Careful Race for Ottawa Board Seats Gathers Pace
Patricia Carey and Karen Wooge filed for Ottawa Board of Education seats joining five candidates vying for seven seats. Carey, 33, homemaker, cites middle school plans and food service issues. Wooge, 36, Herald employee, seeks to help with school problems. Both emphasize board meetings and community involvement as key aims ahead of the April 7 election.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Patricia Carey
N. Sycamore
Karen Wooge
Ottawa Rfd
Carey
Richard
Santa Fe Railroad
Lincoln School
Kristin
Vanessa
Lincoln
Ottawa High School
Christian Women's Club
Girl Scouts
The
Lincoln Pta
Wooge
Herald
Eisenhower
Puritans Ban Christmas in 1640s England and Regions
The era led by Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas festivities in 1642 with reinstatement under Charles II in 1660. Puritan influence persisted in New England where Christmas was not a legal holiday until 1856.
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Oliver Cromwell
Encyclopedia Americana
Charles II
New England States
Inaugural Week Notes on Presidents and Trivia
A Q and A roundup covers Ronald Reagan’s middle name Wilson, presidential pay at 200000 plus 50000 expenses and 100000 travel allowance, Bush's 1924 birthdate making him 56, and a discussion of the so-called curse of presidents elected in years ending in zero. All data from Kane's Facts About the Presidents.
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Ronald Reagan
Wilson
Almanac
U.S
George Bush
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Zachary Taylor
Reagan
Kane
Ottawa Chamber Notes Flight Plans and Local Events
A Chamber newsletter from Ottawa highlights a recent aerial look at growth and plans for a film library. Upcoming items include a free Sheriff’s meeting on January 27 about home and business protection. Also announced: Kiwanis Pancake Feed on January 26 and thanks for the Chamber Banquet, with community donors named. Legislative Coffee set for February 7 at Peoples National Bank. Addresses provided for state legislators.
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Ottawa
Sheriff's Department
Kiwanis Club
First Methodist Church
Chamber
Pat McLoud
Pat
Lyle Turner
Turner
University
Missouri Pacific
First Street
Peoples National Bank
Jim Allen
Dorothy Nichols
Statehouse
Topeka
Vassar Playhouse Announces 1981 Spring Season
The Vassar Playhouse Resident Company reveals a spring lineup including Neil Simon and William Shakespeare comedies, a Jones and Schmidt musical and an evening of music and poetry. California Suite opens February 5 with multiple midmonth runs, Much Ado About Nothing and Philemon follow in March and April, with meals offered before shows at the Vassar Shortline. Tickets and meals can be reserved via box office at 828-3249.
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Vassar
Neil Simon
William Shakespeare
Jones and Schmidt
Vassar Playhouse
California
Kathryn Rogers Foundation For Artists
Kansas Arts Commission
National Endowment For the Arts
Playhouse
Eagles Lodge Dance and Local Ads Highlights
Community listings feature a Honey Creek Eagle Lodge dance at 9 p.m. plus local businesses offering tax services, home goods, and fresh promotions. Events include The Fabulous Presley Twins at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium and various dining specials, while public notices invite attendance at community meetings in Franklin County.
Garfield Cub Scouts Meet And Advisory Council Schedule
The Garfield Cub Scouts will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the school. The USD 290 Special Education Advisory Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Board office. Mrs Judith Moore of High Point North Carolina, daughter of Roselyn Whitley of 504 West 7th, is a patient at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens Georgia.
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Garfield Cub
USD 290
Special Education Advisory Council
Judith Moore
High Point
N.C
Roselyn Whitley
W. 7Th
St. Mary’s Hospital
Athens
Local Man Admits Swindling in Mustard Heir Scam
Rodney Moquin, 32, pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to five felonies tied to a mustard fortune scam. He allegedly obtained about 25000 dollars in goods from local merchants and stole a pickup and two horse trailers from a Franklin County seller. His wife Alice Moquin was jailed on a theft by deception warrant, with Osage County cases linked to the same scheme. The pleas were part of a Franklin County plea bargain, preserving Moquin from further charges if he stays away from Franklin County.
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Lawrence
Rodney
Moquin
Douglas County
New York
Franklin County
Maquin
Alice
Tennessee
Texas
Osage County
Wendell Barker
Barker
Jim Clark
Clark
Ottawa area school menus and Kansas cattle market notes
Weekly school lunch menus for Daily Report Ottawa Sacred Heart list meals from January 26 with items like burritos tacos pork roast and porcupine balls. Following menus include civil cases filed and local crash reports. Kansas City market report shows steers cows bulls and yields with price ranges and regional variations across St Paul Joliet and St. Joseph.
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Sacred Heart
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Paul
St. St. Paul
Joliet
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