Local Library Line Answers Community Questions
The library offers a Community Information Center at Fifth and Main and can answer or direct inquiries. Readable items include CAREIRS toll free at 1-800-523-2929 for renewable energy info, Ottawa dog-groomer Emily Fischer, Joe Engle's Chap man roots, Thursday store hours in Lawrence, Florida tourism mailings, Ottawa City Commission members, and a NAS-NRC calorie guideline of 2700 for a 35-year-old man.
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Fifth and Main
Conservation and Renewable Energy Inquiry and Referral Service
Careirs
National Solar Heating and Cooling Information Center
Ottawa
Emily Fischer
Joe Engle
Kansas
Chapman
Junction City
Abilene
Lawrence
Florida
Florida Division of Tourism
Department of Commerce
Collins Building
Tallahassee
Middle School Teachers Attend Kansas Education Symposium
Principal Bettye Coughenour counselor Brian Harris and Judy Landis will attend a Kansas Association for Middle-Level Education symposium March 12 13 in Kansas City. The event features speakers panels and small group discussions on middle school education.
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Bettye Coughenour
Brian Harris
Judy Landis
Kansas Association For
Kansas City
Weekly school meals and public notices summary
The page lists weekly school lunch menus from Monday to Friday and a separate week of March offerings including chicken tetrazzini and lasagna with sides and milk. It also records non injury traffic crash details, vandalism, guilty pleas on forgery and battery, civil case filing, and cattle market prices with regional price shifts and market trends.
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Sharon N. Struttman
Osage
Terry A. Adams
Struttman
John B. Wilson
Nolo
Larry Skeet
Wilson
Wellsville Bank
L.L. Winsley
Kansas City
Sioux City
Joliet
Ad Briefs and Local Business Moves
Ginger Bealmer joins Leah's Styling Salon at 120 E. 15th with phone 242-3272. Penny Quenemo promotes supper and exercise options at 414 E. Wilson and 242-4391. Ottawa Flea Market opens weekends 10:30 to 5:30 at 110 West 1st. Donna Swallow starts independent appointments at Nadine's, 242-4623 or 746-5409. Busy Hands Craft Outlet opens at South 59 and I-35 exit with 15 percent opening discount. Snow Valley Taxi 242-8330. Underwood’s Income Tax Service at 1614 Main, 242-1751. Hill House Sun buffet 11 to 2:30 with all you can eat. Sunrise Suzuki hours posted. Hill House Friday shrimp and fries all you can eat 4.39 with Friday night live music at Sheldon’s Wagon Wheel.
Thieves Lurk In Oilfield Shadows
In Kansas oil fields a surge in thefts crosses into a major problem as $746,534 in crude oil and drilling gear were reported stolen in 1981. Bills would require dealers to mark equipment and keep inventories. law officers could stop vehicles to inspect for stolen oil property amid debates on search and seizure.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Senate
Judiciary Committee
KBI
Cowley County
Montgomery County
Rush County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wichita
Kelly
Intangibles tax repeal looms after Kansas Supreme Court ruling
Rep Tim O Sullivan argued the tax was unconstitutional due to wide county level disparities. Gov officials note that the high court decision lets counties and towns pressure state lawmakers to repeal or voters decide on the tax. Elderly and fixed income residents protest the burden of interest taxation while supporters cite property tax relief and equity. Officials assess enforcement as counties adjust ad valorem rates and evaluate who owes the tax across counties and cities.
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Paget
Tim O'Sullivan
D-Hutchinson
Supreme Court
von Ruden
Robert Frey
Frey
Kansas
High Court
O'Sullivan
Lady
Mike Lennon
Ellis County
Hays
Johnson County
Mission Hills
Westwood
Westwood Hills
Franklin County
Appanoose
Cutler
Homewood
Pottawattomie
Lane
Pomona
Princeton
Rantoul
Ottawa chamber talks on drawing industry to city
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce leader Larry Powell reports a Topeka training session on industrial development. The group aims to keep existing industry, identify weak points, and answer key questions from prospects about land, utilities, labor training, shifts, roads, unions, schools, health and recreation. Ottawa’s location, roads, rail service, labor pool, and cooperative city government are highlighted, with reminders of local events and staff news.
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Larry Powell
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Ottawa
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County
Peoples National Bank
IBM
Committee keeps Home on the Range as Kansas state song
A Kansas Senate committee declined to act on a proposal to replace Home on the Range with Kansas, Dear Old Kansas. Senators liked the new tune but lacked interest to bring it forward, leaving the historic song in place for now.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Kansas
Ben Vidricksen
R-Salina
Senate Governmental Organization Committee
Stawitz
Wall Street falls as volume hits weekly NYSE record
Stocks closed mostly lower extending a three day retreat while NYSE volume surged to a weekly high. Dow fell to 807.36, a 22 month low, with leadership from electronic and oil service issues. RCA rose while General Electric and others declined. S&P indexes drifted lower. broad market activity set a record weekly turnover.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Tetracycline Stains Teeth Warns of Dental Color Change
A public service from Dr. Robert L. Bell notes tetracyclines can stain teeth if given to a fetus in late pregnancy or a baby in early life. Stains appear after eruption, may take years to show in permanent teeth, but enamel remains sturdy. Prevention via alternative drugs is advised and totals a lifetime cosmetic concern.
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National Institute of Health
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the Daily Report
U.S.D
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Sacred Heart
West Seventh
Claude BE. Christie
Paola
Margaritta
Aiken
Christie
Public Safety News
May F. Sargent
District Court News
Ad Briefs
Ginger Bealmer
Leah
E. Wilson
West 1St
Donna Swallow
Nadine’s
Busy Hands
South 59
I-35
Snow Valley Taxi
Underwood's
Main
Hill House Sun
Suzuki
Hill House
Sheldon’s Wagon Wheel
Tom Kelly
Janean Burke
Clifford Burke
E. 15Th
Bartlesville
Okla
Wesleyan College
Alan Heinlein
McDonald's of
Steve Horner
Heinlein
McDonald's
Wall Street
American Stock Exchange
Data General
Teledyne
Hewlett-Packard
Motorola
Prime Computer
RCA
Exxon
International Harvester
United Auto Workers Council
Standard & Poor
S&p
Widrickson
Emil Stawitz
George
South Main
Robert L. Bell
D.S
D.ds
South Main Street
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