Ottawa Lions Bean Supper and Local Fundraisers
Bulletin board notes several Saturday events in Ottawa. The Ottawa Lions Club hosts an all you can eat ham and beans supper at Elliott Hall First Baptist Church from 430 to 7 pm with tickets 4 dollars for adults and 2 for children and a 1 dollar extra for pie. New Hope Baptist Church offers its 53rd annual pancake and sausage supper 5 to 8 pm with freewill donations. The York Rite Chicken and Noodle dinner at the Masonic Temple 422 S Main runs 11 am to 1 30 pm with 5 dollars adults 2 50 for children under 10 to support York Rite philanthropies. Church of the Brethren sale 9 am to 3 pm features baked items books and more to fund Jamie Jamison band trip to Europe.
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Ottawa Lions
Ottawa Lions Club
Elliott Hall
First Baptist Church
Fourth and
Hickory
Lions
New Hope
York Rite
Masonic Temple
S. Main
Ottawa
York Rite Philanthropies
Church of the Brethren
9Th and
Jamie Jamison
Europe
Lawrence Housing Ordinance Echoes Across College Towns
Lawrence confronts a proposed limit on unrelated residents in single family homes amid clashes with longtime neighbors over noise and late-night parties. Similar three-person rules exist in Columbia, Lincoln, and Boulder with mixed results. Lawmakers in Lawrence plan a Feb. 6 hearing as residents warn of neighborhood shifts and student exodus to outskirts.
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Lawrence
Columbia
University
John Fleck
City of
Fleck
Midwest
Lincoln
Neb
Boulder
Colo
Nebraska
Colorado
Jim Gery
Gary
Qut
Jim Boise
City Commission
Kansas
Oklahoma State team plane crash details surface
Residents recount the Beechcraft King Air 200 crash near Denver as investigation teams search wreckage in light snow. The Oklahoma State group, including players Nate Fleming and Daniel Lawson, along with staff and others, were returning from Boulder after a Big 12 game. The FAA and NTSB officials said no distress call was made and will reconstruct the aircraft to determine the cause while weather hampered efforts.
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Jon Carrick
Cesar Ronquillo
Jerry Snyder
Federal Aviation Administration
Arnold Scott
NTSB
Denver
riiWe
Hammerschmidt
Adams County
Greeley
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
Okla
Colorado Buffaloes
Boulder
Nate Fleming
Daniel Lawson
Will Hancock
Pat Noyes
Brian Luinstra
Kendall Durfey
Bill Teegins
Denver Mills
Bjorn Fallstrom
Jared Weiberg
Big 12
Kevin Weiberg
North Bay Charter
Reno
Nev
FAA
Greg Feith
Kusa-Tv
Ntsb.gov
Faa.gov
Kansas Day activities highlight state history in Ottawa area
In Ottawa area schools students planned a Kansas Day with history lessons and activities. Eisenhower Elementary hosted a Topeka Squares contest while Garfield Elementary featured quilting weaving and making bread. Some events canceled due to rain and cold weather.
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Ottawa
Eisenhower
Jackie Steelman
Steelman
Garfield Elementary
Kansas
Pomona
Williamsburg
Appanoose
Renters face heating cost squeeze in Salina flats
In Salina, landlord Sheldon Nelson fears rising heating bills could force rent hikes at his fourplex at 817 University. December bills totaled 899 for gas and electricity amid freezing weather, while typical cold months run about 400. Nelson hopes for relief before winter spikes. Other landlord Richard Bennett notes tenants may not thermostat wisely if heat is included in rent, risking higher arrears or vacancies.
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Salina
Sheldon Nelson
Nelson
Fourplex
University
W. Grand
Nelsons
Richard Bennett
Bennett
Rantoul arrests top daily sheriff reports in county area
Multiple suspects named Ida Denise Waddle George Burton Waddle and Adam Bell face methamphetamine and battery charges with bonds set from 750 to 50 000. Several others including Jose Flores III Manuel Garza and Mary Engert face warrants or drug related charges. Thefts accidents and fires are also listed with locations and brief outcomes.
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Ida Denise Waddle
Rantoul
Franklin County
George Burton Waddle
Franklin
Osage
Adam Sean Bell
Richmond
Police
Artur Yoseph
Swiet"Zbinski
N. Poplar
Jose Flores III
Harris Award Highlights Kansas Day GOP Event
Kansas Republicans honored Katherine Harris with a Courage Award at the Kansas Days gathering in Topeka. Harris said she followed the law, not acting courage, as Florida election disputes drew national scrutiny. She received a framed mural print of John Brown as part of the ceremony amid mixed political reactions.
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Kansas
Harris
Topeka
Katherine Harris
Florida
George W. Bush
Republican Party
United States of America
GOP
Capitol Plaza
Bush
Alberta Brinkman
Emporia
Kansas Federation of Republican Women
Cruella de Vil
Tom Sawyer
Gary Sherrer
Sherrer
Supreme Court
al Gore
Kansas Republican Party
Ksgop
Kansas Democratic Party
Ksdp
Conway residents warn Hutchinson over water contamination history
In Conway's late 20th century crisis a propane leak in a salt cavern tainted wells with high salt and propane levels, forcing residents to abandon homes. Decades later survivors warn Hutchinson to demand transparency about potential gas or salt-brine risks and corporate handling of the incident.
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Bill Wilson
Hutchinson New Conway
Conway
Resi
David Beattie
McPherson County
Williams
Hutchinson
Getty Oil
Home Petroleum
National Cooperative Refineries Association
Mid-America Pipeline System
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bill Bryson
Bryson
G.H. “Smokey” Billue
McPherson
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Bulletin Board
By Amy Sullivan
The
Daily Report
Sheriff’s News
Princeton
Main
Martin Dean Robertson
Blue Mound
Oklahoma
Manuel Angel Garza
Mary J. Engert
S. Willow
N. Main
Lees Summit
Scott Jay Lindquist
Taney County
Taney Co
George A. Zook
S. Sycamore
E. 1St
Juana Jordan
Jordan
Ana Miriam Portillo
Erica Portillo
Lewis B. Parsons III
Georgia Road
Eisenhower Ave
Parsons
Mark G. Ryder
Wichita
Idaho Road
Ryder
Olive
Louisiana Ave
Indiana Road
Dents
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