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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 2001
Page
1
Fireworks stands popping up north of Ottawa along US 59
Fireworks stands along Highway 59 north of Ottawa open for the season. Marilyn McMillen and her daughter stock boxes for McMillen Fireworks in a family 33 year tradition. John Stranghoner of Jake’s, Pittsburg, runs a stand with chain backing to keep prices low as customers seek the best deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Sykes
Herald
Ottawa
Us-59
Marilyn McMillen
McMillen Fireworks
Highway 59
Janis Heck
McMillen
John Stranghoner
Iola
Stranghoner
Jake
No fireworks in Ottawa this Fourth of July
Laura Potter reports Ottawa bans all fireworks including sparklers within city limits due to safety and fire risk. Bottle rockets remain illegal statewide. Fire officials warn of high to extreme danger as dry conditions persist and residents recall past battle rocket wars by children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Neff
Carol Bulmer
Nicol Hopkins
Cassie Hopkins
Ottawa
Us-59
Laura Potter
Herald
Randy Allan
Ottawa Police Department
Kansas
Dennis Nowatzke
Ottawa Fire Department
Kansas State Forestry Division
Allan
Costa Rica vows top priority in Shannon Martin murder
Costa Rican ambassador to the United States says solving the stabbing death of Shannon Martin, a University of Kansas student, is a top government priority. Hair evidence will be tested at the FBI lab in Washington, with officials unsure how long results will take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Jaime Carembium
United States
Lawrence Journal-World
Shannon Martin
Costa Rica
Caremblum
Golfito
Ee Arr
Martin
FBI
Washington, D.C
Martin Matamoros
Organization of Judicial Investigation
Matamoros
Jeanette Stauffer
Topeka
Goalifite
Shay
Graves still player in Western rate case
Governor Bill Graves appointed all three Kansas Corporation Commission members and faces a choice on whether to intervene as Western Resources seeks a 150.5 million rate hike and a plan to separate its regulated utilities from unregulated interests in a 4.4 billion merger with PNM. The KCC weighs rate increases, a potential rights offering, and debt allocations as regulators and opponents clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Western Resources Inc
KCC
Western
Public Service Company of New Mexico
PNM
Bill Graves
Graves
Walker Hendrix
Citizens’ Utility Ratepayers Board
ECC
Westar Industries
Westar
KPL
KGB
Kansas
New Mexico
Protection One Security
Timothy McKee
Wichita
County session canceled as quorum missing
The Franklin County Commission meeting was scrubbed because not enough commissioners were present. Chairman Don Waymire and Commissioner Raymond Carey attended. three officials are required to open a meeting. The only item, an annexation public hearing for the airport, was incorrectly scheduled. Commissioner Fred Ferguson rests at home after five days in Shawnee Mission Medical Center with low sodium levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Commission
Don Waymire
Raymond Carey
Fred Ferguson
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Ferguson
Muslim group cites possible alive American hostage in Philippines
MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu said rebels saw Abu Sayyaf moving hostages including an American and two others from Wichita on Basilan. He cautioned the report could not be verified and more checks were needed, as soldiers search for captives and a body said to be Sobero’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Don Brown
Zamboanga
Philippines
Abu Sayyaf
Guillermo Sobero
Corona
Calif
Basilan Island
Eid Kabalu
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Wichita
Kabala
MILF
Sobero
Kabalu
Associated Press
Diomedio Villanueva
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American Pyrotechnics Association
Grucci
ThinkQuest
Catherine New
Herald Staff
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