Ottawa OHS 1969 reunion events and community notices
Ottawa High School class of 1969 plans a 30th reunion Friday 7 11 p.m. at Pizza Village with a Saturday 1 p.m. middle school tour and 6 11 p.m. dinner at Ottawa Country Club. Dr. Robert Haderlein to be honored June 13 at Girard High School. he retires July 1 from Greenbush Board and completes 42 years on USD 248 board. first non teacher inducted into Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame June 5. fundraiser dance June 5 at Princeton Recreation fields 6 10 p.m.. Everett Cox to perform and food available. donations accepted. Friends of Ottawa Library accepting used books Saturday 10 12 at 209 E Second and Mondays 1 30 2 30. pickups available. magazines textbooks and Reader's Digest Condensed Books not accepted.
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OHS
Ottawa High School
Pizza Village
Ottawa Middle School
Ottawa Country Club
Marsha Hermreck
Haderlein
Robert Haderlein
Girard High School
North Summit
Girard
Southeast Kansas Education Service Center
Greenbush
USD 248
Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame
Recreation
Princeton Recreation
Everett Cox
Friends of the
Ottawa Library
Friends’ Booksale
Aggravated Burglary Probe In Centropolis
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department investigates an aggravated burglary at 120 N 9th Centropolis. On May 18 the victim heard the back door open and exit, later noting a bedroom item missing. Call 1 888 311 TIPS for tips and possible reward up to $1000.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Department
N. 9Th
Centropolis
Franklin County
Vandalized trailer fire follows vandalism spree
Authorities probe a suspicious fire that destroyed a vacant rental trailer at 4706 Fiber Lane after a vandalism spree by two local teens. Julian Keffer and Matthew May were arrested on suspicion of felony criminal damage and related offenses. owner Gary Brooks Jr. cites extensive interior damage and prior vandalism.
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Jellsville
Fiber Lane
Alan Radcliffe
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department
Wellsville
Julian Adam Keffer
Matthew James May
Gary Brooks Jr
Brooks
Kansas City
Hospital Notes and City Vandalism and Police Reports
The Daily Report covers admissions Tina Beaudry Tracy Hicks and Gary Thompson from Garnett and Pomona respectively. Vandalism reports include four broken windows at Richard Askew’s home and mail and window damage at Pomona addresses. Police arrests include Nicki Crase for criminal damage to property and domestic battery suspect Curtis Brown. Other incidents list vehicle damage, a car tire slashing, and a runaway youth Kristal Zook.
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Tina Beaudry
Tracy Hicks
Garnett
Gary Thompson
Pomona
Sheriff’s
Richard Askew
Tennessee Terrace
William D. Worthington
Colorado Road
Linda Peterson
N. Main
Nicki Lou Crase
S. Main No. 5
Eric James Fox
S. Main No. 6
Fox
Crase
Curtis Dean Brown
S. Ash
Robert T. Carter
Stark City
S. Maple
Harold H.L. Bell
Kristal G. Zook
N. Cherry
City officials weigh residency rule for new hires
Front Page reports housing tightness in the city could hinder recruitment of new employees. Commissioners Ramsey and Jackson oppose loosening the rule, citing hiring difficulties. Utilities director Jim Bradley notes one direct impact on accepting city jobs. The meeting covered a $2,500 Jaycees budget request for Chautauqua Days, the Independence Day celebration.
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Finch
Gene Ramsey
Richard Jackson
City Utilities
Commission
Harold Mayes
Ottawa Jaycees
Mayes
Jaycees
Bradley
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Marais Des Cygnes
Lambers back on Monday in city office
City Manager Scott Lambers will return to work on Monday after a heart attack a week ago. Mayor Charles Gillette said Lambers is doing well and that he initially told a doctor he would return in June. Lambers will start with reduced hours and his recovery is followed closely by city officials.
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Scott Lambers
Lambers
Charles Gillette
Gillette
Poe’s cluttered Kansas yard fuels cleanup clash and legal action
As crews remove thousands of tires, scrap iron, and cardboard from Poe’s Kansas yard, officials warn of hazardous waste risk and pursue a permanent injunction. KDOT notes repeated failures to screen the property, while Poe defends recycling and disputes landfill claims amid mounting costs and a federal tax lien.
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Neukirch
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Minta Rumsey
Poe
James J. Smith
KDOT
Marty Matthews
Matthews
the Herald
Pryor
Okla
School seeks permanent replacement for soon-to-be-new board
Maxwell says a wide search is needed as a majority of board members will be new in the fall and time is required to set priorities. Majors proposes reaching out to 10 recently retired former superintendents in the eastern state who could step in within weeks if interested.
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Maxwell
Franklin County adopts local Juvenile Justice push and bridge grant
Franklin County commissioners hear about local control of JJA funds and programs in the Fourth Juvenile District led by JJA deputy J Kenneth Hales. They approve sending a state contract for $68,234.86 in matching funds to repair Shawnee Road bridge north of Ottawa, total project cost $310,158.45.
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Centropolis
Juvenile Justice Authority
Franklin County
JJA
J. Kenneth Hales
Franklin
Hales
Richard C. Kline
Kansas
Shawnee Road
Ottawa
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Ralph Taylor
Tim Mages
Earl Devore
John Wise
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Bill Farrow
Brent Wheeler
Josh Howard
Doris Grogan
Teresia Templeton
Franklin County United Way
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Karen McKenzie-McAdoo
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Betty Birzer
Barb Hamm
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium Authority
City Planning Commission
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Ottawa School Board
Tony de la Torre
Orlis Cox Field
Andy Haney
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Us-59
17Th Street
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