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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 2014
Page
1
Ottawa firefighters undertake a training drill focused on confined spaces to enhance safety and response readiness. The exercise emphasizes coordination, equipment handling, and hazard assessment during complex rescues.
Jeanne Stroh Ottawa school superintendent Sara Caylor Ottawa mayor and Becky Nevergold CIS Ottawa executive director accept the inaugural Communities in Schools of Mid-America awards for affiliate school district and community of the year from Malissa Martin CIS Mid-America president at the central office board room 1404 S Ash St Ottawa. Martin praised Ottawa as the most deserving recipient at every level.
The Communities in Schools of Mid-America honored Ottawa with three top awards: affiliate of the year, Ottawa schools of the year, and the Ottawa community of the year. CIS President Malissa Martin cited Ottawa’s strong community support helping students stay in school and succeed.
Kerby Cornett, a first year teacher at Eugene Field Elementary School in Ottawa, cried as she learned she was named one of Kansas's top young elementary teachers. She teaches third grade and was with Superintendent Jeanne Stroh and Principal Shannon Fanning when the call came.
Dustin Sypher, owner of Tall Grass Forge in Ottawa, transforms old and found items into forged art and furniture. His work ranges from bird sculptures and railings to large found-art pieces like an iron fence for the Botanica Gardens. He aims to teach blacksmithing and grow a sculpture-based studio while selling through antique malls and galleries. Sypher travels Kansas for commissions and values meeting varied people along the way.
The craftsman recalls starting welding in junior high at Ottawa and embracing blacksmithing from art school onward. He says seventh grade sparked his fascination as he learned to use blazing torches, taking every shop class available through high school.
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