Walkers Ready To Toe Line At 20 Mile Charity Walk
About 800 to 1,090 walkers are expected for the Walk for Mankind in Ottawa on Saturday. The event, sponsored by the Ottawa Jaycees, starts at 7 a.m. at Forest Park and ends there after a 20 mile route with 12 water checkpoints. Profits go to Project Concern with 20 percent optionally directed to local groups. Weather looks warm and sunny for the day.
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Ottawa Jaycees
Roy Sullivan
Sullivan
Forest Park
Project Concern
Kansas State Bank
Beta.Sigma,Phi
Armory
National Guard
19Th and
Eisenhower
Sertoma Club
Ottawa High School
Jaycee Janes
Ottawa Fire Department
Rotary Club
Ninth and
Mulberry
Jaycees
15Th and
First Assembly of God Church
Pence’s
Kiwanis Club
East Wilson
Jaycee Jaynes
Plattner’s
Optimist Club
Lincoln School
Soroptimist Club
Ottawa High seeks accreditation renewal through self evaluation
Ottawa High School conducts a district wide self study for North Central Association accreditation renewal. A steering committee chaired by librarian Lou Burke oversees 22 committees reviewing student activities personnel services health services materials staff facilities and finances. A visiting team will assess Feb 24 to 26 and provide recommendations, guiding final actions and timelines.
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Don Lambert
Ottawa High School
North Central Association
Lou Burke
OHS
Virginia Robrahn
Virginia Loyd
Terry Feay
Mike Newmaster
Ron Spencer
Byron Triplett
Jane Feuerborn
Burke
Unemployment Rate Edges Down in September
The nation’s jobless rate slipped from 8.4 to 8.3 percent in September, with 7.8 million unemployed and about 85.4 million employed. The Labor Department noted no major shift in overall employment, while unemployment rose for adult men and household heads.
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Washington
Labor Department
Franco worker tends hogs at FRANCO Homewood cooperative
The article profiles Carol Masenthin at FRANCO a hog cooperative producing 10 000 to 12 000 feeder pigs yearly She begins her day with hygiene routines dons coveralls boots and a pig embroidered cap She administers care from farrowing house to house recording litter counts vaccinating and treating swine while confronting bruises from handling sows and even castrating week old piglets The piece highlights her role as an example of workplace equality in a male dominated setting and her close bond with the animals
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Carol Masenthin
Franco
Carol
Homewood Cooperative
Connie
Gail
Gail Shepard
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Ottawa University
Tony Jones
Monica Durant
Susan Mitchum
Laura Pankratz
Sonja Anderson
Sherri Gooding
Jackie Perry
Cindy Clark
Debbie Fry
Wendy Pesch
Margie Coleman
Janey Ford
Dalé Guarducci
Cleer
Mite
Beeton
Ottawa High
Bishop Miege
Joan Itas
Pege
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