Ottawa Schools weigh Eisenhower closure impact
Ottawa school officials discussed closing Eisenhower as Baldwin Paola and Lawrence districts also trim elementary schools. Superintendent Dean Katt fielded resident questions on student and staff reassignment, building use, budgeting from the general fund, and timing for a definite decision amid community turnout.
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Baldwin
Paola
Lawrence
Ottawa
Dean Katt
Eisenhower
McGruff Kicks Off Ottawa Safety Club Fun
In Ottawa a four hour McGruff Club 2011 event drew about 200 parents and children to the Municipal Auditorium for safety lessons and games. Ottawa Police detective Rick Geist helped launch the program now in its 26th year, with McGruff teaching bicycle safety stranger danger and fire and substance abuse awareness. The day featured entertainers like Jim Cosgrove Mr Stinky Feet and a prize giveaway after performances.
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Hannah Green
Ottawa
Aaliyah Green
McGruff
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Meagan Patton
Geist
Kansas
Brian Wendling
Jim Cosgrove
Mr. Stinky Feet
Miami County Boy Dies After Head-On Wreck
11 year old Hudson R Dunn of Parker died after being ejected from a 2006 Chevrolet Impala driven by his grandmother in a head on crash on U S 169 near the Miami County Franklin County line. The crash followed a prior wreck at the same spot after slick roads. The grandmother and other passengers were hospitalized. The other late deaths included Mary C Stussy of Wisconsin and Mary J Crawford of Garnett.
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Franklin County
Miami
Hudson R. Dunn
Parker
U.S. 169
Miami County
Dunn
Mary C. Stussy
Wisconsin
Ottawa Community Recreation Center rises on 15th and Ash
Steel beams reach skyward as construction on the Ottawa Community Recreation Center across from Eisenhower Elementary School accelerates toward a fall 2011 completion. A public meeting on Eisenhower’s possible closure is set for 6 30 p m today at Eisenhower.
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Ottawa Community Recreation Center
Goppert
Eisenhower Elementary
15Th
Ash Streets
Eisenhhower
Eisenhower
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