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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 2009
Page
6
Pomona's population is 923 with 50.1 percent males and 49.9 percent females. The median age is 35 and median household income is 30,521 dollars. Four point four percent of families and nine point two percent of individuals are below the poverty level according to the U S Census Bureau.
Pomona, Kansas, traces its origins to founder John H. Whetstone who named the town after the goddess of fruit. The piece notes land purchases of 12 000 to 15 000 acres in 1868 1869, railroad developments by Santa Fe in 1883 and 1904, Missouri Pacific survey in 1876 and line built in 1886, and the 1917 McPac depot loss to a tornado. It covers the 1870 school district, 1871 first school, unification into West Franklin, current city government led by Mayor Joann Hancock and six council members, and post 1992 upgrades including a new city hall community center. The article cites The History of Franklin County Kansas as a source.
The school board weighs options for building a new elementary school and remodeling existing facilities including Garfield and Lincoln Elementarys to standardize services. They will meet with the public after school starts and aim to develop design details and cost estimates by early January.
Leroy's restaurant fuels Steve Wilcoxson's radio program Smokin' and Chokin' with Leroy airing Sundays 3 30 to 4 pm on KOFO Ottawa. The show covers meats vegetables cooking safety and grilling with cohost Tiffany Evans and input from Wilcoxson's wife Jenalea Myers notes.
The Ottawa school board pared eight options to four after public input. The final four retain original names, while the other four are eliminated. Planned spending includes 32 to 35 million dollars on district buildings, with a new elementary school and improvements at OHS and OMS. District buildings Eisenhower Hawthorne Eugene Field will not be used.
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