Ottawa Recreation Hearing Focuses On Forest Park Center
Ottawa voters head to the polls on April 1 for a 2.1 million bond issue to fund a Forest Park recreation center. Public hearings at City Hall set for 6 30 p m on March 24 and for the initial presentation. A forum with city commission candidates is planned March 19 at the Franklin County Annex Lane Church.
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Ottawa Recreation Commission
Forest Park
City Hall
Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Action Committee
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Franklin County Annex
Daily Report Highlights Hospital Admits and Jail Arrests
Franklin County hospital notes show admissions Betty Kirkland Barbara Conus Rita Bickerstaff Aldia Manna and dismissals Jessie Butler Austin Cox Emory Denton Alice Smith John Stone Thursday. Jail records list bookings arrests and bonds for Hildebrandt Bowles McLaren Baker Funk Longerol Carreon Gonzalez and others with incidents ranging from warrants to domestic battery and vandalism.
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Betty Kirkland
Princeton
Barbara Conus
Ottawa
Rita Bickerstaff
Aldia Manna
Pomona
Jessie Butler
Austin Cox
Emory Denton
Alice Smith
Williamsburg
John Stone
Franklin County
John Steven Hildebrandt
Canterbury
Sheriff's Dept
Andy Russell Bowles
S. Osage
Mark James McLaren
Clathe
Mark Wayne Baker
N. Sycamore
Joseph Earl Funk
Missy
Longerot
Chestnut
Community leader Bob Shields dies at 71 in Ottawa
Bob Shields longtime Northwestern Mutual agent and community figure in Ottawa dies at home from congestive heart failure at 71. He balanced career and family, led university fundraising, served as Elder and trustee at Westminster Church, led Rotary efforts, supported Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, and wrote letters to The Ottawa Herald. He is survived by his wife Jane and four daughters.
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Herald
Bob Shields
Shields
Ottawa
Northwestern Mutual
Jane
Julie
Janet
Joan
Lorie
Bob Green
Ottawa University
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Church Development Corpora
Rotary International
Ed York
First Bank of Ottawa
Ransom Bennett
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawa Herald
Rotary Club
Wellsville
Dennis Shields
Mona Murphy
Perry Lake
KU Students Protest War as World Rallies for Books Not Bombs
KU students gathered near Wescoe Hall and outside Fraser Hall amid a campus antiwar demonstration. About 100 participants chanted against Bush and the war, with other students excused from rhetoric class to hear speakers.
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Peace
Wescoe Hall
Bush
Scott Harris
United States
Sopho
Sebelius proposes faster jobless benefits in Kansas
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius outlined a plan to give 51,000 unemployed Kansans an extra week of benefits by removing the one-week waiting period for the first check for one year. The proposal would redirect 16 million to benefits and 1.9 million to the human resources department, funded by Kansas’ share of federal unemployment aid.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Department of Human Resources
Kansas
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Bulletin Board
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Rotary
Ottawa Rotary Club
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First Baptist Church
Hickory St
Call Club
Ecean Youth Services
Ted Scott
Scott
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First United Methodist Church
Fourth
Hickory
Daryl Oglesby
Community Revival Center
Hands of Glory
First United Methodist
Daily Report
Olga Iris Carreon
Emporia
Pedro VY
Gonzalez
N. Main
Sheriff's News
Clark Road
Richmond
USD
West 11Th
Milda M. Caleb
Idaho
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Roderic R. Smith
Bob
Sharp
Laurie Sisk
Randy Renaud
Renaud
Ottawa Country Club
Kylee Gardner
Monica Long
Kaylee Loveland
Tyler McCollum
Matthew Stevens
Aaron Ross
Leo Khayet
OK Corral
Ethan Nuss
Amanda Flatt
Fraser Hall
Senate
Dave Kerr
First Bank
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