Skunk Run Festival Lights Up City Park This Sunday
Ottawa celebrates arts and library history with the Skunk Run Festival in City Park on Sunday June 6. The event splits into a Friends of the Library book sale and an Arts Festival by the Ottawa Community Arts Council, plus tours of Centennial Cabin and Theater-On-A-Shoestring performances. About 75 exhibitors feature painting, sculpture, glass and more while visitors vote for a Peoples Choice award and compete for $300 in judge prizes. Food offerings include Mexican enchiladas burritos Italian sausage sandwiches Greek kabobs and snacks. Centennial Cabin opens for muzzle loading displays and open tours. Theater-On-A-Shoestring debuts with an ice cream social puppet shows and activities for kids.
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City Park
Ottawa
Friends of the Library
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Centennial Cabin
Theater
Tod P
The
Arts Council
Three men sentenced in poker game robbery case
Three men pleaded guilty to robbing a poker game at Cornelius Boston's home on April 12. George Ambler Kenneth Anderson and Dean Lane received prison terms from Judge Floyd Coffman, with Ambler to Lansing, Lane to Hutchinson, and Anderson awaiting transfer. fines and restitution were ordered.
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Cornelius Boston
Walton
Floyd H. Coffman
George W. Ambler
Topeka
Ottawa
Kenneth Eugene Anderson
Dean R. Lane
Maple
Ambler
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Lane
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Anderson
Coffman
Rollo Carter
Poplar
Barker
Rick Robinson
S. Hickory
Carter
Boston
Robinson
Library Promotion at Ottawa Public Library Names New Adult Services Librarian
Barbara Dew named Rhonda Moeller to the adult services librarian post effective June 1. Moeller, a longtime library employee since 1979, previously served as children's services librarian. Dew seeks a replacement for Moeller in children services and hopes for a local candidate.
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Ottawa
Nathan
Hickory
Dew
Children's Services
Chamber Auction Aims To Fund Speech Programs In Ottawa
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and Sertoma Club plan a benefit auction at Celebration Hall Franklin County Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. June 4 to raise funds for children needing speech and hearing help. Ottawa Home Furnishing offers recliners at a trade-in price with donations to the auction. donations welcomed via Art Miller. Local figures Pat Wolford and Walter Butler featured in media pieces. building projects noted. Skunk Run Book Sale June 6 and 9. Skunk Run Art Fair in City Park. Bloodmobile returns June 21. Ottawa Night at Royals Stadium June 28.
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Larry Powell
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa Home
Sertoma Club
Celebration Hall
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Ottawa
Art Miller
Alco
Centropolis
Friends of the Library
Ottawa Arts Council
City Park
Bloodmobile
Royals Stadium
North Kansas State Bank
Smart Shopping To Cut Summer Cooling Costs
A shopping guide explains sizing air conditioners by room, insulation and exposure using a WHILE formula and notes energy labels. It also reports OPEC's decision to hold production ceilings and prices until further notice, signaling stable or higher fuel costs for oil importers this summer.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Don Edison
New York
Federal Trade Commission
Quito
Ecuador
OPEC
Marc
Nam Nguema
Local ads highlight sales and events in Ottawa area
Geraniums four inch pots and field jackets sold at Calhoun's on Main Street. Canvas painting classes begin June 10 for six weeks at Turner's Tele Shop. Skunk Run Art Fair set for June 6 at City Park with local artists Lu Driscoli Jo Flager A J Jefferis Clio Church. Ottawa Flea Market operates weekends at 110 West 1st. McLockland knit shirts on sale at Calhoun's. Musk Thistle chemicals available from Franklin County Noxious Weed Dept. Decorative art summer classes start June 1 at Turner's Tele Shop with morning afternoon and evening sessions.
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City Park
Lu Driscoli
Jo Flager
A.J. Jefferis
Clio Church
Franklin County
Ottawa
Middle School OMS Grade Cards Pick Up Schedule and Awards
Parents may pick up grade cards at OMS lobby by grade on May 28 for sixth, June 1 for seventh and eighth grades. An eighth grade recognition program will honor promotion to high school with certificates and awards for leadership citizenship and scholarship. Seventh and eighth grades received multiple awards at recent assemblies. Some students earned summer band scholarships from the University of Kansas. SRA results show percentile ranges with averages near 50. specific scores by grade explained to parents, who are urged to review results and call 242-3237 with questions.
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OMS
Kansas
Science Research Associates
SRA
Library Line Answers Community Questions This Week
The library offers help via the Communi ty Information Center at Suh and Main. Questions cover nursery rhymes, theater tickets, PGA dates, Sunday papers, pronunciation of ch, Raleigh products, and the Japanese Embassy address with provided local contacts and phone numbers.
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Suh & Main
Tom
Raymond Briggs
Mother Goose Treasury
Starlight Theater
Sears
Kansas City
Capers Corners
Tigers
L & D Leathercraft
City Center Square
Uptown Theatre
Chase
Southern Hills Country Club
Tulsa
Kansas City Star
Topeka
Capitol
Lawrence
Sunday Journal-World
Wichita Eagle Beacon
Denver Post
New York Times
Appalachia
Webster's
Random House
School lunch menu and legal notices in Sacred Heart Daily Report
The May 24 to 26 Sacred Heart Elementary menu lists daily meals and a May 24-28 schedule with varied dishes at U.S.C. 290 and a Kansas City market report followed by multiple court actions, civil cases and probation notes. Senior paper distribution notice follows.
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Sacred Heart Elementary
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Theater-On-A-Shoestring
Mildred Corcoran
Peg Carr
Dave Kaup
Friends of the Ottawa Library
Ting
Wendell Barker
Entrepreneur Magazine
Pat Wolford
Fashion Alternative
Pat
Walter Butler
Butler's Music Store
KAKE
Channel 10
Wichita
Larry Haddleburg
Walt
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Nguema
Ad Briefs
S. Main
Calhoun
Turner
W. Isth
West 1St
McLockland
Turner's
W. 15Th
Middle School News
University of Kansas
Jennifer Jones
Shelly Ward
Krista Crenshaw
Russell Eisele
Keith King
the Daily Report
U.S.C
Cook
District Court News
Karen Lynch
S. Mulberry
Tony McCord
Willow
Joe Carey
RFD
Nolo Contendre
McCord
Valerie Jo Barney-Phipps
Lafayette
Ind
James Christopher Wood
Secretary of Corrections
Raymond J. Cook
Union
Second
Hickory Streets
A.W
Delia Adolph
Ralph Stearns
Gault Drilling Inc
First City Resources Corp
Kansas City, Mo
OHS
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
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