Renaissance festival comes to Ottawa City Park features medieval arts
The Barony of the Forgotten Sea from Kansas City hosts a Saturday festival and tournament at Ottawa City Park from noon to 6 p.m. Activities include armor clad combat, lace making, spinning, weaving, calligraphy, leatherwork, and armor displays. A medical corps and on site concession stands are planned by OCAC.
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Ottawa City Park
Kansas City
Society For Creative Anachronism
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Ottawa
Steve Tinsley
KOFO
Etienne de Nothus
SCA
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Tinsley
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Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Europe
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
U.S
Camelot
Barony
Pennsylvania
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
Kansas City Art Institute
Deb Barker
OCAC
KG&E Faces $370.9 Million Rate Hike For Wolf Creek Plant
Hearings in Topeka focus on KG&E proposed higher rates to fund its 47 percent share of the Wolf Creek nuclear plant. KG&E pleads for new rate classes including an essential services rate and an industrial development rider. Lehman says plan benefits customers. industrial groups warn against time-of-day shifts.
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Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wolf Creek
Alan Decker
KCC
Kg&e
Neil Talbot
Boston
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Earnest A. Lehman
Lennon
Lehman
Commission
Kansas
Miller to head OMB as deficit fight stalls progress
Economist Miller expected to join the Office of Management and Budget as lawmakers clash over a comprehensive deficit-reduction package. Senate and House budget writers failed to reach a compromise, while a separate push seeks a larger four-year farm bill than the administration requested. Miller, four years on the FTC, clashed with former chairman Pertschuk over regulatory scope and consumer protections, signaling ongoing tension between business-friendly policies and consumer advocacy.
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Office of Management and Budget
Reagan
Congress
House
Senate
FTC
Michael Pertschuk
Carter
Pertschuk
Commission
Perschuk
Hayden creates Public Agenda Commission in Kansas
Kansas House Speaker Mike Hayden unveils the 16 member Public Agenda Commission with a 56000 budget to identify the state's major issues for the next 20 years. He denies the panel is setup to boost his 1986 governor bid but says the effort is necessary. The panel will study issues through May 1986 with a July report.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
House
Mike Hayden
Public Agenda Commission
Hayden
Statehouse
R-Atwood
Legislative Coordinating Council
Keith Shumway
Ottawa
Ottawa University
John Moore
Cessna Aircraft Co
H. Edward Flentie
Wichita State University
Center For Urban Studies
Flentie
Bennett
Illusion of invulnerability among college students
A University of Illinois Chicago social psychologist reports that the belief of personal invulnerability fosters self destructive habits such as smoking and ignoring spouses. In studies with 290 freshmen and sophomores, she finds the illusion reduces anxiety but worsens preparedness for misfortune, suggesting a balance to promote preventive behavior without eroding security.
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Chicago
Linda Perloff
Ms. Perloff
University of Ilinois At
Local business openings and events scattered across town
Ad briefs announce Razors Repair Drake Jewelry and Hair It Is now open with evening by appointment. Pizza Time begins lunch service at 11 am. The Kitchen Table offers turkey and dressing for 3.55 on Fridays and Saturdays. Mock Motors goes on vacation July 15 to 28 with reopening July 29. Sack and Act players perform at Ottawa Library this Saturday at 4 pm. The Kitchen Table operates 5 am to 10 pm daily. A study on perceived invulnerability discusses how students view personal and peer risk.
Ottawa Daily Report Admissions and Court News
Ruth Richardson and others admitted. dismissals listed. Births include a girl for Randy and Barbara Holder. Warrant cases involve Barbara A Secrest and Michael D Secrest. Larceny at Wal Mart and vandalism at Ottawa Library. Abandoned car fire injures children. District Court: multiple cases including DWI, traffic violations, and diversions. Quotations favor crops set at Ottawa Co op.
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Ruth Richardson
Ottawa
Marguerite Fitch
Waverly
Chad Morelet
Pomona
Cass Vogeler
Cedar
Randy Holder
Fifth and Main
Main Street Bridge preconstruction briefing set for Friday
A Kansas Department of Transportation preconstruction conference with the Main Street Bridge contractor will be at 10 a.m. Friday in City Hall. Ricky G. Vogeler, injured in a Tuesday construction accident, was reported in fair condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center and may be released later today. Room 5119.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
City Hall
Ricky G. Vogeler
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Richmond
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Tremont
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