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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 2000
Page
8
Tonight will be cool with clear skies and a low near 45. Northwest winds at 10 to 20 mph. Saturday brings sunny but cool conditions with a high between 65 and 70 and winds from the northwest at 5 to 15 mph. For more weather details, see page 2A.
Ottawa University will award degrees to 100 students Sunday at 2 p.m. in the University Chapel. Dean Allen Glenn of the University of Washington College of Education will deliver the address for OU's 135th anniversary commencement. Steven C. Van Ostran will speak at the 10 a.m. Baccalaureate Service in the chapel.
Baker University will award more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and nursing degrees in several ceremonies Sunday. Kansas Education Commissioner Andy Tompkins will speak at 1 PM for Arts and Sciences grads in Collins Sports and Convention Center, and U.S. Representative Dennis Moore will address School of Professional and Graduate Studies and School of Nursing at 4:30 PM. Jerrald Harnden to deliver baccalaureate at 9:30 AM at First United Methodist Church Baldwin, with a 10:30 AM reception in Harter Union. Two honorary doctorates to be conferred, and a nursing pinning ceremony in Topeka at 7:30 PM.
Two local bands Cold Turkey Topeka and Unperfect Ottawa will headline the youth center open house from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday at 115 E. 5th St. The former upholstery shop now hosts a stage, restrooms, ping pong, and a concessions counter run by students to fund operating costs. Volunteers plan ongoing Saturday events and seek used furniture donations and more parent volunteers.
Verna Winchester will receive the 2000 Esther Ruth Award established in 1987 for long service to OU alumni. Alice Jo and Stanley DeFries earn the 2000 Distinguished Service Award, created in 1974 to honor loyalty and community service. Banquet cost is 14 dollars with prepaid reservations via University Relations at 242-5200 ext 5520.
A tornado tore through Tonganoxie injuring no one and damaging or destroying several structures including a trade school and an abandoned church. Emergency crews assessed the center of town where homes, a school roof, and businesses suffered damage as storms and warnings moved across northeast Kansas and into Missouri.
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