Ottawa reads safety themed children’s books during Book Week
Ottawa officials promote Children's Book Week with Dennis Butler and library staff reading Do Kangaroos Wear Seat Belts and two safety books to preschoolers. The effort spans across Kansas libraries and streams on Ottawa Government Access Channel 20 next week. Ottawa Mayor Blake Jorgensen issued a proclamation for November 11 to 17 as Children’s Book Week.
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Ottawa
Dennis Butler
Hickory St
Kansas
Butler
Blake Jorgens
Shannon Leonard
Ottawa Library Youth Services
Franklin County
Election 2008: State official predicts worst turnout
Kansas secretary of state Ron Thornburgh warned that the 2008 election could see the lowest turnout in American history due to states front loading primaries and the role of 527 groups. He cautioned that once two major candidates are known by mid February, millions will face eight months of highly funded negative campaigning from unregulated groups.
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Cleon Rickel
Ron Thornburgh
Kansas
Thornburgh
527S
Federal Election Commission
Never Too Young to Learn at Ottawa Suzuki Program
Ashley Willoughby a teacher with the Ottawa Suzuki Strings leads a xylophone session with Nicolas Prater age 2 at the A Sound Start program. The class for children up to 3 meets Wednesdays 9 30 to 10 30 a m at the Carnegie Cultural Center 515 S Main St Ottawa. Photos at ottawaherald com galleries.
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Ashley Willoughby
Ottawa Suzuki Strings Organization
Nicolas Prater
Vassar
Carnegie Cultural Center
S. Main St
Ottawa
Ottawaherald.com
Roberts pork label hits Pat Roberts intelligence scholarship
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts faces criticism as a $1.6 million earmark for the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program is labeled pork by Citizens Against Government Waste. The watchdog group cites lack of Pentagon request and a targeted approval process among its concerns, noting the program traces to 2004 and the Iraq WMD assumption.
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Mary Clarkin
Hutchinson News
U.S
Pat Roberts
Pentagon
House
David Williams
Citizens Against Government Waste
Williams
Iraq
Roberts
Ottawa teachers gain mentor to aid keeping staff
Renita Abel, longtime first grade teacher at Eugene Field Elementary, starts as districtwide teacher mentor this fall to support about 14 new teachers. Ottawa schools say recruiting and retaining teachers is a growing issue and mentors help with instructional strategies classroom management and completing the Kansas Performance Assessment.
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Renita Abel
Ottawa
Eugene Field
Jean McCally
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Benita Abel
Scott Crenshaw
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