Ottawa board and teachers clash over extra contract days
Ottawa board of education and teachers led by Ken Brecht remain at odds over compensation for days beyond the current contract. Teachers propose pay for extra days equal to one contract day, while the board pushes for a 3 percent raise plus 1.1 percent for the two additional days, with Brecht opposing references to state-law negotiations without guaranteed pay for extra days.
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Ottawa Board
Ken Brecht
Brecht
Jennings
Trolleys return to Wichita after 60 year absence
Wichita resumes streetcar service after decades without trolleys. River City Trolley begins operations, inviting riders to purchase tokens and ride downtown, with Phil Miller of the Wichita Street Railway Society praising the move.
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Wichita
Phil Miller
The
Wichita Street Railway Society
World of collected memories at weekend auction
Weien's world continues as bidders chase high end prizes and oddities at a weekend auction near the K-68 and I-35 junction. Highlights include a 1931 Cadillac selling for 150000, a 2500 pound chandelier, a 1894 Coca Cola sign, and unusual items like a six foot cigar lighter and a Dillinger poster. Auction starts 9:30 a.m. Friday through Sunday with long hours.
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Page
John Dillinger
Swanson
Country Club Plaza
Italy
Williamsburg grad earns NHS scholarship for service
Lori Peek of Williamsburg, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Peek, won a $1000 National Honor Society scholarship from the National Association of Secondary School Principals. She was among 250 winners from over 12,000 entrants nationwide, based on class leadership, clubs, academics, work, and community service. She will attend Ottawa University in the fall.
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Williamsburg Grad
Lori Peek
Roy Peek
Williamsburg
National Association of Secondary School Principals
United States
Waverly High School
Peek
Ottawa University
Kemper
John A. Fivian
Fivian
Haydn
Lola Shaw
Orchard Drive
Curtis
Lottie Mathias
Princeton
Allen
Arvilla Hawley
St. Petersburg
Fla
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Reserve Officers’ Association
Troy
Ala
OHS graduates win two scholarships for fall
Two Ottawa High School grads receive scholarships for fall. Keith Ferris earns the Joe Walters Memorial Vocational Scholarship and will attend Kansas State University Salina campus. Helen Habtemichael wins the Truman Gates Memorial Scholarship and will attend University of Kansas. Both graduated Sunday before the awards were announced.
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Ottawa High School
Keith Ferris
Joe Walters
Ferris
Kansas State University
Salina
Helen Habtemichael
Truman Gates
University of Kansas
OHS
Miami County Opens 911 System For First Time
Miami County residents begin using a 911 system connecting the sheriff's department rural fire departments police stations and EMS. About 200 Drexel Cleveland Mo numbers are excluded and must call 294-3232. An enhanced 911 system is planned for summer and a cooperative link with Franklin County adds Rantoul and Lane area calls.
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Miami County
Drexel
Cleveland
Miami
Franklin County
Ottawa Herald rates and staff names from 1993 issue
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates effective January 1 1993 in Ottawa and surrounding areas including rural towns motor route and mail options. Rates cover one month three months six months and one year with varying prices by delivery method and region.
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Ottawa
Franklin
State of Kansas
Memorial Day Garden Center and Shop Closings Brief
Blooming Memorial Boxes large and small at Willis Garden Center. Carpet Warehouse closed Sat Sun Mon for Memorial Day weekend. Crooks Floor Covering closes May 29 30 31 for Memorial Day. Early Bird Breakfast May 31 5:30 9:30 at American Legion Wellsville New Hope Youth. Flower boxes and geraniums for Memorial Day Turner's Greenhouse 242-8618. Fr Co Fair tickets from Lisa Claerhout 937-2312. Memorial Day Boxes 19 kinds tomato and petunia at Messick's Winsburg Pike east on Warren 746-8867. Sandy's Greenhouse Memorial Boxes bedding plants 3944 Eisenhower Rd 242-5116. School's out Last all night skate Friday 7 pm 6 am Roll-a-Way Skate Center.
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Messick's
Winsburg
Pike East
Warren
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