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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 2012
Page
1
Bark Park fundraising grows for Ottawa dog park
Ottawa volunteers led by Dawn Rush and Kim Geist push a booster campaign to fund a future Bark Park. The group aims to create a large fenced area where dogs can run leash free while awaiting site selection and city coordination with Ottawa officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Carder
Herald
Bella
Dawn Rush
Ottawa
Kim Geist
Rush
No Child Left Behind Side Effect on Science Education
Kansas and four other states show more than half of elementary schools reducing science teaching levels. Superintendent surveys from over 900 teachers reveal concern that diminished science instruction may impact future workforce readiness as champions stress the importance of ongoing science education across grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kelly Shepherd
Franklin County
Shepherd
Central Heights
George Griffith
Trego
Kansas Board of Education
Colorado
Missouri
Libraries publishers dispute e book policy and iPad pilot plans
Oklahoma and Nebraska participate in a doctoral dissertation with Griffith a Kansas committee member drawing new national science standards. He cites that over 55 percent of K 6 teachers cut science education, averaging 30 minutes to an hour less per week as they shift focus to reading and math assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Griffith
Kansas
Dust Storm Hits Western Kansas Town On Black Sunday
A major dust storm known as Black Sunday sweeps through Western Kansas on April 14 1935. The storm is described as the decade’s worst on the Southern Plains with lingering effects felt nationwide, including Franklin County as Ottawa Herald notes a sharp wind shift and chill in its weather report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Franklin County
The
Ottawa Herald
Dust Bowl memories cling to residents memories and pain
Matt Bristow documents Dust Bowl memories from Ottawa residents Jack and Martha Christian 92 and 89 who grew up in Lawrence Osage and Franklin counties. They recall dust so thick it blocked the sun and visibility near their farms during the Dust Bowl era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strong
University of Kansas
Jack Christian
Lawrence
Matt Bristow
Herald
Martha Christian
Waverly
Williamsburg
East Lawrence
Jack
Martha
Ottawa
Southern Plains
The
Kansas Historical Society
Kshs.org
Atlantic Ocean
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Osage
Franklin
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Wynndee Lee
City Hall
S. Hickory St
Dog Park
Gina Hill
Judy Hasty
Jeanne Dagenette
Jim Trendel
Mi’Chielle Cooper
Lyndsey Johnson
City of
West Franklin
UC Stowall
Dodge City
Franklin County Historical Society
University of Kansas Spencer Research Library
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