Begin ECKAN Craft Class at Franklin County Center
An exciting crafts program started through ECKAN at the Franklin County Community Center in Ottawa. Weekly lessons teach painting and finishing plaster pieces at Hilltop Plaster south of Ottawa, free of charge, with sessions each Tuesday 1:00 to 3:00 and space for a few more members.
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ECKAN
Franklin County
Hilltop Plaster
Ottawa
Franklin County Community Center
South Main
Donna West
Franklin County club meetings and pot luck events
Local clubs announce Friday schedule with the Action Group at 7 30 p m Eckan Retta Conclave True Kindred Latimer Neighborhood Community Club gathering at 6 30 p m plus a pot luck social across the communities.
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Franklin County Action Group
Eckan Retta
True Kindred _ LATIMER Neighborhood Community Club
Pot Luck
Crochet Tote Promotes Needlecraft Catalog 1981
Handsome striped tote pattern 7238 offers 3D color crochet for a bag. Advertises the 1981 Needlecraft Catalog with 172 designs and 3 free patterns, priced at 1.00 for books and 1.75 for patterns. Mail $200 per pattern plus 40 cents for first class handling to Slice Brooks in New York.
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Ottawa Herald
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y. Woolf
Ann Landers Advice on Death and The Other Woman Poem
A reader asks how to tell children about a mother’s death by overdose and Ann Landers advises honesty with care, cautioning against framing as self caused. The column then provides the requested poem The Other Woman by Judith Vierst, with a closing quip about Mr Know It All.
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Ann Landers
Tom
Ann
Maryland
Judith Vierst
Bobby Dylan
Acapulco
Poison Prevention Week stresses home safety for children
MARCIA HOUCK outlines poison prevention during Poison Prevention Week and beyond. The piece explains how a child’s growth from infancy to age five expands access to medicines and cleaners, stressing safe storage, child proofing, and reorganizing spaces to keep hazardous substances out of reach.
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Marcia Houck
Private Treatment Effective With Severe Mental Problems
A study review argues private sector mental health services often achieve better long term results than public programs for severe illness. It cites cost differences, followup challenges in public care, and high readmission rates, urging cost-effective private options with vouchers and community collaboration. A 90th birthday reunion for Ada Price at Williamsburg United Methodist Church closes the item.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Morley Glicken
Glicken
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute On Alcohol Abuse
Rand Corporation
Ada Price
Williamsburg United Methodist Church
Warrensburg
Independence
Creighton
Seneca
Topeka
Wichita
Moline
Shawnee
Overland Park
Weir
Pomona
Williamsburg
Ottawa
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Wgce
Brveles
Karen Wooge
Sol
Karan Wooge
Make Home
Golden Eagle Restaurant
Panda
Pete
Pandora Hallmark Inn
Studio A
Charlene Lister
Lister
Canada
Victoria
Pussy Willow
Garden Center
Kansas State Bank
FDIC
South Bank
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