Fire tears through home as neighbors rush to aid
A blaze fueled by combustible shingles and strong winds spread rapidly Saturday. Olmsted and two young boys escaped as neighbors, including Mark and Melaina Walker, Brian Davis, and Vance Weigand, helped pull cars to safety. About 20 volunteers contained the fire after more than three hours of effort. Most belongings were lost though vehicles and some salvage survived.
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Stonequist
Olmsted
Mark
Melaina Walker
Brian Davis
Vance Weigand
Kyle Kost
Lee Baldwin
Pomona
Kost
Ottawa-Lincoln-Harris
Wellsville
Ohio
U S forces press advance toward Baghdad amid suicide threat debate
Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said suicide bombings are not an effective military tactic as U S forces push toward Baghdad. In the north, U S aircraft pounded Iraqi positions near Kalak while Kurdish fighters seized territory from retreating Iraqi troops. Iraqi forces were seen abandoning seclusions west of the Great Zab River amid dwindling numbers along the Kurdish border.
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Vincent Brooks
U.S. Central Command
U.S
Baghdad
Kalak
Baddam
Zab River
Bond elections outline for Ottawa and Central Heights districts
Voters face a $3.995 million bond for Unified School District 288 to add classrooms, upgrade facilities, and install technology. Ottawa voters consider up to $2.1 million in general obligation bonds for a Forest Park recreation facility. Precinct sites listed in Ottawa and surrounding townships for the ballot, with multiple church and town locations designated as polling places.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Forest Park
Franklin County
Trinity United Methodist Church
N. Cedar
S. Main
First Christian Church
Hickory
Church of the Brethren
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Maple
Appanoose
Appanoose Baptist Church
Shawnee Terrace
Pomona
Centropolis
N. 7Th
Reinter Church
Idaho Rd
Cutler Township
Rantoul
Rantoul Presbyterian Fellowship Hall
Cedar
Board approves staff cuts and new athletics fee at Pomona district
The Pomona district trims part-time district office help and Pomona High School positions as other cuts follow. Field trips, drugs education subsidy, and after-prom funding are reduced while industrial arts consolidate with Williamsburg High. Extracurriculars see cross country and golf moving between campuses. uniforms shift to player responsibility. a $20 per sport athletics fee is set, with waivers for those on free and reduced lunches.
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Pomona High School
Myers
Williamsburg High School
Steve Shepheard
Hamilton
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