Night at the Museum leads New Year box office surge
Ben Stiller’s Night at the Museum topped U S and Canadian theaters over the New Year weekend with 37.8 million dollars, a 24 percent rise from the prior week, as uplifting films filled the Top 10 during a busy holiday frame. The Pursuit of Happyness and Dreamgirls followed with strong showings. Oprah Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls near Johannesburg, Mandela attending the ceremony and expressing hope for broader access to education for South African girls.
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Los Angeles
Ben Stiller
the Museum
U.S
Media By Numbers LLC
Rocky Balboa
We Are
Johannesburg
South Africa
Oprah Winfrey
Nelson Mandela
Winfrey
Mandela
Grace Machel
George Michael to appear in court on driving charges
Police say the pop singer was found passed out in a car blocking an intersection in north London. George Michael, 43, faces charges of being unfit to drive and received a marijuana possession caution before being released on bail. He is due in court on January 11.
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London
George Michael
Michael
Bianca Bianconi
Artis tic Response to the Great War at Nelson Atkins Museum
Two-part series opening the National World War Museum at Liberty Memorial features Randall Griffey discussing American artistic responses to the Great War with Hartley Bellows and Hassam. Second talk set for Jan 26 with museum details and contact options.
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Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
Oak St
Kansas City
National World War Museum At Liberty Memorial
Randall Griffey
Marsden Hartley
George Bellows
Childe Hassam
Nelson-Atkins.org
Churches Should Help With Sex Education Debate
In a Q A format Dr. Dobson argues churches that uphold abstinence and marital fidelity should provide sex education to families, warning of an informational vacuum as public schools push programs beginning with young children. He criticizes the idea children should be seen and not heard and promotes parental guidance through Focus on the Family.
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Dobson
Ottawa events line up for a busy evening across venues
Ottawa listings show Bingo Night at Don Woodward Center with $1 cards and 15-card prizes 6 to 8 pm, plus Veteran service work at Ottawa Library City Hall and ACT Ottawa at Carnegie Cultural Center. Other events include Kidz Night Out at the Carnegie, Cum ming Tool Sale, and a Chili dance at Ottawa Middle School.
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Don Woodward
Third St
Ottawa Recreation Commision
Orcottawaks.org
Ottawa
City Hall
S. Hickory St
Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
Carnegie Cultural Center
S. Main St
Cumming Tool Sale
Eagles Hall
15Th St
Carnegie
Emily Kirkpatrick
George Toumberlin
Ottawa Senior Center
Hamburger Nite
E. 15Th St
Beginning Quilting Classes at Chris' Comner Quilt Shop
Beginning quilting classes start January 17 at Chris' Comner Quilt Shop located at 3593 N Hwy 59. Phone 242-1922. Bingo runs the first Wednesday monthly from 6 to 8 pm at Don Woodard Center. Cards are one dollar. NOW ON LINE Direct-Connect via Ottawa Herald Business Directory at www.ottawaherald.com.
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Chris' Comner
N. Hwy
The
Ottawa Herald Business Directory
Ottawaherald.com
Community Meetings Schedule for Ottawa Area
A dense list of local meetings in Ottawa and surrounding areas. Includes Pomona City Council at City Hall, Mason’s stated communications at Masonic Hall, various Alcoholics Anonymous groups at First Baptist Church and other venues, Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce events, library board meetings, city commission study sessions, Optimist Club breakfast, retail and conservation district board meetings, Kiwanis and Vietnam Veterans events, and multiple mental health and support group gatherings across sites like Ransom Memorial Hospital and Culinary Pleasures.
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Pomona
Pomona City Hall
W. A St
Mason’s
Masonic Hall
S. Main St
Ottawa
City Hall
Hickory St
Ottawa City Commission
Alcoholics Anonymous
Ottawa Living Sober Group
First Christian Church
Franklin County Conservation District Board
E. 23Rd St
Industrial Ave
First Baptist Church
Fourth and
Hickory Streets
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County Mental Health Center
East 15Th St
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Michael Schwarz
Lied.ku.edu
Dr. Dobson
Focus On the Family
P.O. Box
Colorado Springs
Wwwfamily.org
Tyndale House
Out & About
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Ottawa Herald
Bwilliams
Friends of the Ottawa Library
E. Second St
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa University Student Union
S. Cedar St
Ottawa Middle School
S. Ash St
Ottawa Promenaders
Pomona Community Library
West Act
Legislative
Almeda Edwards
Ottawa City
Paul Coughlin
Gypsy Badders
Arlene Butts
Ottawa High School
Muscular Dystrophy Association
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Harper LI
Topeka
John Harper
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City of
Hickory
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