the city and school board as officials forward Wednesday’s approved properties to all three governing bodies for approval.
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The
Herald Today
Lantis
Finch
Regents and Legislator Spar Over Higher Education Restructure
Kansas lawmakers clash with Regents over a plan to abolish the Board of Regents and create a Council on Higher Education to govern six universities Washburn and community colleges. Adkins argues for constitutional amendment, while regents question trust and funding.
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Board of Regents
David Adkins
House
Select Committee On
Kansas
Vinemee Kan
Adkins
R-Leawood
Regents
Murray Lull
Smith Center
House Committee
Lull
Ken Havner
Hays
Robert Talkington
Iola
Council On Higher Education
Regents Universities
Washburn University of Topeka
Board of Education
Multiple local notices detail admissions births and arrests
The Daily Report lists admissions including Karrie Krumm and Diana Pulliam with dates and locations, dismissals for Stottlemire and Krumm, two births for Krumm and Pulliam, arrests such as William Roth on obstruction of legal process, theft, vandalism, and various police incidents, plus county traffic accidents, fire calls, ambulances, and U.S. District Court bankruptcies for Cox Curtis Groshong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karrie Krumm
Colony
Thomas J. Stottlemire
Rantoul
Diana Pulliam
Bronson
Linda Endicott
Ottawa
Charles Green Jr
Frances Cannady
Princeton
Joseph Alexander
Lane
Christina Pruitt
Karrie
Marshall Krumm
William Christopher Roth
Shawnee Mission
Sheriff's Department
Virginia Road
Cedar Square
S. Cedar
South Cedar
Edgewood Drive
U.S. District Court
Michael Everett Cox
Pomona
Richard Allen
Crystall Dawn Curtis
Quenemo
Kelly Jean Groshong
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Steve Morse
NRP
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Regent
the Daily Report
Diana Me Kyle Pulliam
Sheriff's News
Franklin County
Labette Road
Gary L. Skiles
Rock Creek Road
Oregon
Michael J. Jackson
S. Ash
Beech
S. Main
North Mulrry
Prowler
East
Canterbury Court
Country Mart
S. Princeton Circle Drive
Bruce G. Nguyen
Havens Steel Co
April L. Stiverson
Riley W.J. Lee
North Main
Tabitha Fisher
Kimbra L. Sledd
Vassar
Montana Road
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