Pair boosts recycling effort expands to elderly and disabled
Diane Yeamans reports two men David Scherer and Vern Moyer started a volunteer curbside pickup for homebound elderly residents, delivering recyclables to the Earthteam Recycling Task Force collection. The effort, aided by Rent Masters, Country Kitchen, and the Franklin County Senior Center, has drawn 25 signups from a flier drive and covers glass, tin, newspaper, aluminum, cans, plastic bottles, and foil trays. A Saturday collection runs 9 am to 3 pm at 301 N Main in the former grocery store parking lot. calls to the Senior Center or Country Kitchen arrange pickup schedules.
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Herald
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Country Kitchen
Vern Moyer
Williamsburg
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Earthteam Recycling Task Force
N. Main
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Meyer
Collec
Franklin County
Franklin County Senior Center
Mid-America
Council On Aging Nutrition Program
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Franklin
Ottawa library trustees absorb mill levy options
Two new Ottawa Library Board members Wayne Duderstadt and Robert Reusch faced mill levy decisions at their first meeting. They considered exempting the library from a state cap to allow up to 6 mills, warning of budget cuts if valuation drops and noting vehicle tax revenue declines. A June 8 deadline for the 1991 budget looms.
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Ottawa Library Board of Trustees
Wayne Duderstadt
People’s National Bank
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Reusch Oil Service
Charles Gillette
Tom Sachse
Francisca Larios
Ottawa City Commission
Barbara Dew
Dew
City Hall
Bruce Prentice
Weather Tonight and Weekend Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight with a 20 percent chance of rain. Lows near 60s. Saturday highs around 80s in the north and near 90 in the south with statewide thunderstorms possible Saturday and Sunday, easing Monday. Lows Saturday in 50s and mid-50s to low 60s Sunday and Monday. Barometer rising, sunset 8 29, sunrise 6 06.
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Dengel & Son Mortuary Plans expand in Ottawa
Dengel and Son Mortuary plans a 2,000 square foot front addition and 1,000 square foot canopy to extend driveway coverage at Third and Hickory. The project adds three family visitation rooms and upgrades including a front office move and accessible facilities. Construction awaits Kansas State Historical Society approval due Monday.
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Herald
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Third
Hickory
Walt Dengel
Kansas State Historical Society
State Register of Historical Places
Franklin County
Dengel
William Chenowith
South Main
Henry Chenowith
Chenowith
Floyd McVey
Ottawa
Local ads list dining specials and services in Town
Community notices advertise Prime Rib dinners and Sunday hours at Country Kitchen along with live music from Wichita at J Humppitt s. Rhonda Brown begins appointments at Sheila s, and a dry cleaning service promotes moth proofing. Various graduation gifts and memorial items are offered, plus a potluck and jam session. A golf certificate program and a local vote on DPS split are noted.
Democrats lose Wells in party switch in Kansas House
Elaine Wells of Carbondale switched from Democrat to Republican on Wednesday in Topeka, becoming the second House member to change parties in a year. Osage County Clerk Virginia Kersten confirmed the move. the shift reduces Democrats in the 125 member House to 56 as Wells cites voting differences and a stronger voice for her district.
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Topeka
Kan
Elaine Wells
Carbondale
Wells
Osage County
Virginia Kersten
Jim Russell
Coffeyville
House
Skull Found On Smoky Hill River Sandbar Dates 100 Years Past
Two canoeists discovered a human skull on a Smoky Hill River sandbar about a mile south of Junction City. Forensic experts estimate the skull dates from 1840 to 1890 and likely belonged to a Black man. The skull was turned over to Geary County authorities on Tuesday.
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Junction City
Michael Finnegan
Kansas State University
Casey Trask
Joe Colbert
Smoky Hill River
Geary County
Ottawa Herald pricing notice and masthead details
Publication masthead lists editors and staff with daily schedule and office, plus subscription rates effective April 1, 1990. Rates cover Ottawa and surrounding counties, including carrier, motor route, and mail options with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual prices.
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