Ottawa Chamber Notes Local Events And Developments
Ottawa Chamber reports community activity for January including safety classes, pancake day, and a rural crime prevention course. It notes remodeling at Ottawa Parts and Machine Shop, Skunk Run paving delays, Pamida to Wal Mart, Wayne Baylor’s ongoing community role, and Kansas history emphasis. The 52nd Annual Chamber Banquet is set for January 17 at Ottawa University. Tickets are $8. reservations via Chamber office.
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First United Methodist Church
Franklin County Sheriff’s Dept
Ottawa Chamber
Walnut Street
Ottawa Parts and Machine Shop
Ottawa
Fourth Street
Pamida
Wal-Mart
Wayne Baylor
Kansas
Chamber
Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa University
Why is the dead man’s hand tied to Wild Bill Hickok legend
A reader asks why the dead man’s hand is linked to Wild Bill Hickok who was shot in Deadwood on August 2, 1876. The card combination is described as two aces and two eights, though some say jacks.
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Bill Hickok
Jack McCall
Deadwood
South Dakota
Atlanta
Georgia
Engineering
Energy Technology Handbook
Alvin W. Vogtle, Jr
Waynesboro
Edwin J. Hatch
Baxley
Georgia Power Co
Peachtree St
N.W
Carlin names budget boss for Kansas next month
Lynn e Muchmore, 37, a North Carolina based official and former South Dakota government official, will become Kansas budget director next month. He will replace James W. Bibb, who left for the University of Kansas staff last summer. Muchmore earns 45084 annually and may be unclassified by Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Lynne Muchmore
Governor’s ‘Conference
North Carolina
Kansas
John Carlin
Muchmore
James W. Bibb
University of Kansas
Bibb
Edmund Ahrens
Carlin
Lynn Muchmore
Lynn
State Senate
Patrick Hurley
Civil Service
Senate
Parkston
D.D
National Governor’s Association
South Dakota Department of Public Safety
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Grinnell College
Towa
University of South Dakota
University of Wisconsin
South Dakota
Hurley
Farmers Warned About Rights Group At Kansas State Univ
Manhattan AP reports Dale Schwindaman of USDA APHIS warned at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Conference that animal rights activism is growing like civil and women’s rights. He urged the livestock industry to address welfare concerns to avoid mandatory national legislation and benefit animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
Federal Animal Welfare Act
Dale Schwindaman
Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Schwindaman
Local Classifieds and Event Briefs in Pomona Kansas
Community ads list dance nights at Straight Shooter Front Door. J Everett Stark joins Century 21 C D Schulte Agency. Shops offer 20 percent off baggies and denim at The Clothes Hanger. Young Place Kids Clothes dot sale expands. Special Jan 13 17 at Lacy's Styling Salon $30 perm for $23. China painting classes at Lillian’s Antiques. Barber Shop Show Jan 17 at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium tickets $4 and $3. January clearance at Modeln Day and June’s. Lyric Opera Group concert Jan 12 7 30 pm tickets at Butlers and Municipal Auditorium. Big winter reductions at The Alley Shop 231 S Main.
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Lyric Opera Group
Mon
Butlers Music
Municipal Auditorium
Daily menus and court notices in Kansas region bulletin
The page lists weekly school meals for Junior and Senior Highs with items for each weekday from January 12 to 16, noting availability restrictions. It also reports sentences for Leonard Sharon and Edward Lee Mills, civil cases filed, burglaries and thefts, and cattle market figures from Kansas City area markets with price ranges, weights, and slaughter estimates.
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U.S.C
Leonard Sharon
Lawrence
Secretary of Corrections
Dward Lee Mills
Princeton
Lois M. Tilton
Canterbury Court
Maxine L. Smith
James Alexander
Kansas State Bank
Glen M
Lyndell J. Colver
Ottawa Cooperative Association
Dan R. Ansley
Carey Piping Company
Speaker Leads Kansas House Budget Tightening Push
Speaker Wendell Lady said the Kansas House GOP will seek a spending lid on state budgets for 1981, allowing only inflationary growth and limiting annual increases to a national economic indicator. The plan also requires a state treasury balance of 8 percent of next year's general fund expenditures.
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Topeka, Kan
Wendell Lady Friday
Kansas
House of Representatives
Lady
John Carlin
House
Treasury
Local Rules For Cold Weather From Schools And DPS
DPS warns chimney and flue cleaning to prevent fires with experts advising proper installation by specialists. U S C 290 urges inclement weather reminders and district policy on school closures and early dismissals with radio and TV announcements and parental decision authority.
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Jay Bemis
Department of Public Safety
U.S.C
DPS
Diamond
Ken Woods
Woods
KOFO
Ottawa
WIBW
Topeka
KCMO
Kansas City
KTSB
Barbershop Quartet Show Set For City Auditorium
The Barberhawks of Lawrence host their third annual show Leave Em Smilin at Municipal Auditorium next Saturday at 8 p.m. The program features The Springfield Music Company from Springfield Missouri Flint Hills Four state champions Barberhawks Sound Alternative and the O Men from Ottawa High School. Tickets are 4 downstairs 3 balcony. call Ottawa 242-1280 or Lawrence 842-0513.
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Barber Shop
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Barberhawks
Ottawa High
Q-Men
Butler’s
Municipal Auditorium
Lawrence
The
Barbershop Harmony Society
Springfield Music Company
Springfield
Flint Hills
Kansas
Sound Alternative
O-Men
Ottawa High School
Dexter
Lincoln
Neb
Emporia
Harmony Society
U.S
Canada
Ottawa
Christmas Tree Pickup Back On In Ottawa
A spokesman for the Kansas National Guard said the Ottawa Guard unit will collect discarded Christmas trees this weekend. Greg Gilroy confirmed tree pickup starts today at noon and continues all day Sunday, with no call required. trees must be near the street by noon today.
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Kansas National Guard
Ottawa Guard
Greg Gilroy
Gilroy
DPS Probes Battery Thefts
The Department of Public Safety investigated three battery thefts from vehicles in the 900 blocks of South Hickory and Main. Batteries were taken Thursday or Friday from Arthur J. Barnett at 909 5 Hickory Noel Cook at 58 941 S Main and Art V Conus at 925 S Main. Losses ranged from 45 to 60 dollars.
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Department of Public Safety
South Hickory
Main
Arthur J. Barnett
Hickory
Noel Cook
S. Main
Art V. Conus
Cook
Gas Service Company
Barnett
Kansas senator seeks 1984 presidential primary reestablishment
Senator Mike Johnston of Parsons profiles a bill to reestablish Kansas’s presidential primary in 1984. He notes that nearly 500,000 voters backed the 1980 presidential preference primary and argues the public spoke then.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Mike Johnston
Parsons
Johnston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larry Powell
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County
Chase
Virginia Powers
Peoples National Bank
Reader's Digest
Bill Katz
TV Guide
Community Information Center
Guist Taxidermy Studio
Jim Guist
Jim
Anderson Rentals
New Hampshire
Kansas State University
Pomona
Kans
J. Everette Stark
Century 21
C.D. Schulte
Young Place
Ad Briefs
Lacy
Becky
Lillian
South 59
the Daily Report
District Court News
Sheriff's News
Virginia Breshers
Kenneth A. Reh
Bob Knight
Here
Lowell E. Bailey
Robert Barclay
Sioux City
Omaha
St. St. Paul
St. Paul
Peoria
Joliet
Sioux Falls
City Auditorium
H&r
H&r Block
North Main
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