Underwood Receives Second Russell Crites Award
Huck and Shuck sponsor Underwood Equipment head, ary Underwood, is named recipient at the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce 63rd annual meeting. Lucy Crites presented the award for community service, honoring his chairing of the agri business committee and promotion of Shuck in Days. The event featured Ron Wilson of Huck Boyd Institute and remarks on community growth and volunteerism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hitch
Ary Underwood
Underwood Equipment
Russell Crites
Ottawa
Boy Scouts
Ottawa University
Mowbray Union
Ron Wilson
Huck Boyd National Institute For Rural Development
Wilson
Kansas State University
Nancy Kassebaum
U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Farm Credit Bank of Wichita
Huck Boyd Institute
Wilbur Wheaton
Anxiety at Statehouse Heads Toward Grueling Session
Lawmakers gather at the Statehouse under wintry skies with a sense of urgency as they face a likely tough session over public school financing. Shawnee County Judge Bullock questioned the current formula, Wichita District sues, and Gov Finney pushes a 45 mill statewide levy to curb taxes in many districts.
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Matt Truell
Associated Press
Topeka
Statehouse
Senate
Fred Kerr
Pratt
House
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
Wichita
Bullock
Joan Finney
Kerr
Ottawa BOE to decide on Duncan renewal term tonight
The Ottawa Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. at 420 S Main to vote on renewing Superintendent Don Duncan's contract beyond June 30, with a one or two year term uncertain. Current salary is $63,000 this school year amid talks on teacher contracts and a nurses survey.
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Jay Bemis
Herald City
Ottawa Board of Education
Don Duncan
Duncan
Jack Maxwell
Maxwell
Pecan
Ottawa High School
Topeka
Kansas
S. Main
Bush pushes open markets amid trade row
President Bush addressed 6000 at the American Farm Bureau in Kansas City vowing to seek worldwide phasing out of farm subsidies and to reject any trade deal that harms American farmers. He pressed for open markets, urged GATT progress, and defended his Asia trip as a step toward broader trade liberalization. He warned against unilateral agreements and noted EC subsidies remain a hurdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Connell
Associated Press
Kansas City
Bush
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
Congress
Far East
Corning
Geneva
U.S
Wade
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Huck & Shuck
Ottawa Chamber
Underwood
Chamber
Betty Sands
J.C. Penney
Wheaton
Len Daugherty
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Crites
BOE
Ralph Young
Amanda Tiegreen
Fort Scott
Russ Hendrick
Pueblo
Coro
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