Ottawa drill team wins awards at Emporia camp
Ottawa High School drill team returned from a National Cheerleaders Association Camp at Emporia State University with a superior routine rating and a plaque for outstanding execution. Two members, Jo Mettenberg and Megan Denton, made the finals in the drill down, while Denton and Heidi Heiniger earned Superstar girls distinctions for trip eligibility to the Aloha Bowl or Dublin. Other team members listed. sponsor Marilyn Hay.
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Ottawa High School
National Cheerleaders Association
Emporia State
Marilyn Hay
Jo Mettenberg
Megan Denton
Denton
Heidi Heiniger
Hawaii
Dublin
Ireland
Relocation to Ottawa Local Forum Excerpt 1912 Memoir
Bethell recalls 1864 1865 Ottawa settlement in Kansas with his family across from Tony Jones. He describes a log school near Standard's Packing House taught by Mrs. W.S. Filson, meeting Pawnee and Ottawa neighbors, and tasting local apples from Chief Wilson. Father helped build Ottawa's first frame store. a tavern followed. The family moved from Waldorf farm to Ed McCononse land near Chippewa Hills and Mission.
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Thomas Winfield Bethell
Tony Jones
Ottawa
Stannard’s
W.S. Filson
Charlie
Jim Randel
Wilson
Baldwin
Fromm
Waldorf
Ed McConnse
Ed McCoonse
Esh-ton-o-quot
Chippewa Hills
Robert
Census fire hits 1990 head count in Senate hearing
The 1990 census faces criticism for inaccuracies and omissions, with Rep. Charles Schumer asserting the tally will be the worst national head count. Census Bureau acting director Barbara Everitt Bryant defended the process, saying the count is not finished and the “fat lady” has not sung. The hearing reviewed Bryant’s confirmation and census progress.
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Washington
U.S
Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Schumer
Senate
Barbara Everitt Bryant
Census Bureau
Bryant
New York City
Tom Sawyer
Ohio
House Post Office
General Accounting Office
Congress
L. Nye Stevens
GAO
Herb Kohl
D-Wisc
Unsafe Eudora High School Forces Partial Closure
Eudora Kansas officials ban use of the three story high school after a state fire prevention chief inspects the 72 year old building. About 120 high school students attend classes in the affected area while 220 junior high students use the attached library and offices. The board will meet to discuss options, from minor repairs to bonds for a new building.
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Eudora
Kan
John Earhart
Paul Markley
State Fire Prevention Division
Dan Bloom
Bloom
Albanians Flee to Italy as Embassies Evacuate Refugees
Thousands of weary Albanians disembarked at Brindisi after four ferries carrying about 4 500 evacuees under a UN mediated deal. Red Cross workers provided milk and clothing while hospitals treated injuries from confrontations with Albanian police. A baby was born aboard the Espresso Grecia, and 3 200 evacuees proceeded to West Germany by train.
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Brindisi
Italy
Europe
Pan of Durres
United Nations
Red Cross
Ariano Harizai
Albania
Ricardo Moro
West Germany
Durres
Marseille
Greece
Athens
Clara Minerva
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Atanya Gilbert
Becky Gilroy
Amy Green
Jill Grigg
Becky Johnson
Kelly Jo Karnes
Angela Ledom
Mindy McDaniel
Christine Pelton
Tami Stankard
Wellsville
John Disiere
Iola
Nayrea Reed
Mary Deitch
Disiere
Dee-Zee- Air
Okmulgee
Okla
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Tulsa
Cine
Main
Raymond L. Zweine
Garnett
University of Kansas
Fort Scott Community College
Anne Marie Lalonde Hanson
W. 13Th
University of Kansas Graduate School
Oasis Minutes
Oasis Club
Lorraine Max
Voice of Praise
Thelma Lewis
Gayla Kelley
Sharon Wheeler
Betty Norwood
Missouri River
Kansas City
Briscoe Drug
Ninth and Main
Pomona Lake
First United Methodist Church
Drake
Krista Lee Maes
Willow
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Emporia State University
ESU
Center For Insurance Education
Kansas Insurance Education Foundation
Edward Spigle
Cheryl Thomas
Pomona High School
Local Forum
North Ottawa Bank
Drum Grove
Princeton
John Waldorf
Walruff
Moravian Church
Romic
Greenwood Church
McMannes
McMannes) Land Co
Lang
Praire
Father
Michael Fitzgerald
Deborah Barker
Eudora High School Unsafe
Plaza Cinema
Anates
Cal Lantis
We. Tecumseh Vilawa
Farm Bureau Insurance
Suttons Jewelry Town
Kansas
Stella Tharp
Dengel Jon
Hickory
Aurstat Heating and Cooling Products
Adamson Bros. Sheet Metal
417 North Main
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