Weekend Weather Outlook For Page 14
The forecast calls for a chilly night with upper 20s low temperatures and partly cloudy skies. Saturday will be very cool and mostly cloudy with highs around the mid 40s. Saturday night remains mostly cloudy with lows in the mid 30s.
Ottawa Edges Osawatomie In Tight District Final
Ottawa nips Osawatomie 41 to 39 in a district shootout as both teams battle for top playoff seeding. The result headlines a competitive district clash with late scoring deciding the winner.
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Ottawa
Osawatomie
Ottawa Kansan brief issue header
Ottawa Kansas edition volume 106 number 283 priced at 50 cents. Publication details provide date and issue identity for the edition.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Celebrate Health Fair aims to ease holiday stress
The third annual Celebrate Health Fair at Ransom Memorial Hospital runs 9 a.m. to noon on the first floor. Kelly McDermott notes that holidays increase stress. 32 booths will offer health tips, including massage for stress relief and diabetes guidance, with food safety advice on holiday leftovers.
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Vickie Moss
Herald
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kelly McDermott
RMH
McDermott
Health for the Holidays Health fair at Ransom Memorial Hospital
A Saturday health fair at Ransom Memorial Hospital runs from 9 a.m. to noon with a holiday theme and many free screenings such as blood pressure kidney function pulse oximetry vision and prostate checks. Some services cost a nominal fee including 15 for flu shots and 10 for lipid profiles while overall value could exceed 100 to 200 if paid elsewhere. Shirley Gilroy Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce secretary plans to attend praising the range of services and convenience.
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McDermott
Shirley Gilroy
Ottawa
Grain bin collapse at Midland Junction shocks Ottawa Co op
Ottawa Co operative Association hires industrial vacuum to clear debris after a 64 foot grain bin at Midland Junction north of Lawrence collapsed on Thursday. About 45 000 bushels of corn spilled with no injuries reported. Investigators will probe a suspected broken seam as 15 similar bins in the row are checked. The incident also knocked out a power room.
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Ottawa Co-operative Association
Douglas County
Ottawa Co-op
Midland Junction
Lawrence
Midland Co-op
Adrian Derousseau
Diagonal Road
Derousseau
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Nightmare on Elm Street house draws Halloween visitors
On a cold Halloween night Sheila Reitmeyer and her daughter Elizabeth greet trick-or-treater Steven Redlin at 1124 S Elm. The Reitmeyer home famed for its elaborate decorations, dubbed The Nightmare on Elm Street, stands as a neighborhood landmark. A nearby sign at 1130 S Main St shows dismay at a Halloween vandal. Ottawa police reported no major events.
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Laurie Sisk
Sheila Reitmeyer
Elizabeth Reitmeyer
Steven Redlin
S. Elm
Reitmeyer
Sheila Reismeyer
Elm Street
S. Main St
Ron Puterbaugh
Ottawa Police Department
Quiet Halloween Sees No Major Vandalism Reported
Cold temperatures kept tricks to a minimum as Ottawa police reported no major vandalism incidents on Halloween. A few egg-throwing cases and one minor traffic accident were noted, while Franklin County sheriffs described the evening as quiet overall.
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Herald
Ron Puterbaugh
Ottawa Police Department
Puterbaugh
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department
City wins OK for sewage treatment plant project
Ottawa clears final legal hurdle for a new wastewater plant. KDHE confirms no significant environmental impact and approves an $8.9 million low interest loan. The city seeks bids by Nov 21 with a mid-December contractor target, aiming for operation by Oct 1, 2005.
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Herald News
Ottawa
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Jim Bradley
KDHE
Bradley
Ia Tittle Shear
Wichita
Planning commission sets hearings on day care centers
Ottawa planners schedule 7 p.m. November 13 public hearings at City Hall to review special use permits for two day care centers. Eric and Kim White seek to move from their home to 533 South Oak, owned by Eric’s parents, while Wendell and Thelma Lewis want to convert the former Walkman Tavern at 126 1/2 Cedar into a day care. Staff concerns focus on traffic and driveway access. planners leaning toward approval with conditions and a one year staff review.
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Ottawa Planning Commission
Eric
Kim White
S. Qak
Eric White
Wendell
Thelma Lewis
Planning Commission
Tom Yahl
Yahl
White
Candy Wasser
Lewises
Wendell Lewis
Walkman Tavern
City Hall
Ottawa Herald
Lewis
Bill Henningsen
Edward Jones
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