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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 2016
Page
1
The Arrows American Legion baseball team gears up for the season as Ottawa readers are invited to page 5 for details. A separate note on page 9 mentions a summer concert titled Cup performs i first concert i Summer.
Franklin County and Douglas County participants join the 35th Kansas Law Enforcement Torch Run starting in Ottawa. Photos show Heaven Fisher and local law enforcement guiding runners as the torch travels from Kansas State Bank to the Kan Kalmar Industries and on toward Wichita, with Kalmar donating 10,000 to Kansas Special Olympics.
Susan Geiss of the Franklin County Historical Society outlines three plausible sites connected to John Brown. The Tony Jones house near Ottawa was a Brown visit site. a log cabin near Rantoul was reportedly built for Orson Day. and a primitive cabin west of Lane sheltered abducted slaves during Brown’s 1858 Missouri raid era with a baby named John born there before the group moved on.
Franklin County commissioners balked at allowing remote attendance during regular meetings at the Office Annex in Ottawa. During a study session the board discussed tech options including phone or teleconferencing, prompted by Steve Harris who has not attended since April after taking a VA job in Topeka. Colton Waymire Rick Howard Randall Renaud and Roy Dunn supported reconsideration, but the panel did not move forward.
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