Piazza tops NL All Star balloting ahead of Bonds
Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza leads National League All Star voting, with Barry Bonds of San Francisco not leading. Weather outlook for Thursday is cooler and partly cloudy with a 20 percent shower risk, highs in the mid 80s and southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Fourth of July weekend remains mostly dry Friday and Saturday, with a Sunday storm threat. nightly lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s and highs 80 to 85.
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Mike Piazza
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco
Barry Bonds
Nun Helped by Fireworks Stand Raises Funds in Kansas
Sister Mary Collar, a 33 year old nun and dental hygienist in McPherson, works a weekend fireworks stand to aid her church. Her family has deep ties to the fireworks industry and she longs to minister to troubled youths full time. In Topeka, Kansas, the Department of Corrections reported inmates logged over 869,000 hours of community service in the last fiscal year, a 45 percent rise, performing park and road cleanup, lawn work and sidewalk installation. In Phillipsburg, Anita Epstein, 35, died from injuries after an automatic pin setter pinned her while trying to free jammed pins at a bowling alley. The death is ruled an accident.
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Andover
Kan
Mary Collar
Sister Collar
McPherson
Topeka
Department of Corrections
Phillipsburg
Anita Epstein
City Council asked to cover 2.3 million cost overrun in 18th and Vine project
Kansas City officials seek 2.3 million to close a 24 million 18th and Vine jazz district renovation shortfall. Mayor Cleaver backs the request as overruns common. If not funded, museum complex components may miss the September 5 grand opening.
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Kansas City, Mo
18Th and Vine
Emanuel Cleaver
Count Basie
Charlie Parker
Wheat harvest a gem in Franklin and Anderson counties
Wheat harvest is about 50 percent complete in Franklin and Anderson counties. Farmers report 40 to 70 bushels per acre with test weights 62 pounds in Franklin and 60 to 100 bushels per acre in Anderson. Extension agents Hibdon and Zimmerman call it a crop of a lifetime and note rotation crop value.
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Cleon Rickel
Jill Zimmerman
Anderson County
Zimmerman
Hibdon
Rota
Chautauqua Days to Feature B J Thomas and Bonamy
Ottawa Jaycees present a three day Chautauqua in For est Park with expanded entertainment and a Friday Saturday concert by B J Thomas and James Bonamy on the west park stage. A $3 admission donation covers all three days and is waived for Thomas and Bonamy ticket holders with ducats. Tickets run 15 in advance 20 at the gate. Parade opens Friday at 11 am with a Kansas Frontier Days theme and period floats and reenactments fill the day.
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B.J. Thomas
Ottawa Jaycees
Forest Park
Tina McComb
The
Jaycees
James Bonamy
Debbie Larcom
Thomas
Larcom
Butch Cassidy and
Moe Bandy
Joe Stampley
Conway Twitty
Charlie Rich
Merle Haggard
George Jones
George Strait
Beyond Video
Travcomm Travel
Sutton’s Jewelry
Main Street
Ottawa enacts tobacco sale limits at local stores
On Tuesday Ottawa implemented a city ordinance restricting tobacco sales aimed at reducing minor use. Vending machines and self-serve displays are banned, licenses required, and stores like Country Mart and Wal-Mart shifted layouts to a dedicated tobacco shop area with separate registers. Managers cite customer inconvenience while evaluating options as they adapt to the new rules.
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Ottawa
Steve Silverman
Country Mart
Silverman
Wal-Mart Super- Center
Ron Webb
Wal-Mart
Webb
Connie Watkins
Five Ottawa grads named to inaugural Wall of Fame
Five Ottawa High School graduates selected for the first Wall of Honor, chosen from 22 nominations, will be celebrated during homecoming weekend October 9 and 10. The honorees include violinist Xian Lewis, Kent Granger, Lelia Hill, Kay Shaughnessy, and John Leod Wilson, with biographies detailing their careers and community impact.
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Ottawa High Grads
Wall of Fame
Ottawa High School
Xian Lewis
Kent Granger
Lelia Hill
Kay Shaughnessy
John Leod Wilson
Wall of Honor
Renaissance Committee
OHS
Gary Kuntz
Kent Granger Granger
University of Kansas
Stanford Law School
School of Business
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Bonds
Cera Lola
Jay Thorton Blake Mackey
Toni Johnson
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Cena Ringwald
Don Woodward
ORC
Valerie Wolf
Herald
Bethany Medical Center
Baylor University Hospital
American Red Cross Nurses Association
California
Hill
Lee's Summit
Douglas Porter
Richmond
Kay Shaughnessy Shaughnessy
Sea Wall
Ynes
Granger
Shaughnessy
Wilson
Lewis
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