Front Page GRADS: students balance work and study
A look at Ottawa graduates pursuing college and career paths this summer and fall. Students like Kristen Spratt engage campuses in Texas and Kansas State University majors in finance, accounting, and MIS, while others simulate a busy mix of jobs, sports, clubs, and military ROTC commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Steward
Elizabeth Gibson
Kristen Spratt
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Pratt
Ottawa Family Physicians
Jon Anderson
Air Force
Kansas State University
Wal-Mart
Fisher and Teal
Waverly
KSU
Midwest
Lester Building Systems
Ottawa High School
Lawrence
Buck Bradley
San Diego
U.S. Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Marines
FBI
DEA
Jared Wiesner
Fair continues with playful pig show and rodeo schedule
Audray McCurdy and others enjoy the fair as youngsters try to show pigs in the arena. Beads of laughter ring out at the end as kids and pigs circle the ring. Superintendents Keefer and Powell manage the poultry and pigeon tent while riders and cattle exhibitors prepare for events. The United Rodeo Association roars to life tonight at 8 with a livestock sale at 6 and Fair Board’s Pie auction. Sunday features Truck and Tractor Pulls at 1 pm and unlimited rides for 12 dollars with wristbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audray McCurdy
McCurdy
Scott Driver
Whitney Coen
Bazil
al Keefer
Kim Powell
United Rodeo Association
Fair Board
Abilene Gains Land But Pupils May Stay With Chapman
Fifty four Chapman district students in the transfer area have won permission to attend classes in Chapman this fall, about 67 percent of those in the transferred area who would otherwise be Abilene pupils. Chapman Superintendent Tony Frieze said more requests are likely as parents consider Chapman. Abilene won the land transfer after Chapman residents protested a Chapman elementary school closure in Talmage. Frieze noted outflow does not help Chapman financially. funding follows students but there is no bus aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KSU
Boys State
Emil
Petersen
Wiesner
First Unite Methods Church
Salina
Chapman
Abilene
Tony Frieze
State Board of Education
Chapman Board
Talmage
Kansans struggle with health tied to lifestyle choices
A Kansas Department of Health and Environment survey links poor habits to illness and early disability. Bad habits include 24.6 percent not always wearing seat belts, 23 percent smoking, 13 percent binge drinking, and 32 percent overweight. Officials urge broader prevention funding and coordinated programs to improve nutrition, exercise, and early disease detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Paula Marmet
Bureau of Health Promotion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gibson
Steward
Ottawa American Legion
Allen County Community College
Iola
ACCC
Kasey Hays
Neosho County Community College
Ottawa Country Club
Jason Eichenberger
Town and Country
Allis-Chalmers
Eichenberger
Scott Sachse
University of Kansas
Sachie
Carianne Cuevas
Topeka
Cuevas
Curves
Ryan Hushka
Ryan Stringer
Ken Morton
Ottawa
NCCC
Jennifer Moreau
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park
Moreau
J.R. Servatius
Servatius Plumbing
Ottawa Legion
Northwest Missouri State University
Marysville
Bethany Harris
Wal- Mart
Australia
Africa
Sachse
Anderson
Hays
Huschka
Servatius
Bradley
Stringer
Harris
Powell
Keefer
Ron Bishop
Natalie
Lucas
Don Hamerickhouse
By Carol Crapper
Harris News Service
Kansas
Marmet
Reno County
Judy Seltzer
Seltzer
Saline
Kansas Counties
del Meier
Saline County
Meier
Deb Parsons
Tallfree
American Legacy Foundation
Garden City
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Nblbi.nih.gov
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