Ottawa area businesses add staff and services changes
OU graduate Robert Victor joins Braunsdorf Carlson and Clinkinbeard as staff accountant in Topeka. Big Sugar Lumber joins Andersen Window Center Program for 1994. McDonald's Ottawa partners with American Cancer Society to promote breast cancer awareness with in-store decals and toll free info. Humerickhouse Floor Covering opens in Ottawa across from the Country Club. Don Hay to serve on Blue Cross senior advisory committee. Peoples National Bank expands with mutual funds and annuities. brokerage via AEGON USA Securities. FNIC adds Ottawa office. represents mutual funds insurance annuities.
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Topeka
Robert Victor
Ottawa University
Braunsdorf, Carlson
Clinkinbeard
Big Sugar Lumber
Garnett
Big Sugar Lumber Company
Andersen
Andersen Light
McDonald’s
American Cancer Society
McDonald’s of
Ottawa
Princeton Circle Drive
Midwest
McDonald's
Omaha
Wichita
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Hamerick
Don
Diane Humerickhouse
Elm
Humerickhouse
Ottawa Country Club
Highway 68
Humerickhouses
Lawrence
Hay
Ottawan
Don C. Hay
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Kansas
First National Bank of Ottawa
Blue Shield
Wellsville
Kansas State University
Peoples National Bank
Peoples’ Service
Aegon USA Securities
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
FNIC
Financial Network Investment Corp
Kansas
Miles Gordon
Bob Fleming
N. Main
Kansas State Bank
U.S
SIPC
FDIC
Lee aims for state post with hands on approach
Topeka educator and former Romper Room host Fran Lee seeks Kansas secretary of state. A longtime Democrat, she has volunteered in elections since Kennedy and served 32 years as a precinct committee woman. Lee quit her Kansas State Board of Education consultancy in 1984 to run, emphasizing youth voter participation and practical administration.
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Lee
Kennedy
Claude Lee
Topeka
Kansas State Board of Education
Fran
Wichita
County updates landfill work as closure nears completion
County sanitarian Jim fe says earth moving for the landfill closure is nearly complete after a tour with county commissioners Cain and others from Damon Pursell Construction. Harris Construction will finish its portion by mid September, with grass to be planted atop the final soil layer and future decisions on local composting and waste landfills planned. A resident complains about musk thistle and other weeds. commissioners defend the weed program as well run amid questions of enforcement consistency.
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Aklin County
Jim Fe
Cain
Damon Pursell Construction
Liberty
Harris Construction
Lawrence
Harris Quarries Inc
Perry
North Wooge
Pawnee Road
Wooge
Ottawa
Commission
Gardner Hayden
Peoria
Hayden
Weather Tonight and Weekend Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy tonight with a low in the mid 60s. Light variable wind. Friday looks dry and warm with lows in the low to mid 60s and highs near 90 to 100. Saturday and Sunday remain very warm with highs from the mid 90s to 105 and overnight lows in the 60s to 70s.
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Gound
Banker Harp Helu Freed After $30 Million Ransom Paid
Alfredo Harp Helu, 50, a leading Mexican banker and Banamex-Accival stockholder, was released on the south side of Mexico City after his family paid about 30 million in ransom. He was abducted March 14 while en route to work. The kidnappers remain unidentified. The release was confirmed by the Mexico City attorney general's office. This marks another high profile kidnapping amid a wave of similar cases affecting businessmen.
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Mexico City
Alfredo Harp Helu
Banamex-Accival
Harp Helu
Mexico
Wildfires in California gain ground amid 100 degree heat
Firefighters battled multiple blazes in central to southern California as temperatures near 100 degrees hindered efforts. A 3,000 acre Angeles National Forest fire, started by an unattended campfire, was contained. other fires totaling thousands of acres remained active with crews redirected to the larger fires. Eight minor injuries reported.
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California
NZA. Calif
San Diego
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles
National Forest
Dianne Cahir
Sierra Nevada
Yosemite
Soledad Canyon
Malibu
Laguna Beach
Altadena
Anza
Mesa Grande Indian Reservation
Sequoia National Forest
Riverside County
Grim outlook as Bosnia cease fire fails urge for peace
In Bosnia Herti an U N commander warns of 20 years of war if peace moves fail. Brig Gen Andrew Ridgeway says there is no cease fire and fighting continues in central and northern Bosnia as Serbs press advances near Mount Ozren and Zavidovici 50 miles from Sarajevo. Refugee flows drive UN red flags with 2 500 seeking aid as tensions rise across the region.
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Arajevo
Bosnia
Hercegovina
U.N
Wester
Paris
Andrew Ridgeway
Mount Ozren
Sarajevo
Ron Redmond
U.N. High Commissioner
Geneva
Redmond
Ottawa area weekend commerce and event notices
Local businesses announce sales and openings across Ottawa including a huge anniversary sale at Heavenly Scents and a reopening at Hamerickhouse Floor Covering. Listings reference carpet warehouse closures July 2 to 4, 1994, and a 25 percent off sale at Main 1819 8. Main. Community notices include a 1974 OHS reunion and a Royal Cleaners short closure. Susie Abbott and contact numbers appear among the event details.
Safety rewards good habits at Our Own Hardware drawing
Jerry Bryant of Princeton won the grand prize in the safety drawing at Our Own Hardware, receiving two airline tickets to anywhere, $1000 spending money, and one week of paid vacation. About 170 eligible coworkers also won $25 each, as Bryant was not present at the Tuesday afternoon event.
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Jerry Bryant
Princeton
Davis
Bryant
Nor Rere
Howard
Ottawa board to meet for 1994-95 contract vote
The Ottawa school board will meet at 5:15 p.m. Thursday at the district office to ratify the teachers contract for 1994-95 and vote on other items. The session, moved from Monday due to a lack of quorum, will set salaries for noncertified staff and administrators, approve a bus service contract, handle a resignation, and approve an in service education plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa School Board
Sirloin Stockade workers honored for service in Ottawa
Kansas Division of Travel and Tourism awarded certificates for excellent service to Sirloin Stockade employees in Ottawa. Bobby Robinson has served since September 1992 and Janie Dunn since September 1987, with Brenda Carolan noted for over a year. Manager Alan Heinlein cited high customer feedback with about 206,000 completed comment cards annually.
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Ottawa Sirloin Stockade
S. Princeton
Kansas Division of Travel and Tourism
Bobby Robinson
Labette Road
Janie Dunn
Willow
Brenda Carolan
Garnett
Sirloin Stockade
Alan Heinlein
Ottawa Herald rates page details 1993 subscription prices
The Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details and long list of subscription rates effective October 1 1993. Rates cover Ottawa and surrounding counties by carrier and mail with varying terms from one month to one year and noted state sales tax.
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Ottawa
Clinton
Hiksdale Os
Pomona
Franklin Cou
Miami
Douglas
Oxage
Anderson
State of Kansas
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Outlook
Suttons
Heavenly Scents
Modern Music
Main
Hamerickhouse
OHS
Guy Duly
Eagles Club
Susie Abbott
Royal Cleaners
Tenderloin Feed & Dance
VFW
Hiway
The
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Jim A. Hitech
Day Bemis
Ton Love
Adventaing Bieter
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Howe
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
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