Teddy bear tea and haunted forest events in Williamsburg
Williamsburg Library hosts teddy bear tea at Old Stone Church Annex from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 celebrating the bear's 100th birthday with coloring, clinic, adoption and a map contest. Ghosts and goblins parade at Forest Park from 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 26 with costume contest, trick or treat pricing, and prize categories. Legacy seminar in city hall chambers features panelists on estate planning and tax tips, free admission, refreshments provided.
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Haunted Forest
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Trustees of Ottawa Library
Franklin County Historical Society Endowment Committee
City Hall Commission
Bill Henningsen
Edward Jones Investments
Mark Doty
Liz Reusch
CPA
Greenfield, Davidson & Reusch
Franklin County jail bookings and arrests detailed
The Daily Report lists county jail bookings including Daniel Bernard Sunday 18 Pomona and Curtis Michael Sand Overbrook released after writs of commitment. Sheriff's arrests include Lexie Renee Mason and others with bonds from 250 to 40700 dollars. Police, thefts, vandalism, DUI and accidents with local times and addresses are noted.
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Pomona
Curtis Michael Sand
Overbrook
Leviticus
Clarence Houston
Poplar
Sheriff's Dept
Tammy L. Bishop
Greeley
Teappear
Curtis D. Brown
S. Ash
Lexie Renee Mason
Montana Road
Johnson County
Brian Scott Gragg
S. Oak
Eisenhower
Wellsville
Billy Dale Engler
Topeka
Richmond United Methodist Church celebrates 40th anniversary
The Richmond church marked 40 years since its building with special services attended by 30 out of town guests. Rev Ronald King spoke as did several former ministers and community figures. Trustees chair Ron Dunbar reported on this year’s improvements including a new roof on Fellowship Hall funded by generous support.
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Richmond United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Five Rivers
Ronald King
Dorothy Dunbar
Dennis Peters
Harold Peters
Springfield
Gerald Snell
Kansas City
Edith Purvis
Manhattan
Ira DeSpain
Baldwin City
John Lansbury
St. Joseph
Ron Dunbar
Cathy Parsons
Etta Blanche Dahlgren
Lorene Stockard
Mary Hall
Carona depot saves railroad history for community
The Carona depot in Kansas, moved back to its site in 1996 by the Heart of the Heartlands, preserves local rail history as volunteers display signals, a blue 1932 Plymouth engine, a refrigerated car, and a Railway Express Agency car. The group won a 1996 Governor's Award for Community Service and plans a new 70 by 36 foot building for expanded displays and meetings.
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Carona
Carona Railroad
The
Heart of the Heartlands
Larry Spahn
Spahn
Kansas State Historical Society
Kansas
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Ron Morgan
Mackie-Clemens
Railway Express Agency
United Parcel Service
REA
Morgan
Charles Cottrell
Pittsburg
Morning Sun
Corona Railroad
Corona
OU to break ground on new facility after fund drive finale
From the Front Page report funding moves forward this spring after the final 1.5 million is raised in a campaign that began in 1998 to fund scholarships an endowed chair in economics. The Mabee Foundation offered a 1.5 million challenge grant if 17 million is raised by April 2003. With 16 million committed, officials say completion is slated for 2004 2005 as the project is expected to boost OU physical education the fourth largest on campus.
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Tulsa
Wayne Duderstadt
Troy Prosser
Festival Returns With Enthusiasm Amid Kansas Voter Tension
The festival continued amid resistance to pro slavery forces in Kansas as attendees praised the show and looked forward to next year. Steve Absher noted high energy while Jean Watkins and Claire Barron described enjoying Baker University ties and the craft fair. No attendance figures were available before press time.
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Kansas
Steve Absher
Jean Watkins
Shawnee
Dis
Baker University
Baldwin City
Baker
Claire
Tim Barron
Prairie Village
Claire Barron
Herald
Stacy Cohen
Foggy Morning Causes No Delays Across District
In Ottawa and Pomona areas the morning fog prompted caution but district officials reported no delays. USD 290 receptionist Carol Eplee noted fog worsened after 7:30 a.m. while Pomona staff observed fog later, with no reported transportation disruptions.
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Kimball
Carol Eplee
USD 290
Ottawa
Eplee
Marais Des Cygnes
What is fog and how it forms at ground level
Fog is a ground level cloud formed when water vapor condenses in moist air as temperatures fall below the dew point. In Wellsville and Ottawa area reports, fog reduced visibility delaying buses and a plane, with pilots unable to land at Ottawa Municipal Airport.
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Lois Zielinski
USD 289
Wellsville
Zielinski
Jerry Harrell
Ottawa Municipal
Harrell
Olathe
Ottawa
Court Rebuffs Challenges To Executions In Juvenile Case
The court rejected review of Foster and a Kentucky case where Kevin Stanford, now 39, was on death row for abducting, sodomizing, and killing a gas station attendant at age 17. Stanford’s victim was found in her mother’s car with fatal facial gunshot wounds after bragging by Stanford and two others.
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Kevin Nigel Stanford
Stanford
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