Notable historical anniversaries and birthdays today
A compilation of anniversaries and birthdays including Kate Smith’s first God Bless America broadcast in 1938, Marine and Legion milestones, Sesame Street debut, Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, Solidarity, Brezhnev's death, and birthdays for Roland Emmerich to Miranda Lambert.
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Kate Smith
Irving Berlin
CBS
U.S. Marines
Continental Congress
Henry M. Stanley
David Livingstone
Lake Tanganyika
Central
Africa
White House
American Legion
Minneapolis
Hirohito
U.S. Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arlington
National Educational Television
PBS
Edmund Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Poland
Solidarity Labor Movement
Supreme Court
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Florida
George W. Bush
al Gore
Bush
Baghdad
Chris Carpenter
St. Louis Cardinals
National League
John Allen Muhammad
Washington, D.C
Obama
Fort Hood
Texas
Roland Emmerich
Sinbad
Mackenzie Phillips
Neil Gaiman
Tommy Davidson
Chris Cagle
Tracy Morgan
Ellen Pompeo
Warren G
Jim Adkins
Jimmy Eat World
Eve
Chris Joannou
Silverchair
Bryan Neal
Heather Matarazzo
Miranda Lambert
Death of Randy Woods in Onaga at 48
Randy Woods 48 of Onaga died Tuesday November 6 2012 Services planned for 2 p m today at Ruhamah Baptist Church Rantoul Cremation planned He was born January 21 1964 in Kansas City Kansas to Howard Woods and Phoebe Woods Bell Condolences may be made at Ottawa herald com
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Randy Woods
Onaga
Ruhamah Baptist Church
Rantoul
Kansas City
Kan
Howard Woods
Phoebe Woods-Bell
Ottawaherald.com
Coalition urges Medicaid expansion in Kansas
Health care advocates rallied at the Statehouse urging Gov. Brownback to accept federal expansion of Medicaid for low income residents. About 75 people attended, with estimates that roughly 130,000 Kansans could gain coverage while 393,000 already receive Medicaid.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Statehouse
Anna Lambertson
Kansas Health Care Coalition
Brownback
Sherriene Jones- Sontag
Jennifer Weishaar
Lawrence
Volunteer Opportunities Ottawa Center Contacts
Learn about volunteer needs from the Ottawa Volunteer Center a service of East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp Contact 1320 S. Ash St. call (785) 214 4556 or scraft eckan.org for details and listings.
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Ottawa Volunteer Center
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
S. Ash St
Eckan
Ottawa Main Street volunteers seek help for bulbs and events
Ottawa Main Street Association coordinator Becci Shisler calls for volunteers to plant tulip bulbs downtown and assist at the Annual Wine Tasting and Auction at Great Life Banquet Room on 1001 E Logan. Contact Shisler at 785 242 2085 or ottawamain streetdirector yahoo.com. Mary Lois Yates seeks help 9 a.m. November 17 to fill Christmas food boxes, plus staining tasks including the handicap ramp. call 785 242 4444.
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Becci Shisler
Ottawa Main Street Association
Great Life
E. Logan St
Shisler
Ottawamain
Yahoo
Mary Lois Yates
Call Yates
New Horizon Ranch Seeks Help for Deck the Stalls Party
New Horizon Ranch invites volunteers for a Christmas celebration at 1526 Vermont Road Rantoul from 1 to 4 pm on December 8. Helpers will serve refreshments oversee kids games and assist with decorating the barn and silent auction. Contact Joy Miller at 913 689 8481 or joy newhorizonranch.org.
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New Horizon Ranch
Vermont Road
Rantoul
Joy Miller
Joy
Newhorizonranch
Livestock Sale Report From Overbrook Livestock Market
Livestock sale on November 5 featured feeder steers and heifers across weight ranges with prices from 130s to 190s per hundredweight. Slaughter cows and bulls fell $2 to $3, calves up $3 to $5, and feeder cattle held steady. Website: www.overbrooklivestock.com.
Menu plan for the week starts Salisbury steak option
The downtown cafeteria lists meals for November 12 to 16. Monday offers Salisbury steak with mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts. Tuesday features cheese taco with black bean salad and pears. Wednesday serves chicken fried steak with fiesta vegetables and Jell O with fruit. Thursday presents meatballs with creamy noodles and spinach. Friday serves ham and beans with zucchini and scalloped apples.
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Salisbury
Grain price roundup from Ottawa Coop and USDA Farm Service Agency
Friday afternoon quotations show Ottawa Coop listing wheat at 8.82, soybeans 14.36, corn 7.54, milo 6.79. Franklin County USDA Farm Service Agency posted corn 7.31, sorghum 12.34, oats 3.51, soybeans 14.75, wheat 8.67.
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Ottawa Coop
Franklin County
Usda Farm Service Agency
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Associated Press
Randell Lee
Coalition
The
Weber Automotive
Weser’s Automotive
Ortifie
N. Main
Ottawa
Charles
Valerie Weber
Weberautomotiveks.com
Hope House
Overbrook Livestock Commission
Overbrooklivestock.com
Mid-America Nutrition Program
Ottawa «Herald
Community News
Lane
Pomona
Princeton
Richmond
Wellsville
Williamsburg
U.S. Postal Service
Herald
S. Cedar St
ELC
Furnance Safety
United Way
United Way of
Franklin County Association
United Ea P.O
Peoples Bank
United Wayoffrankinco.org
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