Award-winning teacher a different breed
Kevin Robbins profiles Brad Williamson at Olathe South High School where he teaches biology with hands-on labs and field trials. Williamson, holder of the 1989 Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for Kansas and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Education, aims to foster independent learning while tackling global issues like pollution, overpopulation, and nuclear confrontation.
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Kevin Robbins
Harris
Olathe
Brad Williamson
Olathe South High School
Williamson
Kansas
Washington, D.C
National Science Foundation
Remington High School
Whitewater
South
Baker University to Renovate Parmenter Hall with $1 Million Drive
The Enid Crosby Kemper Foundation and United Missouri Bank pledge 100000 toward Parmenter Hall renovation at Baker University. Built 1872, the oldest campus building on the National Register, closed in 1986 for structural damage and reopened after repairs. A Mabee Foundation challenge prompts a $1 million fundraising drive over the next year.
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Jim Hitch
Baldwin
Enid and
Crosby Kemper Foundation
United Missouri Bank of Kansas City
Parmenter
Baker University
J.E. and
L.E. Mabee Foundation
University
Obituaries for H L Price Fred J Frakes Joseph E Dwyer
Obituaries detail funeral arrangements for H L Price 81 of Ottawa with services at Lamb Roberts and burial at Highland Cemetery. Fred J Frakes 85 of Ottawa RFD 1 funeral at Dengel Son Mortuary with Masonic rites, burial at Highland Cemetery. Joseph Edward Dwyer 80 Wellsville RFD 1 funeral at Assumption Catholic Church Edgerton with burial at St Columbine Cemetery, KU education. Survivors listed for each and memorials urged to Ottawa University, American Heart Association, or Assumption Church.
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Fred J. Frakes
Ottawa Rfd
Ottawa
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Highland Cemetery
Ottawa Lodge No. 18
A.F
A.M
Hillsdale
Miami County
Franklin
Miami
Nettie M. Moser
Olathe
Hood
Franklin County
First Christian Church
Paola
Ottawa Co-op Association
Harrison Township
Owen T. Frakes
Joseph E. Dwyer
Wellsville
Joseph Edward Dwyer
RFD
Assumption Catholic Church
Edgerton
Jerry Sheeds
St. Columbine Catholic Cemetery
Douglas County
Adeline District No
Edgerton High School
Baker University
University of Kansas
Marcella Dwyer
Wilson and Son
Kansas
Latimer
Dengel & Son
AF & AM
Frakes
American Herat Association
Woman killed as storms flood southeast Kansas roads
An Independence woman drowned during heavy thunderstorms in southeast Kansas after hydroplaning on a Montgomery County road near US-75. The car left the road and entered a creek. Rain totals ranged from about 2 to 3.7 inches across Hale, McCune, Cedar Vale, Cherryvale, Sedan, Pittsburg, Parsons, Coffeyville, and Chanute. Highway 101 sections faced around 2 feet of water.
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Independence, Kan
Independence
Kansas
Montgomery County
Us-75
KPL Gas Service Company
Coffeyville
Chanute
Labette County
Ottawa Area Event Briefs and Local Ads
Local notices list free cartoon movies at the Plaza during the 125th Reunion, with showings at 1 and 3 p.m. Also announced are a Lat Oct 7 film, a Saturday rib and chicken buffet, a rescheduled Nashville bus trip with a shortfall in signups, a Fridnight Opry visit, bulk antifreeze pricing, Center TV rate, and various community happenings at Hill House, Lake Region Earthteam Recycling Fair, potpourri sale, GlySolid hand cream, estate jewelry displays, and a sweatshirt drawing for Ottawa 125th anniversary. Community organizations, restaurants, and shops share hours, specials, and contact details for events from Oct 7 to football season.
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Ottawa
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Lake Region
N. Main
Franklin County Almanac Forecast Kansas Week Preview
Forecast for Franklin County shows increasing clouds today with highs around 60 and light northeast winds. Tonight will be cooler with mid to upper 30s. Sunday offers mainly sunny skies with highs near the mid 60s.
Daily Report Menus and Court News Summary
The Daily Report lists senior center meal menus for Oct 9 13 with daily entrees and sides, followed by district and municipal court sentencing notes. It covers marijuana sale sentencing for Robert D Coulter, plus multiple marriage licenses and diversion agreements for DUI and other offenses. Names include Coulter, Mertell Parish Floyd Baker Mills Goodman Heth Wright Ward Weigum Allender Bard White Watts.
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District Court News
Robert D. Coulter
S. Maple
Robert Mertell
Deborah Dorene Parish
Ottawa
Billy Ray Floyd
Carolyn L. Baker
Municipal Court News
Lester C. Mills
Edgerton
Polly Kay Goodman
Lawrence
James P. Heth
S. Main
Robert L. Wright
S. Elm
Joy G. Ward
S. Hickory
Carol Jean Weigum
Pomona
Deborah Marie Allender
W. 6Th
Helen M. Bard
Thornton
Calif
Richard L. White
S. Poplar
Bonnie E. Watts
Memorial Record H L Price and Kathryn Walter
Memorial notices announce H L Price age 81 of 823 S Cedar died Oct 6 1989 in Enid Oklahoma funeral service Oct 9 at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery viewing Sunday 4 to 5 pm Memorials to Ottawa University Athletic Department Also listed Kathryn Harris Walter service Oct 7 at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home interment Princeton Cemetery memorials to Franklin County Home Care Fund
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United Methodist Church
Princeton
Sherm Price
Enid
Okla
Jonnie Jacob
Ottawa
Ottawa University Athletic Department
H. L. Price
S. Cedar
Franklin County
Oklahoma
Lamb-Roberts Funeral
Ben Moor
Highland Cemetery
Price
Ottawa University
Kathryn Walter
Kathryn Harris Walter
Lamb-Roberts
Lillian Moore
Don Richardson
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Chris Mader
Regensburg
Bavaria
Mader
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Osawatomie State Hospital
Miami County Commission
Douglas Walker
Osawatomie Democrat
Clinton Reservoir
Hale
Parsons
Ad Briefs
Hill House
South Main
Larry
Cora
Charlotte’s
Chat & Curl
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Airmens. Club
Crooks
Trinity
Arkan
Ottawa Fertilizer &Feed
N. Cedar
Franklin County Almanac
the Daily Report
Senior Citizens Center For Reservations
U.S.C
Sacred Heart School
Memoriam
Aegon Mortuary
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