This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 2002
Page
7
Univers ity of Kansas recognizes area high school seniors for academic excellence in a welcome honor feature. Educa tion Page 5 notes the event and named honorees.
Tonight mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and lows in the lower 40s. Saturday cooler and partly sunny with highs in the upper 50s. Saturday night partly cloudy with lows in the lower 40s. Sunday highs around 60. Weather page 12.
Rural Franklin County firefighters endorsed a proposal for a federally funded study of fire safety needs. They plan to meet Monday night in Ottawa with Resource Conservation and District officials to review the grant. The study would assess equipment, training, station locations and other factors across rural departments to inform public funding decisions.
The Maple Leaf Festival, Kansas 45th annual two day event in Baldwin City, expects 30 000 to 40 000 attendees. Local bands vendors and historical demonstrations fill the program with a parade entry potential US Air Force fly by and a quilt show with workshops. Proceeds fund community groups and two 1000 scholarships are awarded to Baldwin High School seniors Anna Skaggs and Curtis Thomas. Local shuttles provide free parking and transport through the city.
Ottawa leaders at the League of Municipalities conference debated the need to tax online purchases same as brick and mortar sales. Franklin County and Ottawa School Board officials joined Mayor Deb Henningsen in noting local business competitiveness and potential use of an income tax to address online competition.
Ottawa Planning Commission approved a rare text amendment to let investment firm Bill Henningsen convert an 1879 Cedar Street church into an Edward Jones office. Neighbors oppose rezoning. planners tailor rule for a special use permit with limited future use. Hearing will add two to three months.
State Sen. Kay O Connor predicts a banner year for school choice with prospects for Gov Tim Shallenburger and a stronger GOP showing in 2003. She cites the Supreme Court ruling on using taxpayer funds for private schools and notes Sebelius would veto any bill if she wins, focusing on public schools instead.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.