Six Women Named Girl of the Year at Founders Day Banquet
Six Beta Sigma Phi sorority chapters chose Girl of the Year honorees at the Founders Day Banquet held April 29 at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Recipients included Virginia Gilroy Roy Towner Mary Thompson Gayla Proctor Cindy Smith and Paula Johnson. Airman Raymond W Burns graduated basic training at Lackland AFB earning credits toward an associate degree and is the son of Earl E and Bonnie D Burns of Osage City. The Xi Omicron Exemplar chapter donated $100 to Ottawa Recreation Commission after a fundraiser prize weekend. Midland Hospice Care thanked volunteers for 13,193 hours in 1996, saving about $135,000. Soroptimists announce 1996-97 gifts totaling $3,750 to local groups and programs.
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Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Virginia Gilroy
Roy Towner
Mary Thompson
Xi Omicron
Gayla Proctor
Theta Mu
Cindy Smith
Beta Omicron
Paula Johnson
Beta Omega
Air Force
Community College of the Air Force
Burns
Earl E
Bonnie D. Burns
Osage City
Kenna
Kenneth E. Bright
Pomona
Sandra Bright
ORC
Beta Sigma Phi
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Wayne Burns
Embassy Suites
Overland Park
Midland Hospice
Midland Hospice Care
Topeka
Ottawa
Hispanic graduates included in black ceremony at Wichita State
Two Wichita State University students, Mike Munoz and Amy Williams, both Hispanic by official forms, were approved to participate in a black graduation ceremony. The African/African-American Faculty and Staff Association ruled they would be included, stressing no exclusion.
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Ichita
Kan
Wichita State University
Mike Munoz
Amy Williams
Munoz
Williams
Campus
Hispanic American Leadership Association
Multicultural Resource Center
Doctor charged after incident on airplane
A 59-year-old doctor from Prairie Village faces a misdemeanor assault charge in Atlanta after an altercation on a Delta flight from Kansas City to Atlanta on April 4. He, Thomas Black, pled innocent through his attorney, who calls the FBI affidavit one-sided. The incident began after a coach passenger blocked a bathroom and a dispute escalated with slurs and a slap.
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Kansas City
Atlanta
Thomas Black
Prairie Village
Brett Ladd
Black
FBI
Delta Air Lines
Grandview
Coach
Beaton
Homosexual father fights for custody of two sons
Fred Smith seeks custody of his sons with Tim Tipton as ex-wife Carol Pulliam challenges his fitness citing his sexual orientation. The dispute centers on parenting rather than harm, with prior custody rulings and appeals noted. The case underscores debates over same sex relationships and child custody in North Carolina.
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Aleigh
N.C
Fred Smith
Smith
State Supreme Court
Carol Pulliam
Wichita
Kan
Phillip Jackson
Jackson
Ellen Gerber
Pulliam
State Court of Appeals
Henderson County
Smiths
Palmdale
Calif
Gerber
Tipton
Reader Information Ottawa Herald Delivery Details
Ottawa Herald outlines home delivery deadlines for Ottawa and surrounding areas. Call circulation for issues not received by target times. Rates listed for Ottawa carrier, rural, mail in Kansas counties, and out of state, with discounts for longer commitments.
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Ottawa Herald
Ottawa
Sidewonen
Carrer
Franklin
Kansas
Weather Tonight Forecast Cooler Clear East Winds
Tonight will be cool and mostly clear with a low of 40 to 45 degrees and an east wind of 5 to 15 mph turning to the south after midnight. The weather map for today was not available.
Kansas expands sex offender law to include murder and related crimes
The 1997 Legislature expanded the Kansas Sex Offender Registration Act to cover murder and manslaughter, crimes against children, and soliciting prostitution. The act renames the law to the Kansas Offender Registration Act and requires the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to verify addresses every 90 days. Governor Graves will decide by Friday, with supporters citing public awareness.
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OPERA
Kan
Kansas
Liggett warns of stronger cigarette pack labels
The article notes Liggett will add front pack warning labels alongside the Surgeon General warnings. It cites Stephen Novelli from a tobacco watchdog urging broader measures. Liggett also agrees to disclose thousands of internal documents about industry's masking of smoking dangers.
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Liggett
William Novelli
Center For Tobacco-Free Kids
Wall Street Journal
Graves vetoes minors tobacco bill in Kansas
Governor Bill Graves vetoed a bill that would soften penalties for selling tobacco to minors, keeping criminal penalties intact. He indicated possible line item vetoes on the omnibus budget but does not plan broad cuts and urged the Legislature to revisit the proposal next year.
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OPERA
Kan
Bill Graves
Graves
Department of Revenue
Planners reject studio plan for Old Depot site
Ron and Stacy Corbin seek to convert a 708 N Locust building into a recording studio and live music venue but planners voted against the nonconforming use permit due to residential area disruption. They also recommended changing the Old Depot Museum zoning from industrial art area to commercial.
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Ron and
Stacy Corbin
N. Locust
City Commission
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Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
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Jan Wilkins
Soroptimists International of
Women’s Transitional Care Service
Party of Ottawa
Drug Abuse Resistance Education
DARE
Franklin County Veterans Memorial Association
Franklin County Historical Society
Old Depot Museum
Ottawa Library
American Legion Girls State
B. Martin Peck Humane Society
Boys and Girls Club
Paul James
Association
James
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University
Kaniche Cezar
Oklahoma City
Cezar
Stan Grilliot
Pretty Prairie
Tony Ross
Doc
Fox
Ottawa Herald, Inc
S. Cedar
John D. Mont
Montgomery
Jay Bemis
Tom Love
Kathy Miller
Gene Kelsey
Jean Rossman
Wayne Snow
Cedar
Clinton
Hillsdale
Melvern
Mary Horsch
Carla Stovall
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