Pet Blessing At Franklin County Fairgrounds
Debbie Horn hosted a hymn for her three Chihuahuas Faith Hope and Radar during an animal blessing at the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Monday Deacon John Hackett of Grace Episcopal Church conducted the service with more than twenty owners bringing their pets for blessing.
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Debbie Horn
Faith
Hope
Radar
Franklin County Fairgrounds
John Hackett
Grace Episcopal Church
Group Seeks Old Bikes to Help Needy Children
Franklin County residents are urged to donate used bicycles to the Lake Region Resource Conservation and Development Council to restore and return to the community for Christmas. Drop offs are 7 am to 3 pm Friday and 9 am to 1 pm Saturday at 2038 S. Main St. Ottawa. Parts such as tubes tires grips and reflector tape are welcome.
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Franklin County
Lake Region Resource Conservation and Development Council
Rich Porter
Franklin County Recycle
S. Main St
Ottawa
Porter
Lake Region bicycle drive aids inmates crafts bikes
The Lake Region RC&D is collecting used bicycles at the Franklin County Recycle Building Ottawa 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Donated bikes go to Ellsworth Correctional Facility for repair in exchange for repaired bikes. Rebuilt bikes will be given to needy families at Christmas. Signups at 121 E. Second St. Ottawa 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For info call 242-2073. no phone signups.
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Ellsworth
Salina
Porter
Lake Region
E. Second St
Ottawa
Cheney Edwards Set For Tanked Tonight Live Debate
In Cleveland Case Western Reserve University hosts the only vice presidential debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. The encounter follows a contentious campaign trail with both sides aiming to sway voters after Bush Kerry dynamics and chatter over performance. Edwards presses Cheney on Halliburton ties while Cheney counters with Edwards courtroom past and health care costs from frivolous lawsuits.
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Dick Cheney
John Edwards
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Cheney
Halliburton
Case Western Reserve University
Bush
John Kerry
Kerry
North Carolina
Soldier on leave from Iraq ponders life and change
Aaron Bien, 45, Army National Guard officer on leave from six months in Iraq, reflects on how war reshapes him and his family. He worries about returning to normal but believes the two week home visit to Ottawa and Olathe will help restore balance and plan for future business.
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The
Ottawa Herald
Army National Guard
Aaron Bien
Sofie Bien
Ottawa
Bien
Iraq
Jeanette Bien
Olathe
Life in Iraq offers glimpse into soldier Aaron Bien’s home life
Ottawa Herald readers learn about Aaron Bien a National Guard officer from Ottawa sharing Letters Home from Iraq His two children Tony and Mary Beth 12 and 15 live in Olathe and visited two days last week The piece notes his hopefulness about Iraq delays in change and the children’s reactions including jokes about his weight and hair as they talk by phone and e mail
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Aaron Bien
Army National Guard
Ottawa
Ottawa Herald
Iraq
Tony
Mary Beth
Olathe
Bien
Bremer Reflects on Iraq Troop Shortfalls After Saddam Ouster
Former head of U S occupation Jay L Paul Bremer says the United States lacked enough troops in Iraq after Saddam Hussein’s removal. He recalls arriving May 6, 2003 to a city under bombardment with looting and chaos, despite later claims of sufficient forces.
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United States
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Monjay
L. Paul Bremer
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Bremer
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Final hearing on old Ottawa school rezoning likely
Ottawa city commissioners meet 7 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall to decide on a zoning change from residential to planned unit development for the former Ottawa Middle School. Developer Steve Foutch seeks to convert the site into affordable senior housing, a recreation center, offices, and a performance hall, with $1.3 million in Kansas Housing Resources Corp. tax credits. Conditions include financing letter, bike racks, lighting plan, storm water plan, landscape island, rail trail accesses, vegetative screening, and accessible sidewalks.
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Fifth and
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City Hall
Hickory St
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Friends of Historic Buildings Inc
Foutch
Ottawa Middle School
USD 290 School Board
Kansas Housing Resources Corp
Skunk Run
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
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