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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 2013
Page
1
Wellsville students and families pack in for a creative evening as page 15 highlights a cultural event. The 3A playoff duel dominates page 6 with a heavyweights title pairing.
Calvin Rosey, Ottawa Music Store, asked to purchase and restore the condemned single family home at 612 N Main St Princeton after Ottawa officials voted 5-0 to condemn it. He was given 45 days to obtain permits and present a restoration plan, with progress updates required, and he aims to turn the site into an investment rental within a year.
City and county move toward shared 911 costs as commissioners vote 5-0 to condemn three Ottawa properties. A mobile home at 824 S Cherry St has a snow–dented roof and open exposure since February. 1155 N Sycamore St has been vacant since 2010 with a missing window since 2010. 616 S Locust St is a long vacant dilapidated single family home blighting the neighborhood. Land remains owned by the former owners who must pay taxes.
Vernon Milburn, a 93 year old Ottawa survivor, recalls the 1942 voyage from New York as American GIs zigzagged across the Atlantic to avoid U boats and landed in North Africa. He describes the amphibious Landing Craft Infantry approach as the first of three LCI landings in World War II.
Milburn recalls distant action in Africa and heavier fighting in Sicily and Italy. He served in the Third Division Seventh Regiment Company E weapons platoon and fired mortars while behind the front line. A bullet wounded him while relaying a message near a hill during the Italian campaign.
Franklin County districts trail nationwide with Cen tral Heights posting an average ACT score of 19.8 for 2013. Principal Tom Horstick laments low math 19.3 English 19.1 reading 20.3 science 20, noting 34 test takers and state averages around 22.8 to 21.7. He vows no excuses and plans more targeted coursework to raise scores.
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