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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 2002
Page
8
Former Kansas standout Jeff Boschee visits Ottawa Library Sunday to sign copies of his new book Library Line. The event highlights Boschee's writing and local sports connections.
The report notes cool temperatures with decreasing clouds by late afternoon and highs in the mid 40s. Tonight remains mostly clear with lows around the upper 20s. Sunday brings partly sunny skies with highs near 50s and Sunday night partly cloudy with mid 30s lows.
Ottawa officials praise the Neighborhood Revitalization program a property tax break for new improvements in the downtown and nearby older areas. City Manager Weldon Padgett and Mayor Deb Henningsen say the incentive spurs construction and higher future valuations, though impact varies with interest rates and other factors.
Five unsolved homicides haunt Franklin County with dates from 1973 to 1995. Sheriffs eyes on leads say the five cases share little beyond their unresolved status and remote locations. Jimmie Heth vanished in 1995, body found near a riverbed east of Ottawa. Doris Branson, Wilma Willoughby, Hazel Avery, Steven Avery, and Gary Longfellow are named in past investigations.
Franklin County sheriff officers have spent years on open homicide cases including Hahner Willoughby Avery Longfellow Bran son and Heth. DNA could crack a conviction if a suspect is found. tips to 242-3802 or 1-800 ESCRIME offer rewards.
The Smithsonian unveils a three year tour of lunch boxes alongside prehistoric bones and Civil War relics. The tour starts Saturday at Lafayette Natural History Museum in Louisiana, then visits Stauth Memorial Museums in Montezuma, Kansas next April and May. Curator David H. Shayt explains lunch boxes evolved from steel tins to TV related designs, with early hits from Hopalong Cassidy and a popular school bus series selling millions. Rare pre TV items command high prices, and Disney helped popularize Mickey Mouse on boxes in 1935.
Longtime Richmond artist Mary Hall returns to painting after decades away. A 13 day trip to Guanajuato inspired new works, including 15 paintings. Hall connects with her brother David Laughlin and creates life memories pieces for Pat Vining, recording people places and historic schools.
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