Downtown swastikas pre date World War II
Community readers ask why swastikas appear on the front of 123 S Main St and how long they’ve been there. The article explains the symbol’s long history as a sacred sign in several religions and notes its use in Europe in the early 20th century prior to Nazi associations.
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S. Main St
Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
U.S
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Europe
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Hope House memorial bear honors late volunteer
Chuck Crawford creates bears from his mother Alice Crawford’s volunteer shirts to memorialize her work at Hope House food pantry in Ottawa. He gifts several bears including a green and gray bear with the pantry logo to staff and family, aiming to honor her dedication and support.
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Mary Lois Yates
Hope House
Pat Hayden
Alice Crawford
Shirlene Taylor
Alice
S. Walnut St
Ottawa
Chuck Crawford
Crawford
Yates
Bear
Alice Craw
Former OHS star Peoples aims Olympic bid again
Ottawa native Kearsten Peoples, 24, ex Olympic hopeful and 2010 Ottawa High School graduate, trains for the 2016 Rio shot put in hopes of representing the United States. After college at Missouri, she funds travel herself and has started a GoFundMe that has raised about 1,585 of a 5,000 goal with support from 17 backers across Ottawa and Missouri.
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Kearsten Peoples
Ottawa High School
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Peoples
University of Missouri
Ottawa
Columbia
Missouri
Caren
Terry Rugg
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