Wellsville Graduation Invocation Scuttled After Suit Threat
Wellsville school board voted 5 2 to remove seniors invocations and benedictions from graduation citing the First Amendment. Some residents floated private ceremony at the high school gym with potential prayer, while rental policy could enable such an event.
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Herald
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Ralph Young
Wellsville High School
Allison Howard
Centenarian in Ottawa Retells Local History and Life
Leo O Kirkwood, a lifelong Ottawa resident born May 25 1893 near Fairbury Nebraska, marks his 100th birthday. A WWI veteran with the 140th Infantry he married Rosa Gambrill in 1919, high points include early Ottawa Drum and Bugle Corps involvement and a long life on the 160 acre Fairbury farm purchased in 1875 for 1.25 an acre. Rosa died 1987 after 68 years together.
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N. Sycamore
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Auny
County tax sale nears in Franklin County
By Greg Mast the Franklin County tax sale draws near as 42 tracts of real estate with unpaid delinquent taxes face foreclosure. A court date set for 1 30 p.m. Tuesday June 29 marks the defense deadline, with attorney Joyce Fackler Hendrix stating defendants may pay before the sale.
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Herald
Franklin County
Commission
Joyce Fackler Hendrix
Hendrix
County sticks with landfill plans to close by Oct. 9
Gardner Hayden, Franklin County commission chair, tells Ottawa commissioners a six month Congress extension to close landfills is merely delaying action. The county has contracted CSC Engineering to develop closure and transfer station plans, aiming to haul trash to a regional facility. Ottawa Sanitation seeks its own transfer station, pending city planning approval and a public hearing.
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Herald
Gardner Hayden
Franklin County Commission
Ottawa
Russ Savage
Olathe
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Savage
Dave Warren
Ottawa Sanitation
John Taylor
Taylor
City Planning Commission
Last Call at Cheers Boston TV Icon Ends Era
Boston prepares for the final Cheers episode as crowds pack the Bull & Finch near the Public Garden. The basement tavern becomes a souvenir haven while city officials and visitors stage private and public events, with Jay Leno broadcasting from the pub after the two hour finale.
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