Odyssey of the Mind teams shine at Eisenhower School
Local gifted students from Ottawa showcased their Odyssey of the Mind problems Friday at Eisenhower School with about 75 parents watching. Teams solved tasks under 24 hours of work across problems like Go Rocky Go, Twinkle Trek, Shoot ing Fish, and Wild Vibes, earning up to 250 points and Lamps of Learning pins for the top squad.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Eisenhower School
Odyssey of the Mind Association
International Business Machines
Ottawa Elementary
Barry Robinson
Twinkle
Becky Mills
Sara Rich
Jeanette Lang
Brooke Martin
Jonathan Haney
Tim Bunch
Scott Sachse
Aaron Nichols
Josh Walker
Jon McIntire
Diane Yeomans
Shumway Challenging Hayden With Blame the Legislature Tack
Rep Bettie Sue Shumway criticizes Gov Hayden in a Harris News Service interview closing the 1990 Kansas legislative session. She cites unproductive sessions, a veto pen mismatch, and unclear tax relief plans. She notes school finance shifts hit small districts, opposes sales tax increases, and leans toward a second term amid district disputes and community support.
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Dave Ranney
Harris
Topeka
Bettie Sue Shumway
Mike Hayden
Kansas
Shumway
Harris News Service
Hershberger gets 11% years sentence in fraud case
Former Wichita oilman Jim Hershberger was sentenced by Judge Dale E. Saffels to 11% years in federal prison after a February conviction on 25 counts of fraud tied to oil dealings. The court ordered five-year terms on 20 counts to run concurrently with additional 57 months on five more counts, also concurrent after the first period. He faces about 70 months with good time.
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Topeka, Kan
Wichita
Jim Hershberger
Dale E. Saffels
Hershberger
Kansas Legislature wrapup highlights
The wrapup lists key bills: a 44.2 million cut to reach a 100 million general fund balance, a Gramm Rudman style spending cap, local tax lid with 12 exceptions, and landmark mental health reform favoring community care. It notes a potential 1992 presidential primary, school finance reform, education amendment moving oversight to the legislature, stronger drug free zone penalties near schools, reappraisal control, and partial budget completion. Adoption law tightened, juveniles as adults discussed for serious felonies, and adoption proceedings tightened to curb baby trafficking.
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State Spending Ltd
Mike Hayden
Kansas
Board of Education
Hayden
Senate
Department of Corrections
Tonight's forecast brings increasing clouds and wind
Forecast shows tonight becoming cloudy with gusty south to southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Lows around 55 to 60. Kansas extended into Wednesday through Friday with cooler conditions, a chance of showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday, highs in the upper 50s to 60s, and lows mainly in the 40s. Local temperatures noted.
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Kansas
Elvis curtain scraps fetch $5 at Tupelo school
Elvis Presley’s former elementary school in Tupelo is selling maroon velvet curtain scraps from the stage Elvis used to sing on. Each 5 inch square costs $5, helping Landon School raise about $3,000 for new playground equipment and a $1,700 auditorium sound system. Principal Dale Dobbs says fans are eager for anything connected to him.
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Tupelo
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Presley
Landon School
Dale Dobbs
Fatal wreck at Riverside Little League game kills three children
Riverside, Illinois reports a car veered off the road and crashed into a Little League game, killing three children ages 7 and 8 and injuring nine. Driver James J. Harasek, 59, has blacked out at the wheel per his wife, and refused questions on advice of counsel as prosecutors seek grand jury subpoenas and medical records.
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Riverside
Ill
James J. Harasek
Don Doneske
Chicago
Doneske
Harasek
Ottawa Herald mailing rates change noted in 1990
Ottawa Kansas readers are informed of expanded subscription prices effective April 1 1990 with new rates for Ottawa carrier delivery rural town and mail options across Franklin County adjacent counties and the rest of Kansas. The notice lists monthly quarterly and annual prices and distinguishes between local state and out of state mail. It identifies staff including editor publisher Jim Hitch and managing editor Terry Ostmey.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmey
Bemis Oo
Ccsuisesessee
Dim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Pag Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Franklin County
State of Kansas
Best Prime Rib and Community Events Listing
Ad briefs for Prime Rib dinners at Country Kitchen with updated Sunday hours, the Kansas State Bank Living Trust Seminar on May 5 1990 at the OU Student Union with coffee and donuts, remodeling contact Norman Hildebrandt, Spring Choral Concerts at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium and Ottawa High School, Phone Friend service, Grubs-Out seed potatoes and garden tips on KOFO, Willis Garden Center hours, and Osladil Insurance Service relocation with new contact number.
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Kansas State Bank Living Trust
John Richeson
O.U
Coffea & Donuts
Kansas State Bank
Norman Hildebrandt
Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa Middle School
Ottawa High School
Kofo
Willis
Willis Garden Center
Cherry
Mon
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Twinkle Trek
Jon Moreau
Pete Kay
Michael Hastings
Jason Bryan
Nathanael Blakesley
Tony Nation
Emily Johnson
Nadia Piotrowsky
Brandi Wills
Sammie Hart
Bettie Sue
John Carlin
SRS
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Central Heights
County Community College
Cal Lantis
Kansas Legislature
Swtaa
Penne
Wara
Colly
Beral
Salina
Opeka
Pirsbure
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ad Briefs
Bruce Osladil
Osladil Insurance Service
S. Main
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