Ottawa Boy Rescued After Tree Plunge On Willow Street
Firefighters rescued eight year old Michael Manganiello after he climbed near thirty feet up a tree in the 600 block of South Willow Saturday morning. He was lowered by a 35 foot ladder after a call at 9 20 a.m. Authorities say he was safe and expressed that he enjoyed climbing. A separate item mentions a car crash near the Wellsville exit on I 35 injuring Damon R. Hinkle and ongoing school board actions in Wellsville.
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Ottawa
South Willow
Michael Manganiello
S. Willow
Heather Manganiello
Wellsville
Olathe
Damon R. Hinkle
Franklin County
Olathe Medical Center
Steve Decker
Nancy Meyer
Betty Gates
The
Herald
Rick Hall
Wellsville Eagles
Don Williams
Hall
Kansas Basketball Coaches Association
EMS open house planned for National Emergency Services week
Garnett residents will witness a simulated two-vehicle wreck at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Anderson County Hospital ambulance barn. Life Net air ambulance from Olathe will land around 6:30 p.m. and a helicopter arrival is slated for 7:30 p.m. EMS crews and volunteer firefighters will demonstrate victim extrication and offer health checks.
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Anco
Garnett
Cavalry
Anderson County
Anderson County Hospital
Life Net Air
Olathe
Ottawa High grads brace for future amid windy graduation
At Steve Grogan Stadium Ottawa High School crowned 137 graduates during Sunday commencement. Valedictorian Nadia Piotrowsky and salutatorian Pete Kay offered thoughts on facing the unknown as winds dislodged robes but spared sunglasses.
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Y Valerie
Ottawa — High School
Steve Grogan Stadium
Nadia Piotrowsky
Pete Kay
Piotrowsky
Jay Thornton
Ottawa High School
Steve Grogan
Ottawa University
Jerrod Hugenot
Ottawa University grads exceed eight hundred in campus ceremonies
Ottawa University awarded bachelor and master degrees to 807 students across home, American, and international campuses. Daniel Weiss of the American Baptist Churches USA delivered the keynote, urging graduates to consider what they have become beyond what they know and linking education to morality in life.
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Ottawa High School
Steve Grogan Stadium
Ottawa University
Daniel Weiss
American Baptist Churches, USA
Weiss
Heaven’s Gate
Crestview Nursing Home to receive county subsidies
Crestview Nursing Home at 1002 W Seventh St faces revenue shortfalls with 25 residents of 51. Franklin County Commission approves subsidies from May 15 to Sept 1 while pursuing a stable plan. Past losses: about 30 000 in Q1 1997 and 15 000 in April. Lewis suggests renovations or new construction. long term plan may involve Ransom Memorial Hospital. License remains with Jim Lewis.
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Occu Dee
Crestview Nursing Home
Seventh Street Terrace
Jim Lewis
Franklin County Commission
Crestview
Lewis
Franklin County
Mavity
Ransom Memorial Hospital
County Commission
Tom Weigand
Weigand
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Chautauqua Days Aims To Grow Ottawa Event Big Plan
Jaycees push for a revived Chautauqua in Ottawa with a July 4-6 program headlined by B J Thomas and James Bonamy at Forest Park. Organizers seek volunteers, float entrants, crafts vendors, and business sponsors to build a Kansas wide celebration. Parade July 4 at 11 a m features 1920s theme. Mayes notes 600 hours and nearly 5000 dollars invested. callers can volunteer at listed numbers.
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Ottawa
Harold Mayes
Ottawa Jaycees
Kansas
B.J. Thomas
James Bonamy
Forest Park
Thomas
Bonamy
Epic
Mayes
Chautauqua
Main Street
William Rexroad
Bill
Roots of Ottawa Chautauqua traced to education era
Deb Barker of the Franklin County Historical Society described Ottawa Chautauqua Days origins in education and lecture series. She noted the first Kansas Chautauqua began in 1879 at Bismark Grove and Ottawa hosted its Chautauqua from 1883 to 1914 with 30 Forest Park buildings and river access boosting attendance.
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Ottawa
Deb Barka
Franklin County Historical Society
Direcor
Barker
Lake Chautauqua
N.Y
Kansas
Bismark Grove
Lawrence
Forest Park
Barer
William Jenning
Suchan
Bryant
Democrats
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