Sorority meets at Williamsburg library in April gathering
Alpha Delta Kappa Sigma Chapter held a meeting April 8 at Williamsburg school library with Lila Reekie as host and Virginia Cook presiding. Proceeds from a No Bake Sale support mini grants for teachers. Next meeting set for June 10 with Flo White hosting. Latimar Grade School reunion May 4 drew 23 attendees at Harrison Township Community Building.
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Teacher’s Sorority
Williamsburg Williamsburg
Sigma Chapter
Alpha Delta Kappa
Teacher's Sorority
Williamsburg School Library
Lila Reekie
Virginia Cook
Flo White
Latimar
Harrison Township
Winnie (Blackwill) Forrer
Helen (Herrington) Good
Beulah Durbin
Lawerence Latimar
Canton
Ill
Nathan Latimar
Neil Anderson
Lowell Fouts
Holiday Inn Express expansion under way in Ottawa
Ottawa's Holiday Inn Express begins a 3,500 square foot addition adding Ottawa's first heated indoor pool a spa and 16 deluxe suites. Manager Haresh Patel cites steady corporate business and executive visitors driving the project with completion anticipated around July or August.
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Holiday Inn Express
Ottawa
Haresh Patel
Gayl Shupard
Taylor Brothers Construction
City to add night work study sessions with monthly meetings
City begins a 6 p.m. work study session starting June 4 before Ottawa City Commission meetings. Each month’s first meeting will be on the first Wednesday at 7 p.m. Commissioner Blaine Finch supports the change, saying it makes participation more accessible to the public.
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Iting
Holiday Inn Express
Ottawa
Patel
Rela
Ottawa City Commission
Blaine Finch
Publc
Ottawa High Cytones win superior rating at Branson show
Ottawa High School Cytones, directed by Steve Strom, earned a superior rating at a Branson nation show choir contest. The 18 member group performed seven songs in 30 minutes at the Jim Stafford Theater, competing with schools from West Virginia, DC, Minnesota, ND, Nebraska, Alabama, and Georgia. The choir raised funds for the May 14 trip and toured Silver Dollar City after the event.
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Ottawa
Cytones
Branson
Steve Strom
West Virginia
Washington D.C
Minnesota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Alabama
Georgia
Cyrones
American Choral Directors
Kansas Music Educators Association
Kansas
Jim Stafford
Ater
Jaime Watts
Cytone
Federal case ties gun transfer to meth distribution
Franklin County prosecutors outlined charges against Cowdin for possessing a 10 mm pistol and transferring it to another person for use in meth distribution. If convicted on all three counts, Cowdin faces up to 10 years in federal prison on each count. The case, investigated by ATF, centers on Ottawa rather than Lenexa.
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Cowdin
Watney
Howard, Smith Jr
Aispuro
Ottawa
Lenexa
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Ottawa Herald
Franklin
Kansas
Testimony Reveals Family Testimony In Gully Shooting Case
Chloe Flohr testified she was in the room when Aldeo Gully was shot after an argument with John Flohr. Detective Hanson quoted Chloe as saying Gully came home drunk and attacked her mother. Aldeo grabbed Chloe, and John Flohr fired three times.
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Chloe
Flohrs
Bruce Hanson
Gully
Hanson
Aldeo
Flohr
Erik Mitchell
John Gerstle
Mitchell
John
Kevin” Flohr Jr
Kevin
Lyndee Flohr
John Flohr
Lyndee
Kansans vote tax relief in school finance reform
Graves praised a workmanlike compromise that cuts the 35 mill levy to 27 for 1997 98, adds a 20000 homestead exemption, and narrows tax burdens. The plan boosts school aid by 12 million and raises per pupil base to 3670, while echoing ethics reforms restricting campaign contributions and gifts from state vendors.
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Graves
City declares Community Action Day in Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission proclaimed today Community Action Day honoring ECKAN and other action groups. ECKAN director Richard Jackson accepted the proclamation as Mayor Vicki Cummiskey urged visits to the ECKAN office at 602 Maple. Lesa Liggett, a former client celebrated at Community Action Week, earned a GED in 1994, finished cosmetology school in June 1995, rented a booth at Hairport, built a client base, later bought a home via the First-Time Homebuyers Program, and now holds part interest in Hairport.
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Duke
Durham
N.C
Duke University
TIP
Emporia State University
Amos Cubit
Garnett
Central Heights
Cale Drumright
Adam Hathaway
Bryce Huschka
Kyle Sullivan
Ottawa
Kendal Butler
Pomona
Richard Bauck
Mark Harries
Vassar
Lyndon
Luke Stadel
Osage City
Daniel Hunt
Brad O'Brahim
Overbrook
TIP Office
Ottawa City Commission
East Central Kansas Economic Equal Opportunity Corp
ECKAN
Richard Jackson
Vicki Cummiskey
Lesa Liggett
Franklin County
Liggett
Cosmetology
Hairport
Weather forecast highlights with cool nights
Tonight cool with partly cloudy skies and a low near 40. Northwest wind about 10 mph. Saturday dry with lows in the 40s and highs in the upper 60s to mid-70s. Sunday shows a westward thunderstorm chance with a few 40s lows and 45 to 75 highs. Monday brings statewide shower and thunderstorm chances.
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Nandwast
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Shawn Marvin
Mandy Leitaker
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Erika Frazier
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