Ottawa History: Fog, Dam, and Local Industry Notes
This week in Ottawa History recounts a fog related railroad accident near Le Loup injuring two Mexicans, a river rise boosting fishing excitement, and the new Ottawa dam altering water levels. It notes Warner offices expanding gas engine and foundry capacity, plus E E Smith resigning as Franklin County treasurer to take an excursion opportunity to California with stopovers. J H Springer to serve the remainder of the term.
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le Loup
Kansas City
Wellsville
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Warner
E.E. Smith
Franklin County
Board of County Commissioners
J.H. Springer
Springer
Smith
California
Volunteer Opportunities in Ottawa Center List
Ottawa Volunteer Center, a service of East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp., invites nonprofits to post volunteer needs or learn about opportunities. Contact 1320 S. Ash St., Ottawa, KS, or call (785) 214-4556. email jcraft@eckan.org for details.
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Ottawa Volunteer Center
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
S. Ash St
Eckan
Ottawa Communities in Schools volunteers for hunger program
Ottawa Communities in Schools seeks volunteers to help distribute weekl y bags of kid friendly non perishable food to 50 Lincoln Elementary students. Sessions run Fridays at 2 30 pm or Thursdays occasionally, lasting about 30 minutes. Email Lisa Rivers or call (785) 229 8080 for details.
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Ottawa
Lincoln
Lisa Rivers
Riversl
Free volunteer training on public speaking skills
A three weekly November class series offers training to manage nerves and improve interpersonal and public speaking. Participants practice new skills and gain confidence. Email jcraft eckan.org for more information.
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Jcraft
Eckan.org
Third annual Ottawa Halloween Fun Fest Volunteers Wanted
Volunteers are needed from 4 30 to 7 30 p m on October 19 for the ACT Ottawa Halloween Family Fun Fest in Forest Park Ottawa. Students and adults may dress as zombies to sell tickets at the gate run small games judge a youth costume contest face paint or participate in a haunted maze. Email jgwhites1965 hotmail com or call (785) 418 4770 for details or to volunteer.
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Ottawa
Forest Park
John G. White
Eileen Schinstock obituary in Manhattan KS
Eileen Schinstock 86 of Manhattan died October 10 2013 at home. A wake and rosary were planned for October 13 at St Thomas More Catholic Church with a later 11 am October 14 mass. Graveside service October 15 at St Nicholas Cemetery Kinsley with graveside burial by McKillip Funeral Home. Survivors include husband C G Schinstock six children and many grandchildren. Memorials to Manhattan Catholic Schools through Yorgensen Meloan Londeen Funeral Home. Online condolences at gmlfuneralhome com.
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Eileen Schinstock
Manhattan
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Kimball Ave
Don Zimmerman
St. Nicholas Catholic Cemetery
Kinsley
Kan
John Strasser
McKillip Funeral Home
She
Ford County
Carl W
Anna Maria (Lobmeyer) Weiss
C.G. Schinstock
Ann Looney
Ben
Dodge City
Bob Schinstock
Medicine Lodge
Bill Schinstock
Marla
Lawrence
Janet Prather
Ervin
Ottawa
David Schinstock
Karen
Wichita
Dale Schinstock
Susan
Walter Weiss
Marjorie Phillips
Jeanette Watson
Daniel Weiss
Yorgensen Meloan-Londeen
Poyntz Avenue
Gmlfuneralhome
Beekeeping confusion ends as Kansas expert debunks killer bees
Soper describes a vicious underground swarm that stung her scalp and face before she and her daughter burned the nest. Kansas insects ecologist Chip Taylor identified the aggressive insects as yellow jackets, not Africanized honeybees, noting their northern rarity and ongoing regional spread is unlikely to reach Kansas soon. The expert advised leaving colonies alone or controlled removal after dark, while Soper plans to stay clear and move horses to a safer trough.
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Soper
Lopez
Mexico
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Nevada
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
The
Herald
Chip Taylor
University of Kansas
Taylor
Kansas-Oklahoma
Yellow Jacket
Sopez
Yellow Jackets
Loper
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ottawa Herald
Louis Reed
of the Herald
Lane
Pomona
Princeton
Rantoul
Richmond
Williamsburg
U.S. Postal Service
S. Cedar St
Ottawaherald
Dixie
Bobby Soper
VSP
Davis Vision
Eyemed
Medicaid
Medicare
Kancare
Ottawa Eye Center
S. Main St
Lennox
GE Capital
ALL Seasons
Bobby Burch
Erthos
Orscheln Farm & Home
Orscheln Farm and Home
Town & Country Supply
Bob Dunn
Orscheln
Vinuigis
Princeton Road
Orschelnfarmhome
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