Great Ottawa Reunion Weekend Celebrates Ottawa History
Relatively Speaking invites readers to The Great Ottawa Reunion with a parade sculpture dedication dinner exhibits tours pow wow arts and antiques auction hymn sing ice cream social and recycling fair. Ben Park will be grand marshal Sunday at Old Depot Museum. The column recalls Cornelia Hamblin Brannan and the tragic overdose death of George Brannan from chloral, noting Ottawa grave sites and First Families guidelines.
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Ottawa
Ben Park
Old Depot Museum
Park
Federal program expands home loans for low and middle income families
GE Capital Mortgage Insurance joins with six lenders to modify lending rules enabling smaller down payments and non traditional credit histories. The plan allows banks to sell mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and aims to boost up to 500 billion in mortgage commitments. Participating banks include Standard Federal Bank Troy FBI Mortgage First Nationwide Banc One NCNB Mellon Bank.
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General Electric Capital Mortgage Insurance Companies
GE Capital
Country
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Fannie Mae
Larry Dale
Standard Federal Bank
Troy, Mich
FBI Mortgage Corp
St. Paul Minn
First Nationwide Financial Corp
San Francisco
Calif
Banc One
Indianapolis
Ind
Ncnb Corp
Charlotte, N.C
Mellon Bank
Pittsburg
Library Line answers Ottawa library questions
The Library Line lists a telephone number and address for confidential inquiries and notes that selected questions and answers may be published. It covers topics from Knute Rockne’s faith to local book dealers, the Ottawa Pride chairman, Presidents Day 1990, Baldwin Maple Leaf Festival dates, Central Heights school history, and Lawrence Journal-World availability.
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Almanac
Chase
Charles Falls
John Hood Bookseller
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Baldwin
Maple Leaf
Central Heights
Lawrence Journal-World
Ottawa
Massive Kansas highway expansion plans revealed in state list
The Kansas Department of Transportation laid out 107 qualifying projects with a total cost including construction, right of way, utilities, and engineering. The top item is a $156.9 million US-169 upgrade to a super two from the Oklahoma line to Spring Hill. Numerous other multi‑million upgrades span US‑81, US‑96, US‑169, I‑35, and the South Lawrence Trafficway, seeking funds from state and local governments.
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KDOT
Oklahoma State Line
Spring Hill
Johnson County
Allen County
Grant County
Kansas
Kansas 93
Nebraska State Line
Kansas 7
115Th Street
107Th Street
Olathe
Kansas 96
Maise
Kechi
Kansas 196
Sedgwick County
Kansas 10
South Lawrence
Wichita
Sycamore
Arkansas River
Emporia Ave
Kansas 4
East Topeka
Us-169
151St Street
Topeka
Roosevelt Ave
Sylvan Lane
Kansas 42
Cropper’s Corner
Reno County
15Th Street
Lawrence
Haney Takes Ottawa Public Works Post Amid Local Shift
Haney, arriving after Ottawa voters shifted to a mayor council government, accepts the public works director job. He plans street sign updates, improved snow removal, flood control checks, and software for maintenance tracking while settling with his family in the area.
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Rockne
Norway
Chicago
Notre Dame
Bazaar
Kan
Ohio City
Portsmouth
Columbus
Ohio River
Kentucky
West Virginia
Haney
St. Joseph
Ottawa
Sharon
Jason
Julia
Garfield School
Ohio River Valley
Egyptian overture rejected by Israel
In Jerusalem the Israeli cabinet tied on a proposal from Egypt to hold talks in Cairo as a step toward reviving Middle East peace efforts. Labor ministers urged withdrawal from the coalition, while U S officials said Baker pressed to keep negotiations alive and seek a middle ground between Shamir and Mubarak approaches.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Cairo
Middle East
Labor Party
Egypt
Yitzhak Shamir
Likud
Shimon Peres
Washington
U.S
James A. Baker III
Baker
Moshe Arens
Esmet Abdel-Meguid
State Department
Richard Boucher
Mubarak
New York
Arens
Abdel- Meguid
Shamir
Boucher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cornelia Bogardus Hamblin
Hamblins
Brannan
Amelia Brannan
George
Catrine
Amelia
George Brannan
Hamblin
Hope Cemetery
Rohrbaugh
Franklin County
Deborah Barker
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa Library
Knute Rockne
Ottawa Pride
Arnt Miller
PRIDE
Community Information Center
Q—wWhen
Kansas 32
Kansas City
Kansas River
S5th Steel
Montgomery County
Tonganoxie
Lyon County
Manhattan
Kansas 99
Hoisington
Russell
Interstate 70
Kansas 18
Riley County
Lottawa Department Public Safety
PWD Man
Williamsburg
Ottawa Wildlife
Wildlife Club
I-35
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