Ottawa Skating Contest Promises Wide Youth Participation
Ottawa Recreation Commission and Budge's Sporting Goods sponsor the first big skate contest Saturday at Ottawa High School. Steve Queen explains sign up at 9 am, events start 10 am with three divisions for boys and girls. Slalom and freestyle judged by time, precision, and creativity with awards including a grand prize skateboard and division trophies.
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Ottawa Recreation Commission
Budge’s Sporting Goods
Steve Queen
ORC
Ottawa High School
Budge's
Basket dinner reunion at Lone Elm School in Miami County
News briefs note a basket dinner reunion set for October 23 at Lone Elm School, Miami County. Also coverage includes obituaries for Gordon B. Borders with services October 19 at Dengel and Son Mortuary, plus local updates on hospitalized Clara Hahn and Vic Mader with hip surgery.
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Lone Elm School
Miami County
Franklin County to bid eight bridges with 402000 EDA grant
Franklin County will let eight bridge bids on November 21 funded by a 402000 Economic Development Administration grant. The EDA moved the grant to a November 21 bid date after fiscal year paperwork delayed approval. Construction must start by December 23 with 10 percent of funds reserved for minority businesses or employment.
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Economic Development Administration
Franklin County
Kansas City
Denver Eda
EDA
Ottawa Junior High Welcomes National Artist for Mural
Ottawa Junior High hosts nationally recognized artist and writer Bill Howe painting a landscape mural in the all purpose room. He began Monday and aims to finish in about a month, featuring Kansas Flint Hills scenery, an old barn, windmill, sunflowers, and Monarch butterflies. Howe, author of The Butterflies of North America, has works in the Smithsonian and several state museums. Also reported: grain thefts near Ottawa with 180 bushels of milo stolen and 50 to 80 bushels of wheat taken from a grain bin, prompting sheriff advice to remove vehicle keys from farm equipment.
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Ottawa Junior High
Bill Howe
Kansas
Flint Hills
Howe
Mexico
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Bowling
Roy Dunn
SPECIAL ON jeans at The Village Shoppe and more
Advert briefs announce deep discounts across village retailers including The Village Shoppe closing out maternity wear and a special jeans sale, Budge's Sporting Goods promotions with a skateboarding event, and Willis Garden Center seasonal offerings. Also notes a government bonds offer with tax exemption and a WHEAT WEAVING class enroll now. Call details given for time and temperature.
Nelson Smith services held at Robson-Towner Funeral Home
Nelson Ivan Smith, who died Oct 14, had services Monday at Robson-Towner Funeral Home with burial in Princeton Cemetery. Rev. Wallace Jones officiated. Music by Mrs. Melvin Clevenger and Terry Reed. Honorary pallbearers listed. active pallbearers named. Also notes admissions, a birth announcement, and Kansas City livestock quotations.
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Nelson I, Smith
Nelson Ivan Smith
Robson-Towner
Princeton
Wallace Jones
Melvin Clevenger
Terry Reed
Joe Ferns
Lamar Fowler
Richard Smay
Curtis Miller
Forrest Lee
Clarence Fowler
Virgil Croucher
John Cox
Gene Fair
Frank Bird
Richard Bird
Mel Shearin
Gale Hawkins
Meri Johnson
USD 288 Board Plans Tough Energy Conservation
The Central Heights USD 288 board approved an energy conservation plan after reviewing rising gas costs and a 16 percent rise in consumption. The plan limits thermostats, cuts lighting, reduces gym and hallway lighting, switches to energy efficient bulbs, and tightens boiler use to save funds while keeping essential spaces heated and ventilated.
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USD 288 Board
Joanistas
Central Heights Board of Education
U.S.D. 288
Bud Laird
Gas Service Company
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Laird
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Gene Price
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Lois Hazlett
Don Treffinger
Ottawa Horticulture Study Club
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North America
Doubleday Publishing Company
Milo
Rex Bowling
Clarence Keith
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Edward D. Jones & Co
Scott's
Willis Garden Center
Budge's Sporting Goods
Shobe
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Lee Shabe
Lamb. Roberts Funeral
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J. Lester Brown Realty Co., Inc
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Million Dollar Club
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