Weekend Forecast: Cloudy with Flurries Then Sun
Tonight not as cold with increasing clouds. Lows in the lower 20s. Saturday morning flurries possible then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. For more details, see Page 2A.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 2000
Page
8
Ottawa Officer Shuts Down Mr Cigarette During Smokeout
Ottawa Police Officer Scott Wolfe arrests Adam Spratt known as Mr Cigarette, placing him in handcuffs during the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout outside the Franklin County Courthouse on Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Scott Wolfe
Mr. Cigarette
Adam Spratt
American Cancer Society
Franklin County
Main Street unveils holiday plans in Ottawa
Ottawa Main Street outlined a busy holiday program at a town meeting. Ed Baldridge and Julie Prideaux described events starting the Friday after Thanksgiving, including a Christmas parade, downtown lights lighting on December 2, free treats, Santa visits, and multiple performances and activities at the Carnegie and Old Depot Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Main Street
Plaza Theater
Ottawa Municipal Auditorisem Peorereie
Carnegie
Ottawa Suzuki Strings
Old Depot
Ottawa University
First Baptist Church
Baldridge
City funding split over sewer plant options debated
Ottawa officials face divided views at Main Street town hall on financing a proposed wastewater plant. Ed Baldridge questions tax and sewer bill options, citing impact on downtown costs and seeking grant or design aid. City managers push loans. a second hearing is planned December 20 as marketing plans and Skunk Run revival ideas surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleon Rickel
Main Street
Ed Baldridge
Baldridge
City Commission
Ottawa
Kansas City
Main Street Board
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Scott Lambers
Lambers
United Way of Franklin County Reaches $205K Goal
United Way of Franklin County announced a $205,658 fundraising total for 2000, helped by a $112,000 Wal-Mart Distribution Center donation. Drive chair Tammy Ellis said the funds stay local and support 16 agencies including the Salvation Army and Boy Scouts. Shawna Kelsey will succeed Ellis as drive chair, with longtime volunteers honored at the wrap-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
Ron Bishop
United Way of
Franklin County
Tammy Ellis
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Judge backs decision against manual recount in Florida
A Florida judge upheld Secretary of State Katherine Harris’s move to reject manual recounts in two Democratic counties. The ruling came as overseas ballots thin the margin, with Bush leading by about 300 votes yet Gore’s team promising appeals. Officials prepared to tabulate roughly 2,600 overseas ballots as disputes over the recount lingered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
George W. Bush
Florida
Katherine Harris
al Gore
Terry Lewis
Bush
Harris
James A. Baker
Dick Cheney
GOP
Gore
Baker
ABC
Warre Christopher
Good Morning America
Broward County
Ft. Lauderdale
Palm Beach County
Miami- Dade
Lewis
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Prideaux
HyettPalma
Alexandria
Hyett Palma
Vern Brown
Brown
the Carnegie
Haley Park
Laura Smith
Pomona
Smith
Australia
New Zealand
Dwight Eisenhower
United Way
Kelsey
Shawna Kelsey
Agler & Gaedderth
United Way For the
Leona Jones
Steve Harris
Dorothy Anderson
Kandee Wallace
Anderson
Betty Anderson
PrimeTime Live
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