Community Bulletin Highlights This Weekend
Multiple local events listed for Ottawa area including a chili supper at Michigan Valley Church to raise funds for floor coverings, Ottawa Art Guild meeting on Saturday, Shamrock Gold Irish show at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, THRIL seeks volunteers for therapeutic riding with a training session in Lawrence, and an AARP safe driving class at Ottawa Retirement Village Apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Valley Church
Michigan Valley Community Church
Blacktop
Pomona Lake Dam
U.S.56
Overbrook
OMA
Ottawa Municipal
Rowan and the
Newton
Lawrence
THRIL
Douglas County Trailriders
Highway 40
800 Road
1750
RSVP
Svetlana Hruda
AARP
Ottawa
Retirement Village
Libby Franks
OHS Jazz Band earns high rating at PSU festival
Ottawa High School Jazz Band attended Pittsburg State University 26th Annual Jazz Festival and received a 2 rating from judges. Three OHS students earned IAJE Outstanding Soloist Award for performances. Katherine McCurdy, Josh Howard, and Pat Feist named as recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHS
Ottawa High School
Pittsburg State University
International Association of Jazz Educators
Katherine McCurdy
Josh Howard
Pat Feist
Ottawa City Commission Hears Thangars Lease Plan
Ottawa officials discussed a Dodson Aviation proposal to lease five acres at the municipal airport for T hangars through 2034 at $600 annually. Hangars would be built at about $100,000 each, hold 10 private planes, and revert to the city at lease end. Construction timing, land size, and location were to be negotiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa City Commission
Bob Bezek
Dodson Aviation
Dodson
Ottawa Municipal
Bezek
Rantoul
Ottawa
LeMaster Aviation
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Franklin County
Ottawa University
3Rd
Main
21St Street Terrace
Agen
City weighs design bid for Forest Park tennis courts
Ottawa commissioners study a $2500 design proposal from Southwest Recreational Industries Wichita to convert six asphalt courts into a five court concrete complex. Two bid specs will be drafted, one for post tension concrete exclusive to SRI and another reinforced concrete open to bidders. A March 15 vote is planned with a fall target to finish before high school season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Lambers
SRI
Lambers
School board mulls options for unsafe building plans
In 1996 the fire marshal condemned the structure now held by Ottawa school officials who want proposals for its future use. The board has 250000 set aside for demolition and will review RFPs by April 3, with possible developer presentations in April. Alternatives include a community center, office space, theater, and aquatics facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooge
Larry Evans
Ottawa
Rex Cummings
Cummings
Board of Education
Louis Reed
Reed
Leavenworth
Marsh
Ottawa officer resigns amid shortage and legal questions
Officer Joy Muhl, a five year veteran, resigns effective this morning amid Ottawa Police Department shortages. Ottawa City Attorney Bob Bezeker notes any domestic battery conviction bars firearm possession by law. diversions could cost licenses. Two more officers plan to leave as shortages widen, with DUI case against Officer Matthew T. Honas pending from a prior incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muhl
Herrman
Kansas
Ottawa
Bob
Bezeker
Attac
OPD
Matthew T. Honas
Indiana Terrace
Honas
Obituaries: Furgeson and Flaherty Services and Burials
