Aerospace firm to locate here in Ottawa move announced
Lenexa based Mid America Aerospace plans to relocate its aerospace fastener operations to Ottawa with a 34 million investment, building a 50,000 square foot facility at North and Cherry, bringing 14 million in existing equipment plus 1 million in new gear, and creating about 150 jobs. The firm expects a 10 year 100 percent property tax break, hires from local area, and sale of Tech Fast Manufacturing.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Lenexa
Ottawa
Mid America Aerospace
Jim Farrell
Ottawa City Commission
North
Cherry Streets
Sheffield
Kansas City
Mid America
Tech Fast Manufacturing
South Main
Tech Fast
ACI
W. Wilson
Farrell
California
Ottawa board sets goals for action and progress
Ottawa Board of Education members signal a shift from study to action focusing on school involvement, measuring student achievement, and solving space issues at the high school. Officials push for early priority on expansion plans, math improvement, and technology enrichment, with formal adoption slated after a retreat.
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Jeff Myrick
Herald
Ottawa Board of Education
Jack Maxwell
Gollier
Maxwell
OHS
Architectural Finns
Ace
Ottawa
Dale Dieterich
Terry Jennings
Bud
Dieterich
Compu
Bush honors Solidarity roots in Poland amid rallying crowd
President Bush visited the birthplace of the Solidarity movement in Gdansk and told thousands that democracy can revive dreams. He pledged U.S. support for Poland's economic and political transformation, sharing the stage with Lech Walesa and receiving chants of long live Bush as petals fluttered toward his limousine.
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Gdansk
Poland
Bush
Solidarity Labor Movement
America
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Walesa
Hungary
Netherlands
Local gas pumps shut as EPA rules bite Ottawa
Longtime Ottawa service station owners Fred Heathman and Bill Wheeler closed their shops after EPA rules require $1 million liability coverage and tank leak detectors. Heathman operated at 1127 Ne Main for years. Wheeler plans to keep a repair shop. The rule changes, set to begin in 1991, threaten many mom and pop operators with closure.
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Lori Alvarado
Environmental Protection Agency
Ottawa
EPA
Fred Heathman
Ne Main
Schwere Heathman
Bill Wheeler
St Main
Cliff Cravens
Seneepa Snes
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Pomona
Doug Horne
John Love
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Steve Zuk
Solidarity Workers
Lenin Shipyard
Kansas
City Hall
John Mark Lan
Ranklin County
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