Local Weather Today Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy conditions prevail with light southwesterly winds around 12 mph and gusts reaching 21 mph. Temperatures are mild with no precipitation expected today across the area.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 2014
Page
7
Partly cloudy conditions prevail with light southwesterly winds around 12 mph and gusts reaching 21 mph. Temperatures are mild with no precipitation expected today across the area.
A weather brief notes partly cloudy skies with a chance of snow. No significant accumulations expected. temperatures remain cool with light winds.
Kansas motorists can reach the Kansas Conditions Hotline at 800 585 7623 or 511 for live traffic updates. Updates are also available online at 511 ksdot org.
Nationwide weather figures show Sunday extremes with Death Valley California reaching 110 degrees and Shirley Basin Wyoming recording 26 degrees. The data highlights the broad temperature gap across regions and underscores the heat in desert areas and cooler conditions in parts of the mountain west.
Shawn Dickinson leads the inaugural SWAN Arts Festival in downtown Ottawa Thursday through Sunday with 35 art booths, 15 craft stalls, and food vendors. Wyatt Townley opens Thursday at the Carnegie Cultural Center. headlining acts include Liverpool Friday and The Grisly Hand Saturday. Event features sesquicentennial activities, family friendly fun, and proceeds from cookout tickets.
Liverpool, the Kansas City Beatles tribute group, will perform a two set show at 7 p.m. Friday on the SWAN Arts Festival main stage in City Park. The band promises an extensive set list and invites fans who wished to see the originals to attend.
The Evans family of south Maple Street Ottawa received the Ottawa Four Seasons Gardening Club Yard of the Month for the south side. Debbie Evans said their perennial garden includes day lilies Russian sage and nepeta catmint and that all the children help in the yard. Two older children Brandon in the U S Air Force in Aviano Italy and Ashley in Ottawa are not pictured.
At Fredrikson Chapel Ottawa University violin and piano recital with Suzuki Strings at 7 p.m. Laura Kennedy performs. VFW Post 5901 hosts bingo at 7 p.m. Ottawa City Band plays 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. at City Park Gazebo. Franklin County Commission meets 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Office Annex. Ottawa City Commission gathers 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at City Hall. Jr. and Jane Wilson visit Ottawa Senior Center at 11 a.m.
The Out & About calendar lists Pomona and Ottawa events including Pomona Community Library reading hours at 2 to 3 PM, a Suzuki Strings graduation at Ottawa University, Founding Fathers lunch event at Franklin County Historical Society, Margie Wakefield meet and greet at Yeargain Farm, bingo at VFW Ottawa, Institute orchestras and final concert at Ottawa University, Williamsburg Jayhawker Days, and a VFW dance. Also note courthouse and treasurer offices closing June 19 and 20 for renovations and the Pomona High School class of 1964 50th reunion at Ottawa Country Club.
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