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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 2003
Page
8
Franklin County 911 outage fix backed with backups
County commissioners approve backup batteries for three 911 terminals at 1110 cost to improve outage protection. A separate 840 battery funds courthouse server power, ensuring online communication during outages. A four year maintenance contract with Avaya Inc. will save about 216 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Jason Parks
Parks
Avaya Inc
Soldier and Child Die as Iraqi Attacks Escalate
In Baghdad area raids by Saddam loyalists kill a U.S. soldier in a rocket attack on a supply convoy near Abu Ghraib and wound an eight year old Iraqi child at a bank in al Mansour. The spike follows a surge of about a dozen attacks daily as Baath holiday tensions rise. Local residents blame insurgents from Fallujah and Ramadi, while U.S. officials warn of further violence ahead of celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borzou Daragahi
Associated Press
Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Abu Ghraib
Diego Baez
Baez
Bush
Saddam
Baath Party
Iraq Governing Council
Puerto Rico
Spc
Carlos McKenzie
Mohammed al-Qazi
Fallujah
Ramadi
al-Mansour
Kevin West
4Th Battalion
1St Field Artillery
West
Ottawa exhibit spotlights two Franklin County cowboys
The Old Depot Museum showcases 91 year old Lew Stratton and the late Jack Campbell, famed for work with Zane Grey, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Miller Brothers. Through August the exhibit features braided rawhide, saddles, photos and period guns. Campbell died in 1967. Stratton trained in the Wild West circuit from 1930 and appears in photos with Tim McCoy’s era performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Stratton
Ottawa
Stratton
Old Depot Museum
W. Tecumseh St
Franklin County
Jack Campbell
Campbell
Garnett
Zane Grey
Europe
Buffalo Bill
Miller Brothers
West
Texas
Tim McCoy
McCoy
Montana
Phyllis Foster
Franklin County Historical Society
Foster
Bob Lantis
Lillian
Cosmosphere unveils Wright Flyer scale model display
At the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center Hutchinson, volunteers from the Hutch Bunch Radio Control Club installed a one third scale model of the Wright brothers 1903 Flyer. The build involved improvising missing parts and ran ahead of schedule amid a public build area and shared pride from the volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Hutch Bunch Club
Spangler
Wright Brothers
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Laurie Sisk
City Hall
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Carnegie Cultural Center
Judy Hasty
Solider
Irao Freedom
Cate Batchelder
Herald
Ber
W. Second St
Cosmosphere
Wrights
Sherrill Bredfeldt
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