Ottawa area calendar of events and gatherings
A dense list of community activities for Ottawa with dates and venues including Optimist and Kiwanis club meetings, dance recitals, market days, museum open houses, barbecues, and city commissions. Highlights include U S C 290 summer school, Lions and Rotary events, and the Williamsburg Ottawa Wildlife Conservation Club fishing derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Library
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Optimist Club
Ottawa University Student Union
Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly
Ottawa
Don Kornhaus
Beth
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa Community Arts Council
First National Bank
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Orils Cox
Beth’s
Old Depot
U.S.C
Lions Club
City Commission
Ottawa City
City Park
Optimist
Ottawa University
Kiwanis
Red Cross
Farmers’ Market
W. Tecumseh
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Dietrich
Williamsburg-Ottawa
Sertoma Club
Williamsburg-Ottawa Wildlife Conservation Club
First United Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa-Franklin County
Rotary Club
AARP
Mid-America Council On Aging
Ibbon
Country Mart
Kiwanis Club
Williamsburg Jayhawker
Bloodmobile
Faith Lutheran Church
American Diabetes Association
Forest Park
Franklin County Fair Board
Celebration Hall
Kansas Veterans Commission
City Hall
Bp&w
Ottawa Jaycees
Eagles Lodge
Youth Center
Westminister Church
Poncho’s
Sertorim Club
Hill House
Franklin County Commission
Ottawa University Adent Union
Wright Prepares Public Announcement On Ethics Fallout
House Speaker Jim Wright readies an afternoon statement amid ethics probe noise and resignation talk. Spokesman Mark Johnson said Wright would answer questions around 4 p.m. as scrutiny from CBS and The Washington Post grows. The timing may shift due to Rep. Claude Pepper's death and a truncated House schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jim Wright
Mark Johnson
Wright
Johnson
House Ethics Committee
CBS
Washington Post
Justice Department
Public Integrity Section
Claude Pepper
House
Rep
Tony Coelho
California
Bush calls for a free Europe and tearing down the Berlin Wall
President Bush urged the Soviet Union to end Europe’s division and tear down the Berlin Wall. He pledged to visit Poland and Hungary in July and pressed for freedom, democratic reforms, and East West cooperation across Europe. In Mainz he framed Berlin as a symbol of communist failure and urged glasnost and free elections in Eastern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mainz
West Germany
Bush
Soviet Union
Europe
Berlin Wall
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Poland
Hungary
NATO
Brussels
Belgium
Rhine
Rheingoldhalle
Italy
Germany
Britain
London
Margaret Thatcher
Polarid
Solidarity
Catholic Church
Freedom
West
Berlin
East Berlin
Drought threatens Kansas budget and grain income
In Topeka the drought raises concerns over the state budget as officials warn of delayed tax receipts and strained finances. Kansas Agricultural Statistics estimates wheat losses at 800 million dollars and abandonment of 26 percent of 12.4 million seeded acres, signaling a weak rural economy and potential revenue shortfalls for two years. Agriculture leaders warn of delayed sales and debt retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Michael O'Keefe
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
Kansas
O'Keefe
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June
William H. Howe
Sam Brownback
John Mark Lambet
Ranklin County Historical Society