Area girl from Rantoul finalist in Kansas pageant
Amy Castleberry sixteen of Rantoul has been chosen as a state finalist in the Miss Kansas American Co-ed Pageant set for July 13 at the Overland Park Doubletree Hotel. She is the daughter of Harry and Gracie Castleberry and was recently named a nominee for Who's Who Among High School Students.
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Kansas
Amy Castleberry
Rantoul
Overland Park Doubletree Hotel
Castleberry
Harry
Gracie Castleberry
Teen Action Committee
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Fort Scott Community College
Kansas State University
Picture This
Trans Am
Olathe
NEA
Sue McClaran
Ottawa Education Association
Chuck Tilman
Ottawa High School
Steve Getty
Central Heights
National Education Association
Representative Assembly
Minneapolis
Minn
America
Wellsville boy improves after Oklahoma lawn mower accident
Two year old Barry McNelis Laster, from Wellsville, upgraded from critical to stable at Children's Hospital of Oklahoma City after amputation surgeries on his right leg and left foot. He faces skin grafts, a transfer to St Louis Shriner’s Hospital, and a planned fundraising drive for medical costs.
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Wellsville
Oklahoma
Barry McNelis
Children's Hospital of
Oklahoma City
Betty Laster
N. Poplar
Ottawa
City County Agree to Hike Motel Tax for Tourism Plan
City and county propose a 70 000 budget to boost tourism with a visitors information center at the Old Depot Museum. The plan would hire a full time tourism director at 21 000 salary plus 7 000 benefits, funded by a motel tax increase intended to draw more local tourist spending.
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Atherton
Howard
Old Depot Museum
Ottawa library seeks tutors as storage woes loom
The Ottawa library and the Adult Education program face storage constraints while planning to link volunteer tutors with adults seeking reading improvement. Bob Becker will train tutors. slots remain open with contact at the library. Trustees also push a meeting with the City Commission on next year’s budget and utility cost sharing for the Franklin building. They consider exempting the library from electric and water charges. The board voted to sell bequeathed Oklahoma land, awaiting appraisal. Jack Wallace resigns from the Northeast Kansas Library Association post. a replacement from Ottawa, Richmond, or Wellsville is needed. Officers were re-elected for another term: Reusch president, Lancaster vice president, Prentice treasurer, Reed secretary.
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Ottawa
Bob Becker
Ottawa Adult Education
Dew
Ottawa City Commission
Library Board
Gary Bateman
Oklahoma
Bill Bennett
Bob Reusch
Jack Wallace
Richmond- Wellsville-Ottawa
Northeast Kansas Library Association
Reusch
Virginia Lancaster
Prentice
Louis Reed
Hijack motive remains a puzzle in Japan air hijacking
Police questioned 53-year-old Fumio Katsumi, an out of work bank employee, after he hijacked an All Nippon Airways jet for 16 hours from Tokyo to Hakodate. Passengers included 92-year-old Kamitake Watanabe. one woman was wounded, six others treated for stress. Authorities noted no clear link to Aum Shinrikyo, despite earlier reports. Katsumi’s demand was to refuel and return to Tokyo. no explosives were found.
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Akodate
Japan
All Nippon Airways
Tokyo
Hakodate
Kamitake Watanabe
Fumio Katsumi
Katsumi
Aum
Shinji Kyo
Shoko Asahara
Asahara
Weather sketch with scattered storms and mild temps
Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 55 to 65. Saturday brings a statewide chance of thunderstorms with highs from the mid 70s to mid 80s and cooler east. Sunday offers showers mainly east with highs 75 to 85 and lows around 50s to 60s. Monday looks mild with little precipitation and highs near 80.
Officers cleared after weekend wounding near Zeandale
Manhattan Kansas AP two Riley County police officers are returned to duty after an investigation found they acted within policy in the weekend wounding of a man near Zeandale. Maj Larry Woodyard said both officers were released from administrative leave.
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Manhattan
Kan
Zeandale
Maj
Larry Woodyard
Riley County
Auditions and local notices mix for Gardner area
Auditions for Oma s Senior Citizen Follies set June 26 to 28 at 7 PM with contact number 242 8810. Various local notices include a Dirt Late Fria Gat event at Hitchin Post Western Store Gardner with phone 864 4270, Garnett VFW Odds and nda event on 0/24 at 830 PM, JEL JACAL Mexican Restaurant reopening June 22 for regional feesure, and recycling hours Mon-Fri 7 AM to 5 PM plus Saturday 9 AM to 12 noon at 2098 Main with phone 242 1178.
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OMA
Fria Gat. Hitchin
County malls request for land rules variance
Commissioners met with two county officials and heard a land variance request at their Wednesday session. The Smiths seek to subdivide 15 acres for sale to Neil Baker, with a private drive access. planners endorsed a variance with a 35 foot drive width and deed easements, but the full commission sent it back over liability concerns.
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Charles Mavity Jr
Gardner Hayden
Russell Savage
Jim Cain
Environmental Services
Lake Region
Ray DeJulio
DeJulio
Franklin
Anderson
Soffey
Miamivbini
Osage
Florida Road
Larry
Alberta Smith
Neil Baker
Pomona
Smiths
Smith
Planning Commission
Savage
Lighility
Rail-trail group to host Thursday sessions in Ottawa
Friends of the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail will hold weekly meetings every Thursday at 7 p.m. in conference rooms B and C of Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa through July 23, ahead of a planned bicycle tour to promote the rail trail. The event aims to recruit support for the Friends and develop three Ottawa starting and ending routes while KDWP coordinates the effort and Gov Graves ties state funds to federal grant matching. Franklin County must issue a letter of support as KDWP nears construction of phase one from Richmond to Welda with completion targeted for fall 1995. phase three from Welda to Tola is planned for 1997.
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Friends of the Prairie Spirit
Ransom Memorial Hospital
S. Main
Ottawa
Michael Engman
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Trails
Friends of the Trail
Bill Graves
Graves
Richmond
Franklin County
Commission
KDWP
Welda
Tola
Ottawa Herald Postal Rates By Area And Term
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates by delivery method and region. Rates vary for motor route and mail in Franklin County, Miami, Douglas, Osage, Anderson Counties, and statewide Kansas. All prices shown are in advance and include state sales tax.
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Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
Taai
Ottawa Harald
S. Caday
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Soroptimist International of Ottawa
Michael Shelton
Tammy Smith
Baldwin City
Maxine Stephens
Darcy Anderson
Shelton
Boy’s Hospital
St. Louis Shriners Hospital
Laster
McNells
St. Louis
Barry
Sandy McNelis-Laster
George Laster
Vets Committee
Franklin County Veterans Memorial Committee
Elks Lodge
W. 2Nd
United States
Veterans Committee
Harvey Nicholson
Jean
Mesrereree BO TV
Clinton
Hiledale
Nnanee
Garnett Vfw
JEL Jacal Mexican Rest
Reginal Feesure
Battado
David Bartkoski
Herald
Friends of Rail-Trail Plan
County News
Stajenda
Anderson County
ANCO
Anderson County Economist and Morgan Research Group Ltd
The
Ottawa Herald
Dim FR
Jay Bemis
Tom Love
Gene Kelsey
Virginia Howe
Wayne Snow
Jean Rass
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