Students delve into world of newspapers
Ottawa and Franklin County students use newspapers as textbooks during Newspaper in Education Week. Fifth grade math uses grocery ads for two day menus and budgeting. Teachers at Lincoln and Eisenhower Schools run units on newspaper terms, consumption and global awareness with tours and classroom activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hitch
Ottawa
Franklin County
Mary Redeker
Eugene Field
Franklin County Reading Council
Kansas Reading Association
Redeker
Lincoln School
Ed Beezley
Gayle Short
Ottawa Herald
Eisenhower School
Gerry Prescott
Eisenhower
Jan Clark
Lorie Snider
Clark
Renita Abel
Michelangelo virus spreads prompting safe computing warnings
The Michelangelo computer virus, dormant in millions of IBM PC compatibles, could trigger extensive data loss on March 6. Experts urge safe computing, anti-virus programs, and date changes to avoid infection. incidents already surface in labs and firms worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Myers
Associated Press
Jose
Calif
Michelangelo
John McAfee
McAfee Associates
Santa Clara
Dataquest Inc
San Jose
Scandinavia
Peter Francis
Dataquest
San Francisco
San Jose Mercury News
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Leading Edge Products Inc
Westboro
Mass
Intel Corp
Sandia Labs
Albuquerque
N.M
Martin Tibor
Synapse
Jerusalem
Ed Foster
InfoWorld
Food stamp fraud surges across the nation
In New Jersey a real estate agent sold a house for 30000 in food stamps and a Ohio grocer faced charges for illegally redeeming 72 million in stamps. Investigators say stamps are traded for cash drugs and goods while program costs climb toward 22 billion this year. A USDA audit cites security gaps at a Pennsylvania stamp printing plant handling about 70 percent of all stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennifer Dixon
Associated Press
New Jersey
Ohio
Agriculture Department
USDA
Freedom of Information Act
Pennsylvania
Paul Revere
Weather Tonight and Kansas Extended Forecast Summary
Cloudy tonight with a 60 percent chance of rain and lows in the low 50s. Kansas expects showers and thunderstorms mainly east Thursday, then dry Friday and Saturday. Thursday highs around 60 west to 70 east, with 50s west to low 60s east Friday and Saturday. Lows mostly in 40s, some 30s in the northwest.
Language Academy end of term program at Garfield School
The Language Academy sponsored by OPET will present end of semester programs at 7 p.m. Thursday in Garfield School's activity room. OPET trustees will seek feedback from parents and students on the program's value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Language Academy
Ottawa Public Education Trust
Garfield School
Bill Allegre
OPET
Legislative Affairs Committee
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Wall Street Gains Cautiously on Strong Economic Signals
The Dow rose 12.07 to 3287.34 as traders digested upbeat data from the Commerce Department and a Nasdaq-like reader. The Leading Economic Indicators index jumped 0.9 percent in January signaling possible avoiding recession, while January new home sales climbed 12.9 percent. Greenspan warned signs remain tentative. Bond yields climbed, attracting investors away from stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Wall Street
Commerce Department
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Greenspan
National Association of Purchasing Manage
Hugh Johnson
First Albany Corp
Treasury
Liberal cooks win pancake race in 65 degree sun
In Liberal Kansas a 27 year old supermarket clerk 415 yards in 61.5 seconds flipping a pancake gave the women of Liberal a one second victory over Olney England in the Inter national Pancake Race on Shrove Tuesday Victoria Van Sickle led the Americans to a 21 21 tie with the British Earlier Sue Jones a 23 year old housewife ran the Olney leg in 62.5 seconds The legend says the race dates to 1945 with a frazzled housewife clutching a pancake on her way to church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal
Kan
Olney
England
Victoria van Sickle
Sue Jones
Jones
Franklin County Hazardous Waste Event and Local Ads
A compact ad brief lists the Franklin County HHW Facility drop off hours and contact, plus multiple local notices. Freda's storefront ad, side sale details, kindergarten health assessments by appointment, and Kids Home Alone help line. Community notices include Kiwanis pancake feed, legal services promo, New Hope Church pancake supper, Angel Food Cakes offer, and Watts Concrete yard ornaments nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope Baptist Church
Ottawa Herald Display Rates And Staff Credits
The Ottawa Herald lists staff roles including Editor Publisher and department heads. It provides 1991 subscription rates for Otawa and rural routes, motor route, and mail in Kansas Counties with advance payment terms and tax details.
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Francin
State of Kansas
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Food and Nutrition Service
Kansas
Cou
Accu-Weather
Ibarail
Coty
Salina
Wichita
Kansas Cl
Topeka
Bulletin Board
Peoples National Bank
Fifth
Main
Dave Webb
R Stilwell
Walker Hendrix
George Teagarden
D-Lacygne
LANE
Lane Fair Association
Realtors
Franklin County Board of Realtors
Ottawa University Mowbray Union
James Mayer
Kansas Association of Realtors
D.C
Elizabeth
Grandma” Layton
National Museum of American Art
Smithsonian Institute
Lawrence Arts Center
Washington, D.C
Don Lamben
Layton
Kansas City
Washington
Canterbury Hotel
New Hope Wellsville
Ad Briefs
Freda's
S. Main
Fr. Co. Health Dept
Kiwanis
Ottawa Middle School
Cloon Legal Services
Baldwin Jct
WATTS
The
S. Cedar
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