OBITS: funeral services set today for Furgeson of Lawrence. she lived in Michigan Valley Topeka and Lawrence before 1989, worked 25 years for the VA, active with multiple local boards and groups. survivors listed. Warren McElwain Mortuary in charge. Derry Flaherty, 19, Overland Park, died March 6 2000. funeral 11 am Wednesday at Wilson Son Funeral Home Paola. born in Kansas City Kansas. survived by parents siblings grandparents and great-grandmother. burial at Miami Memorial Park. Memorial Fund noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock Place
Lawrence
Tacoma
Wash
Percy J
Doris Pittman Furgeson
Michigan Valley
Topeka
Veterans Administration
Douglas County Senior Services Board
Ican Board
Community Services Advisory Board
Douglas County Senior Center
Salvation Army
Elizabeth Watkins Community Museum
Elizabeth Watkins Community Museum, All Lawrence
Babcock Association
Susan Conyers
Leavenworth
Carolyn Burgess
Picayune
Misa
Dorothy Weastphall
Andover
Robert Wilson
Pea Ridge
Ark
William Wilson
Oklahoma City
Loraine Lamb
Lancaster
Calif
Joanne Wieman
Pasadena
Winston Furgeson
Herod
Mustard Lee
Derry Flaherty
Overland Park
Wilson & Son Funeral Home
Paola
Kansas City
Kan
Terry
Paula (Mendel) Flaherty
Kincaid
Richmond
Ottawa
Paola High School
Earl Scheib
New Testament Church
Lansing
Ronnie Flaherty
Ron
Carolyn Mendel
Julia Murphy
Sullivan
Jordan Flaherty
Bernard and
Marnett
Widneetay
Ieee
Miami
Liberal runner wins Olney Pancake Day Race in 63.38 seconds
Liberal sprinter Spillman defeated Olney’s top woman in the annual Pancake Day Race in Olney England achieving a 63.38 second victory despite a strong head wind. Olney’s Seema finished second as three women competed in the 415 yard dash renewing the transatlantic friendly challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
England
Spillman
Seema
Olney" A Ay
Ry A Siders
Ottawa city notes and sheriff reports posted
Daily Report itemizes hospital admissions and dismissals in Ottawa and nearby towns. Births include Angela Mundy Princeton and Loreta Barton Pomona, with new babies. Sheriff’s news covers thefts, vandalism, arrests on DUI and warrants, and juvenile incidents. Traffic crashes and fire calls add detail to the weekend incidents plus ambulance responses across Franklin County communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Ball
Delia Schoonover
Ottawa
Iday
Dylan Hiracheta
Betty Kaub
Angela Mundy
Princeton
Loreta Barton
Pomona
Maria Feuerborn
Garnett
Thelma Waymire
Willard Rodgers
Patty Buck
Viola Ferns
Beatrice Gardner
Mary Wood
Graden Griffin
Friy
Harold Cr
Phillip Barton
Maria
Reuben Feuerborn
Sheriff’s News
Mandy A. Sleichter
S. Elm
Dairy Queen
N. Main
Donald Poage I
Lane
East 23Rd
Nicholas Brandon Hutchison
North Main
S. Cedar
South Mulberry
Tedrow Automotive
Kansas Highway Patrol
Swanegan
Michael Miller
Independence
Franklin County
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Robert R. McDaniel
S. Poplar
Eric Or
Brenda Guenther
Labette Road
Clifford J. Sheler
Georgia Road
Florida Road
Floyd Eugene Weldin
Colony
South Princeton
Lisa Ann Noble
Elantra
Amalia Ibarra
U.S.59
Thomas A. Bass Jr
S. Sycamore
Casey B. Colbern
Damag
Highway 68
William J. Carpenter
Ottawa Township
Carpenter
747 5S
Olive
Elmer Mason
Ottawa Retirement Village
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bulletin Board
Ottawa Art Guild
Carnegie Cultural Center
Faye Cole
Mary Hall
Lincoln School
Ottawa Middle School
KG Insurance
Judy Hasty
Plumbing Board of Appeals
Building Code/Fire Code Board of Appeals
Blaine Finch
Gene Ramsey
Bill Graves
Graves
Charles Gillette
Dietrich Cabin
Dietrich Cabin In City’ S
Cleon Rickel
Christian Fellowship
Warren McElwain
Atlantic
Liberal
Daily Report
Shawnee Road
Police News
Honda
Dawny Swanegan
Toyota
William James Hewitt II
Wellsville
Welleville
East Wilson
East Second
East South
North Maple
West A. Pomona
South Elleivere
North Mulberry
Towa Road
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