Tomorrow Is Kansas Day Students Celebrate State History
Ottawa High School students in American Studies with teachers Dottie McCrossen and Connie Wright organize Kansas Day activities to be shown Thursday for students, parents, and the public. The schedule includes twenty minute class slots and a public period from 2 to 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Murphy
Aichs
Union
Topeka
Ottawa High School
Dottie McCrossen
Connie Wright
John Dungan
Carry Nation
Shelley Sorenson
Wichita
Claudia Snyder
Eric Peterson
OHS
Kansas Talent Night At Youth Center and Church
Thursday TOPS and Youth Center events lead into Friday activities at Trinity United Methodist Church and Baxter Community. Kansas themed programs include posters, poems, papers, stories, skits, songs and ballads. Students presented two page papers on Kansas personalities and topics. Kansans are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhursday
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ottawa Amateur Radio Association
Baxter
Kansas
KU studies TV effects on children under National Institute grant
Researchers at the University of Kansas will examine how heavy television viewing affects 3 to 7 year olds through a four year, 270000 dollar National Institute of Mental Health grant. The Family TV Viewing Study will track about 320 Topeka families, diaries of weekly viewing, and later tests of attention and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
University of Kansas
National Institute of Mental Health
Center
Aletha Huston
Topeka
Ms. Huston
John Wright
Mabel Rice
Human Development Department
Marilyn Bremer
Center For Research
Craft catalog ad for Needlecraft patterns and pricing
An advertisement for The Ottawa Herald Needlecraft catalog promotes crochet and quilting patterns. It lists several pattern titles with sizes S M L, two slipper styles, and two color crochet designs. Readers are asked to send $2.00 per pattern plus 50 cents for first class mail, and to mail to Alice Brooks in New York with full name address ZIP size and style number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hessent
Alice Brooks
Ottawa Herald
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Clip Shares Life Lessons
A reader letter column offers life lessons on visiting aging parents, prioritizing family over work, and financial planning. Notes urge timely travel to see relatives, insurance for overworked spouses, valuing real violins, and recognizing workplace loyalty without punishment. The letters from 20-20 Hindsight, Familiar with the Territory, Asking for a Friend, and Amarillo Tex reflect common advice tone and unsolicited guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
New Jersey
Antonius
Carl
Amarillo
Tex
Cubs Award Scouts at Garfield Meeting
Garfield Cub Scouts held a meeting where Bob Cat awards went to Ryan Gunkel Scott Reynolds and Diablo McFarland. Steve Martin earned three Silver Arrows. Artist Athlete and Sportsman badges were awarded to Brett Baldwin Steve Baylor Kenneth Boyer Robbie Christensen Steve DeVore Travis Haas John Macy Chris Pachoike and Peter Shaw. Nathanael Sandstrom received the Sportsman badge. Johnnie Ray from the Kansas Fish and Game Commission gave a film Life in the Wilderness. Blue and Gold Banquet set for February 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Cub Scouts
Bob Cat
Ryan Gunkel
Scott Reynolds
Diablo McFarland
Steve Martin
Brett Baldwin
Steve Baylor
Kenneth Boyer
Robbie
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Kathy Bradford
Steve Heath
Ottawa University
Puerto Rico
Aan Landers
Blaze Jeans
Jennings Cardets and Sons
Ottawa
Dan
Tally Ho
Inapaltat
Enchanted Forest
terCaye
Stan Nichols
Cubs
Zenith
AMANA
Lara
Wea
Crites
Palliva
Heer
Corning
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