Ottawa Rec Center plan sparks bond election debate
Thoughts on the Ottawa Recreation Center appear in The Ottawa Herald and Ottawa Times Shopper. The piece questions site fit in Forest Park and the timing of a bond election, urging voters to study the plan and consider business impact. The column also notes Rotary echoes and envisions Ottawa as a regional recreation mecca if done right.
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Ottawa Recreation Commission
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Times
ORC
Herald
Forest Park
Kansas
Recreation
Ottawa
Franklin County
Deluxe portable restrooms gain luxury status in events
In Lockport, Illinois, upscale portable restrooms branded as Black Tie and VIP units are expanding across weddings, PGA events, and even private ranches. Companies emphasize women’s preferences, offering amenities such as vanity mirrors, flushable toilets, sinks, music, air conditioning, and potpourri. Rentals average around $3,000 for suites of one to over a dozen units.
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Lockport
Ill
Bush
Larry Ket‘itwig
Black Tie Services
Chicago
Black Tie
Barry Gump
Andy Gump
Valencia
Calif
Holly
Ottawa Pallet Firm Moves to Kansas City Under Incentive Plan
Ottawa signed paperwork allowing Propak Logistics to receive state incentives for a larger Kansas City plant. The move follows a large contract to manage pallets at GM's Fairfax plant, with Propak expanding from nine Ottawa employees to about sixty in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Ottawa
Propak Logistics
Tom Weigand
Wal-Mart
General Motors
Fairfax
Weigand
Talos finger protection nets second in national contest
University of Kansas industrial design student Nathan Clark designed Talos a flexible thumb and index finger protector with a cutting surface. The device won second place out of more than 200 entries earning Clark 1500 dollars and an all expense paid trip to Chicago for the International Housewares Show.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
Nathan Clark
Clark
Cair Paravel- Latin School
Talos
International Housewares Association
Chicago
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Specialty Electric
Sena Allel
Fostlewan and
Ost Ses
Sand Creek Nursery
Four Corners, Roofing Inc
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Carswell Automotie Inc
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Joseph N. Simone
Erica Farmer
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Judy Farrell
Sunflower Plaza Towers
Ken Woods
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