Garnett grocery Ray's Quality Foods to close
Anderson County business notes Ray's Quality Foods Garnett announces closure due to downtown location and Wal Mart Ottawa opening. Owner Ray Milsap says customer base fell after the new Wal Mart and year start. He seeks new tenant for building while staying in area.
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Garnett Grocery Store
Garnett
Anco News
Anderson County
Ray’s
Ray Milsap
Wal-Mart
Ottawa
Milsap
Lamb-Roberts
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Hickory
Ronn Heise
RMH Board OKs Food Contract and Budget Changes
RMH board approves a food contract with Service Master promising at least $100,000 in cost reductions in three years or a $200 per $1,000 shortfall payment. February revenue surpassed costs by $101,576, with $2,400 in interest and $73,900 county sales tax, lifting February net to $177,900 and two-month net to $342,500. The panel also relaxes purchasing rules for equipment, pending trustee approval, and adjusts the 1996 budget to cover a new home health partnership with Franklin County Health Department, projected to yield about $246,000 in net income this year.
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AMH
RMH
Bregant
Franklin County Health Department
Commercial Federal Bank Teaches Fifth Graders Money Skills
Commercial Federal Bank sponsors Bank Smart at Eisenhower Elementary with eight in class lessons and Bank Days. Students learn money basics, saving, and budgeting using videos cards games and sample checks while receiving $2 to start an interest bearing savings account. Represented by Roger Lewis the bank waives minimum deposits and fees on these accounts during Bank Days.
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Acenmeisia Federal Bank
Eisenhower
Bank Smart
Roger Lewis
Commercial Federal
Lewis
Commercial Federal Bank
Addressing Gender Bias in Classroom Interaction
Porterfield discusses how gender bias affects attention in class noting that about 20 percent of students receive no interaction and boys often get more questions and praise while girls are praised for appearance. She proposes a coding system to track teacher responses and ensure equal interaction among students.
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Porterfield
Dateline
Kindergarten registrations set for April in Ottawa district
Ottawa school district announces April dates for kindergarten registration for children entering next fall. Age 5 by Sept 1, 1996, with birth certificates and immunization records for DPT, oral polio, and MMR required. Health department offers immunization info. Hawthorne April 8, Eugene Field April 9, Eisenhower April 10, Garfield April 11, Lincoln April 12 with listed phone numbers.
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Ottawa
Franklin County Health Department
Hawthorne
Summer Youth Employment program seeks Ottawa students
The City of Ottawa invites local businesses to join the Summer Youth Employment program. Judy Hasty, city personnel director, asks interested firms to contact her by April 10. Open to Ottawa High School students aged 14 to 18, these jobs run June 10 to August 15 with wages shared by the city and the employer at 4.25 dollars per hour. Last year 27 businesses offered 32 positions. organizers hope to match or improve participation while pursuing a state grant to fund more jobs. The total number of openings depends on provider participation.
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Carolyn Neumaster
Ottawa University
Ottawa
South Star
Chrysler
Bill Pedersen
Cellular One
Manhattan
Janet Downie
Kansas/Missouri
Kansas State University
Western Wireless Corporation
Kansas
Manufacturers’ News Inc
Evanston
Kansas Cities
Lawrence
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
Kansas Innovation Corporation
St. Andrews Drive
City of Ottawa
Judy Hasty
Hasty
City Hall
Quake hits Silk Road trading center in China
A strong earthquake struck a centuries-old Silk Road trading hub in northwestern China killing at least 24 people, mostly children at home. more than 78 were injured, according to AP reporting from Beijing.
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Beijing
Silk Road
China
Community Image Award nominations open for 1996
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce invites nominations for the 1996 Community Image Award with a March 29 deadline. The award honors individuals in chamber businesses who consistently make customers feel welcome and satisfied, following the 1995 winners and updated nomination reminders from the Communications & Image Committee led by Fred Searls.
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Ottawa
Amber
Steve Mudrick
Litwin’s
S. Main
Eileen Bowling
Kansas State Bank
Mary Hoskinson
Allegre Pharmacy
Patty Snyder
Hotz Office Systems
Ters
Fred Searls
Communications & Image Committee
Clinton to testify by video in Whitewater case
A federal judge ruled President Clinton may testify via videotape in the McDougal conspiracy and fraud trial in Little Rock because travel is burdensome. The judge denied defense motions to compel in person testimony and said questions could not be pre submitted.
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Little Rock, Ark
Clinton
Little Rock
U.S
George Howard Jr
James
Susan McDougal
Ottawa Herald subscription rates and staff listing
The Ottawa Herald publishes daily except Sundays and holidays with mailing details and rates for Ottawa and surrounding areas. It lists staff positions including editor publisher Jay Bemis and other department heads, along with updated subscription prices effective October 1, 1995.
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Ottawa
Kansas
John D. Montgom
Jay Bemis
All Night Skate and Hazardous Waste Notes
All night skating Friday March 22 from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. and daily 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. during spring break at Roll-A-Way Skate Center. Also all day skate Thursday March 28 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. DEPOSIT HOUSEHOLD Hazardous Waste collection at FR. CO. HHW Facility Friday through Monday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 242-1191 or 242-1176 for details.
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FR. CO
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