Students learn life skills in mock city program
Ottawa fifth graders joined more than 170 students in Exchange City Kansas City a hands on city experience funded by Ottawa Truck. They prepared resumes interviewed for jobs ran for mayor and earned pay while learning government civics economics and budgeting.
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Mock City
Exchange City
Kansas City
Ottawa
Tom Leinaker
Danielle Stevenson
Garfield Fifth Pracher
David Todd
Garfield
Front
Becky Schulz
Lincoln
al Exchange City
Ottawa High Junior Arrives Prom by Helicopter
Ottawa High School junior Merrill Smith stunned prom attendees by arriving via helicopter with his date Tammy Faris. He secured FAA and school approval, saved from a Wal Mart stocker job to cover 500 for the charter, and noted his goal to become a helicopter pilot.
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Herald
Ottawa
OHS
Merrill Smith
Federal Aviation Administration
Wal-Mart
Smith
Milton
Marsha Smith
Andrew Garcia
J.D. Scott
Venture Post 217
National Air Guard
Topeka
LifeNet
Kansas City
Tammy Faris
Premin Rsty
Ona
Reiter Wins Poetry Contest At Kansas Voices Event
Lora Reiter of Ottawa University received first prize in the Kansas Voices contest held May 4 by Winfield Arts and Humanities Council. Her winning poem Sins Against Daughters Unto the Fourth Generation reflects crimes against three women by a father husband and brother. Reiter has published poetry and fiction.
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Lora Reiter
Ottawa University
Winfield Arts and Humanities Council
Reiter
Bank manager earns master's at Emporia State University
Intrust Bank of Ottawa branch manager Kimberly Luckert earned a Master of Business Administration during the 2002 graduation ceremonies on May 18 at Emporia State University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Business with marketing emphasis from Wichita State University and is a Cheney native employed by Intrust in Ottawa for four years.
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Kimberly Luckert
Intrust Bank of Ottawa
Emporia State University
Luckert
Wichita State University
Cheney
Intrust
Ottawa
Melcher Wins $2000 Church Scholarship
Melcher of Ottawa has been awarded a $2000 scholarship for the upcoming academic year at Southwestern College in Winfield. The First United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Higher Education Foundation fund the award equally. Melcher, daughter of Julie and Rev. Kent Melcher, enters her senior year majoring in Music Education.
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Sarah Ss. Melcher
Ottawa
First United Methodist Church
United Methodist Higher Education Foundation
Southwestern College
Winfield
Melcher
Nashville
Tenn
Julie
Kent Melcher
Southwestern
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