Community notices from Ottawa area clubs and events
Local groups schedule meetings and activities this week including the Bulletin Board Quilters at 9:30 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with host Marian Alderman and Peggy Kreiser, ECKAN food distribution at two locations Monday, Piecemakers trunk show Monday at First Christian Church, Ottawa Jaycees St Patrick's Day dinner Tuesday at Faith Lutheran Church with meals and proceeds for charity, Franklin County AARP meets Wednesday with guest speaker Laura Germer, KU presents Batsheva Dance Company at Lied Center with ticket details, Faith Lutheran Church hosts an evening of entertainment Sunday featuring skits and dinner.
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Quilters Guild
Ottawa Quilters Guild
First Baptist Church
Marian Alderman
Peggy Kreiser
Jaycees
Ottawa
Faith Lutheran Church
Kansas Jaycees
Ottawa Jaycees
AARP
Franklin County
American Association of Retired Persons
The
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Laura Germer
E. 12Th
ECKAN Announces $500 College Scholarship Contest
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation offers a $500 scholarship for a graduating high school senior in its service area. Applicants must be from Anderson Coffey Douglas Franklin Lyon Miami or Osage counties and family income at or below 125 percent of the federal poverty level. Applications due April 15 with announcements May 1.
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ECEAN
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
ECKAN
Franklin County
W. 3Rd
Walnut Plaza
Wellsville
Richard Jackson
Kansas
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Jackson
Anderson
Coffey
Douglas
Franklin
Lyon
Miami
Osage
Ecean Central
Ottawa
RMH Children’s Health Fair Slated For March 28
RMH hosts a free Children’s Health Fair from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday March 28 featuring hands on activities with hospital staff and exhibitors. Highlights include teddy bear clinic safe pet handling Ident a Kid fingerprinting Glo Germ demonstrations and ambulance tours.
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Cindy Smith
RMH
Ries Memorial Hospital
Recreation Commission
Specia
RMH Business Development Office
Ordination raises new pastor for Centropolis church
Jim Cain, superintendent and part time minister, seeks a pastor’s calling after three years for Centropolis Christian Church. The small congregation, praising his Bible teaching, will ordain him during the 10:30 service with Loren Deckard delivering the sermon. Cain plans to continue as school consultant and may preach into old age.
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Ion
Cain
Indiana
Kansas
Centropolis
Loren Deckard
Manhattan Christian College
Richard Dillon
Jim
Donna Bitterman
Three Family Sale staged by ACT Ottawa this weekend
ACT Ottawa presents Three Family Sale a play by Kevin Honeycutt with performances at 7 30 p m today Saturday and 2 p m Sunday in the Carnegie building City Park Tickets range 3 to 10 dollars with discounts for seniors students and families Ottawa events and Kansas City St Patrick s Day parades are listed including Snake Parade in North Kansas City and a Downtown Overland Park parade plus the St Patrick s Day parade on Pershing Road and Grand Boulevard</S>
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ACT Ottawa
Kevin Honeycutt
Carnegie Building
City Park
Ottawa Community Arts Center
Kansas City
Kansas City North
St. Patrick
Ireland
Sanford Brown College
Armour Road
18Th Avenue
Overland Park St
Pershing Road
Grand Boulevard
Admiral Boulevard
Lamp thought to be cause of area barn fire
A faulty heat lamp near Williamsburg is suspected to have started an early morning barn fire that destroyed the barn and six goats and six peacocks. Firefighters were summoned at 6 09 a m and a farm tractor also burned. Damages exceed 15000 dollars. no insurance coverage reported.
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Williamsburg
Here
Nia Road
Man 26 Arrested After Child Abuse Investigation
A 26 year old Le Loup man Jerome Levi Frye of 216 3rd was arrested Thursday after noon on suspicion of child abuse. Franklin County Sheriff's Department was called to the residence at 8 53 p.m. Wednesday for a report of child abuse. There were obvious injuries to the victim and the investigation led to the arrest. Frye remains in Franklin County jail pending formal charges. Child abuse is a felony.
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le Loup
Jerome Levi Frye
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Bob Moews
Frye
Franklin County
Jennifer Lynn Calderon
Pomona
Stacy Lynn Crawford
Eisenhower Avenue
Calderon
Franklin County Mental Health
South Sycamore
Woman's drug charges dismissed in Lane raid case
Dawn Sodders, 23, of Ellig Terrace, had her felony methamphetamine charges dismissed after the state failed to grant a speedy trial. Four defendants faced charges in July. three other cases were dismissed or stalled, while Sodders’ case proceeded despite pending lab results.
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Decate
Dawn Sodders
Lane
Sodders
Ellig Terrace
Timothy Lea Evans
Gary Wayne Robertson
David Lee Spencer
Franklin County
Wendell J. Barker
Bryan Hastert
Sadders
Hastert
Barker
Thomas H. Sachse
Pina
Franklin County Police Roundup And Accidents Briefs
Arrests include Thomas Eugene Yohe on a parole violation after a Grant and Main arrest. Theft report cites $600 loss at a Wellsville residence. Several arrests for suspended license, DUI, and drug possession. Incidents note a domestic dispute and a jacket theft at Laich Industries. Notable vehicle crash at Fourth and Oak with minor injuries. Multiple medical emergencies logged in Wellsville and area facilities.
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Thomas Eugene Yohe
S. Mulberry
Grant and
Main
Franklin County
Kristi Billinger
Oregon Road
Wellsville
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Bulletin Board
Sunflower Piecemakers
Batsheva
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
KU Lied Center
Batsheva de Rothschild
Martha Graham
Batsheva Dance Company
Ohad Naharin
Lied Center
Murphy Hall
SUA
Kansas Union
KU Medical Center
Ukans.edu
Haskell
RMH Children’s Fair
Mages Veterinary Clinic
Vince & Larry
McGruff
Out & About
Valerie
Ottawa Herald
Gina Hendrix
Califor
Hendrix
James
Man
the Daily Report
Sheriff's News
Linda L. Stanfield
W. 2Nd
Us-59
David L. Carmack
S. Walnut
Wal-Mart Supercenter
S. Princeton
Manuel C. Almaguer-Lopez
Salina
South Main
Lynn Snow
Reno Road
Laich Industries
Davis Ave
Trina L. O'Neill
Donald G. Roggenkamp
Fourth
Oak
O'Neill
Robert L. Allen
Dorothy M. Brock
Richmond
Cloud
Missouri
East 14Th
Acres Estate
S. Burrough
Downey Drive
Hidden Meadow Apartments
S. Hickory
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