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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1998
Page
6
Wall of Honor Nominations Open at Ottawa High School
Local nomination forms for the Wall of Honor at Ottawa High School are available in the school office or from OHS teacher Gary Kuntz. Nominees must have graduated at least ten years prior. Seventeen nominations were received last year. Nominations stay active for two years. The deadline is May 15. Induction occurs October 15-16 during homecoming. The first inductees were John Leod Wilson, Leila Hill, Kay Shaughnessy, Kent Granger, and Brian Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall of Honor
Ottawa High School
OHS
Gary Kuntz
Renaissance
John Leod Wilson
Leila Hill
Kay Shaughnessy
Kent Granger
Brian Lewis
Weather outlook minor snow ending by midnight
Snow tapers to flurries in the evening and ends by midnight with total accumulation of three to six inches. Friday will be partly cloudy by midday and cold with a high near 35. See page 2 for more weather details.
Thornburgh to speak at two Franklin County GOP events
The Franklin County Republican Central Committee meets at 7 p.m. in the Ransom Memorial Hospital conference room with Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh as guest speaker. At 9 a.m. Saturday the Franklin County Republican Women meet at Poncho's Restaurant with Rep. Ralph Tanner as guest speaker. both events are open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Republican Central Committee
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ron Thornburgh
Poncho’s
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Vitamin D deficiency highly common in older adults
Boston AP reports that new guidelines to boost vitamin D intake may not prevent fractures. A study shows vitamin D deficiency is widespread among American adults, especially the elderly in poor health. Many indoors lifestyles limit sun exposure, risking bone health. over half of patients at a Boston hospital were deficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Buses, not vans help safety push from NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration fined 10 auto dealers for illegally selling 12 to 15 passenger vans as school buses lacking required safety gear. The action aims to curb districts using off the shelf vans to substitute for school buses, amid safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Boxing clash and jail fashion in odd news mix
In Zinnowitz Germany Cuban boxer Juan Carlos Gomez faced racial insults from skinheads twice in January. Gomez fought back, injuring none but prompting exits. In Oklahoma City Lyman Ray Postoak Jr 44 was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to 125 years after choosing to represent himself and wearing orange jail clothes in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zinnowitz
Germany
Associated Press
Juan Carlos Gomez
Gomez
Lyman Ray Postoak Jr
Oklahoma City
Postoak
Oklahoma
Chuck Shepherd
P.O
St. Petersburg
Fla
Compuserve.com
Writer Mary Downing Hahn Reflects on Path to Books
Mary Downing Hahn recalled her shift from aspiring artist to children's author as she spoke to students at Eugene Field Elementary in Columbia Maryland. She described early discouragement for creativity, the evolution to writing, and details of her award winning works including Daphne's Book, Doll in the Garden, and Time for Andrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecoming
Mary Downing Hahn
Downing Hahn
William Allen White
Kansas
Columbia
Eugene Field Elementary School
Ers
Sara Summer
Daphne
Andrew
Lincoln Elementary
Central Heights School
Sacred Heart
NYC to require school uniforms for half million elementary students
New York City will implement a uniform policy starting in September 1999 for 670 elementary schools with a dress code to reduce peer pressure and bolster school unity. The plan allows schools to set style and color, with exemptions possible for families under hardship. high schools are unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press
Wester EW York
Board of Education
William C. Thompson Jr
New York Civil Liberties
Ninfa Segarra
Luis O. Reyes
Rudolph Giuliani
Alicia Drygulski
Manhattan
Jennie
Mayor Bids Adieu as Ottawa Sees Cummiskey Move
Ottawa mayor Vicki Cummiskey resigns from the city commission amid praise for recent city accomplishments. The Cummiskys will move to Steubenville Ohio where Vicki becomes United Way of Jefferson County executive director and Ray joins Jefferson Community College as VP for Academic Affairs. They depart April 1 with three children Bryan Logan and Carly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ttawa
Vicki Edumiskey
City Commission
Cummiskey
Steubenville
Ohio
Vicki
Ray
United Way
Jefferson County
Jefferson Community College
Cummiskeys
Ottawa
Bryan
Logan
Carly
City OKs paving projects in five street areas
The city approved five paving projects adding to the grav el street program. Pine Street Spruce Street Sycamore Street Underwood Street and Red Jacket Street were scheduled for work at an estimated cost of 565384 dollars. All actions passed 4 to 0 with Commissioner Matt Matthews absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Pine Street
4Th
Sth
Spruce Street
Blackhawk
Wilson
Sycamore Street
Marais Des Cygnes
Logan Street
Underwood Street
Grant Street
Garfield Street
Red Jacket Street
Oak
Poplar
Matt Matthews
Ottawa
City Commis
Centropolis sewer district gets preliminary OK
Franklin County commissioners approved a preliminary Centropolis sewer benefit district plan with up to $7,000 for engineering design and startup costs for grants and loans. The action moves forward for residents who signed petitions requesting the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dy Bill Feluern
Franklin County Commission
Centropolis
Crestview rezoning sought for old nursing home site
The Franklin County Commission asked planning director Don Slone to collaborate with community corrections director on an application to the city for a zoning change. They seek to reclassify the Crestview Nursing Home at 1140 W 7th Street Terrace from R-1 residential to O-I office and institutional to relocate community corrections offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Commission
Don Slone
Crestview
7Th Street
Richmond hearing weighs 140 acre development plan
Richmond planners heard a proposal for 11 commercial plots and 110 to 140 homes plus a 20 acre ball diamond complex on a 140 acre site east of town. Owners seek rezoning and city water hookups, with neighbors voicing concerns over growth and tax base impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichmond
Richmond Planning Commission
Clayton Bledsoe
Don Slone
Slone
Bledsoe
Casey’s
Planning Commission
Richmond
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Garnett/Anderson
Thornburgh
News OF the Weird
Steve Morse
Marty Downing Hahn
Carolyn Reeder
New York City
Chris Clert
Ted Mejia
Thompson
Seo
City Oks
Bill Tellier
Herald
Hearing Malls
Blake Spurney
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