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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 2000
Page
6
Downtown coordinator sought for Ottawa Main Street plan
Ottawa businesses push for a downtown redevelopment group regardless of Friday in Topeka. The Ottawa Business Association aims to hire a full time coordinator this summer to train volunteers and coordinate business owners. Businesses have pledged funds and the city budgeted 30000 yearly for three years to match private donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ed Baldridge
Cathy Sutton
Ottawa Business Association
Topeka
Baldridge
OBA
Main Street
Ing
Sutton
Ottawa City Commission
Garnett weighs downtown plan with Ottawa’s revitalization model
Garnett eyed a Main Street revitalization plan similar to Ottawa's program but could not afford a full-time coordinator, the key hurdle. Local leaders say downtown has deteriorated while growth runs along US 59, prompting the Chamber and DEVANCO to explore options. Proposals include a Neighborhood Revitalization district tax writeoff and a low-cost revolving loan fund to repair downtown properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.59
Garnett
Hicks
Chamber
Anderson County
Devanco
Ottawa
Franklin County seeks larger juvenile detention space
Franklin County faces chronic overcrowding at the Juvenile Detention Center with seven beds in use and demand for space for up to 10 youths. Officials consider regional partnerships with neighboring counties but focus remains on expanding facilities in Franklin County, amid zoning and cost hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center
Ethel Wallace
Wallace
Franklin County
Sheriff's Department
Rex Bowling
Osage
Miami
Anderson
Lawrence
Topeka
Ottawa
Harold Fuller
Miami County
County Commission
Bowling
John Merrell
City of Ottawa
Merrell
New assistant principal hired for Ottawa High
Ron May, former principal at Montezuma High and Cherryvale math, will become Ottawa High School assistant principal this fall. He replaces Jamie Cuevas, who left after 13 years to join Highland Park High School in Topeka. May cites family and desire to settle in Ottawa as reasons for the move. His wife Angela, a Parsons native and Missouri Southern graduate, will teach business and computers at Pomona High School. The couple has a 5-year-old daughter, Brealy n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High School
Ron May
Montezuma High School
Cherryvale
Ottawa
May
Angela
Parsons
Missouri Southern University
Pomona High School
Arkansas City
Pittsburg State University
Brealynn
Tanner Glasscock vow to push education reform again
Georgia perspective frames Kansas led reform as crucial for third grade reading. Kansas State Rep. Kent Glasscock and Ralph Tanner, R Baldwin, vow to continue pushing early literacy, all day kindergarten and teacher mentoring while maintaining education funding amid budget pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner
Glasscock
Namie
Kansas
State Board of Education
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Ron Bishop
Mowbray Union
Ottawa University
Cleon Rickel
Herald News
Les Downtowt
Garnett Mulls
Dane Hicks
Garnett Area
Ottawa High
Jeanny Shapp
By Walter Rubel
The
Herald
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