Christmas Bureau Countdown Sponsors Sought in Ottawa
The ECKAN Christmas Bureau seeks sponsors from companies churches service clubs and individuals to aid holiday applicants. Franklin County reports 97 families or 304 individuals seeking help with 14 families sponsored and 83 still needing assistance. Call (913) 242-7515 for aid or (913) 242-7450 to sponsor or mail donations to ECKAN Christmas Bureau P O Box 100 203 W 3rd Ottawa.
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Eckan Center
Eckan Central Office
P.O. Box
Ottawa
Downtown Ottawa Christmas lights night with carols and drawings
Ottawa schedule lists Haley Park events with 6 p.m. ticket sales for Chamber Currency drawings, carols at 6:30 p.m., lights at 7 p.m. plus a craft show at Ottawa Armory and the Gallery of Gifts at Arts Center. Holiday shows and concerts occur in Lawrence and Topeka with performances, workshops, and museum exhibits across venues.
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Arts Center
E. Std
Lawrence
New Theatre
Foster
Overland Park
American Heartland Theatre
Crown Center Shops
Music Hall
W. 13Th
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Topeka
Drug unit grows in sophistication across three counties
The Franklin Jefferson and Douglas County Drug Enforcement Unit expands with deputies and officers from multiple agencies. They report daily coordination, better open case files, and higher efficiency. Methamphetamine and LSD appear rising. shipments move quickly with sellers avoiding inventories. Call 1-800-794-4802 for tips.
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Woods
Franklin County
DEA
Douglas
Jefferson Counties
Lawrence
DEU
Christmas on the Ranch schedules changes and entry fee
Latham notes Christmas on the Ranch will be closed the last Monday and Tuesday in November and the first two Mondays and Tuesdays in December. Entry to the grounds costs eight dollars per car. Trees along the Timberlake drive were judged Tuesday night with the New Strawn Fire Department Auxiliary taking first for the display and Franklin County Health Department in the mix. third went to the Business Professional Women of Gannett. Bandana's seeks a drinking establishment license with 30 percent food sales for liquor sales to the public, covering the entire Bandana's complex.
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Timberlake
Strawn Fire Department
Ahs
Franklin County Health Department
Gannett
Shoemaker
Bandana’s
Ottawa homes light up for Christmas decorating plans
Ottawans prepare their houses for the holidays showing varied themes. Dorothy Anderson highlights family treasures and a Darla horse as centerpieces while Charles and Dorothy blend Swedish and Norwegian roots in a stone house. Carr, a special education teacher and organist, aims for inside festivity and a thousand outdoor lights as his two trees get decorated. Mayor Vicki Cummiskey describes a Craftsman style home with Delft ware and a teapot collection for her young family. Distinctive red stones greet visitors at Harland Proctor’s English country abode built by a local physician, and the Ted and Karen Fogle octagon house features balconies in every bedroom and a pink plum, pearl white scheme with a New Orleans cafe patio theme.
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Dorothy
Lindsborg
Andersons
Charles
Carr
Ottawa
J. Davis
Eugene Field School
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Vicki Cummiskey
Ray
Missouri
Cummiskeys
Carly
Delft
Cummiskey Sons
Bryan
Logan
Cummiskey
Harland and
Gayla Proctor
Kansas City
Tonight's Forecast With Showers And Turning Snow Possible
Tonight shows a chance for showers after midnight with cloudy skies and lows around 35 to 40. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Saturday night and Sunday bring northwest snow chances and rain elsewhere with mixed precipitation late Sunday north central. Lows will range from the upper teens to 40s and highs from the 30s to 50s.
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Westay
Pastor to be honored in farewell potluck at New Hope
A farewell potluck for Rev. and Mrs. Charles Clinkenbeard will be held at noon Sunday at New Hope Baptist Church K-68 and K-33. New Hope will welcome Rev. Rob Lang as its new pastor on Sunday December 4.
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Charles Clinkenbeard
New Hope Baptist Church
New Hope
Rob Lang
Ford Parts Center Rumor Permanence Stated by Officials
The Lenexa Ford Parts Distribution Center is not moving to Ottawa. Plant officials call the Ottawa rumor strictly rumor and say expansion would occur in Lenexa where land is available. No Ford division in Kansas City is expected to relocate to Ottawa.
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Lenexa
Ottawa
Thom Thompson
Thompson
Kansas City
Herald
Ottawa Board of Education to hear plans Monday night
Ottawa Board of Education meeting at Eugene Field Elementary 720 Tremont begins 7 30 PM. LaDean Sypher undecided on topics for discussion while Rex Cummings indicated bond vote maybe in April. Board to consider revised high school activity eligibility policy and discuss Kansas Association issues and a special education compliance review.
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Kansas Association of
IRS seeks refund recipients in Kansas list
The IRS identifies about 600 Kansans with unclaimed refunds over 200000 dollars and urges contact with the nearest IRS office. The largest refunds exceed 8000 dollars, with many others in 6000 to 7000 and 2000 to 3000 ranges. Names include Tina Wiseman, Mistie Garcia, Tad Clark, Carolyn Cramer, and Bob Geisler of Ottawa.
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Ichita
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IRS
Bruce Thomas
Stog
Wichita
Tina Wiseman
Gardier
Mistie D. Garcia
Osage City
Tad R
Bobbi L. Clark
Ottawa
Carolyn Cramer
Bob Geisler
Ottawa Herald publishes long rate table for subscriptions
The Ottawa Herald lists comprehensive subscription rates effective October 1 1894 across delivery by carrier motor route mail and various counties. It details monthly quarterly six month and yearly prices in Otawa Franklin Miami Douglas Osage Anderson and other Kansas counties with state tax and advance payment terms.
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Otawa
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
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