Girl Scouts to start selling cookies in Ottawa area
The Ottawa area Girl Scouts announce cookie sales begin Saturday with multiple troops joining in Make a Difference Day. Sunday features a skating party celebrating Juliette Gordon Lowe founder of the Girl Scouts. For info call Carla Bienhoff or Cheryl Sylvester. Also notes daylight saving time ends Sunday 2 a.m. and reminders to check smoke detector batteries.
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Girl Scouts
Ottawa
Juliette Lowe
Carla Bienhoff
Cheryl Sylvester
Transportation
Norman Y. Mineta
Court upholds Coffey County murder conviction
The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed Patricia Lee Leitner 33 of Toronto in a murder case. Leitner was convicted August 31 1999 of first degree murder for the October 3 1998 shooting death of her ex husband Michael Leitner on a rural road near Gridley.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Patricia Lee Leitner
Toronto
Coffey County
Leitner
Michael Leitner
Gridley
Phillip Fromme
High Court
Ottawa building permits list shows multiple demolitions and new homes
The Daily Report records numerous Ottawa permits across addresses such as Noel Douglas 810 812 S Cedar and 503 S Hickory for demolitions, Byron Goracke 1515 S Main sign, several new residential homes for Ronald L Weems 1139 N Habitat for Humanity and Robert Foltz 816 S Ash, multiple remodels and fences, and various other projects including a factory fence at Cox Communications 830 Cleveland, reflecting a broad mix of demolition, new builds, and alterations.
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Ottawa
Noel Douglas
S. Cedar
S. Hickory
Byron Goracke
S. Main
S. Poplar
Tony L. Anderson
Zenaida Chavez
Tremont
Daryl Strain
S. Sycamore
Ronald L. Weems
N. Sycamore
Habitat For
Hemlock
L. Hinderliter
Beverly
John Hook
N. Main
Michael S. Brady
E. Wilson
Charles Williams
S. Maple
Cox Communications
Cleveland
Darrell
Celeste Silvey
Hamblin
Archie Matlock
Larry
Rita Eagleburger
W. 10Th
Royce Stiffler
Augusta Lane
Henry Anderson
Timothy Wendt
Financial adviser sentenced for defrauding seven elderly clients
Rodney Lyon 3 et 45 of Phoenix was sentenced in Kansas City to three years in federal prison for defrauding seven elderly clients including two in nursing homes. He will not be eligible for parole and faces supervised release after release, with about 775,600 dollars misused for personal expenses and income taxes. Belzer previously pled guilty to one count of interstate transport of fraudulently obtained funds in connection with the scheme.
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Kansas City
Rodney Lyon
Phoenix
Ariz
Belzer
Seven Ae
iny.Joring
Kansan universities seek bioterror defense center funds
Kansas State University officials told agricultural leaders that a dedicated center to study bio threats to the food supply is vital. They warned of vulnerability to attacks like foot and mouth disease and urged a $100 million building package for K State KU and Wichita State to attract federal grants and bolster research.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Jerry Jaax
Jaax
Kansas
Jon Werald
Great Britain
Werald
U.S
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
University of Kansas
Wichita State University
Ottawa Veterans Day Parade and Civil War Reenactments Highlight Event
Front Page notes parade starts 10 45 am at Fifth and Main with a Sherman tank from Topeka National Guard. A 21 gun salute Taps and a George Papps speech follow at the Courthouse. Reenactments feature Battle of the Bridge with 15 20 German and 30 45 American soldiers, World War II gear, and events across Ottawa including Civil War cannon firining and a 1 and 3 pm lecture series at local museums and libraries.
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Fifth and Main
National Guard
Topeka
George Papps
American Legion
Forest Park
Ray Shumate
Shumate
River Gang
Garnett
Carnegie Cultural Center
Jonathon Earle
Kansas
Old Depot Museum
Ottawa Library
Fred Krebs
Benjamin Franklin
Bill Worley
Harry Truman
Matt Matthews
Mine Creek
Candy Campbell
Ghost tales haunt Catholic towns and Ottawa claim
In Atchison and Leavenworth communities fear and fascination with ghosts are discussed as reporter Barker notes Ottawa’s Baptist heritage may explain a lack of local hauntings. She jokes Ottawa is the least haunted town in the world and cites a possible link to the nearby OMA. Ezra Sykes can be reached at esykes ottawaherald.com.
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Atchison and
Leavenworth
Ottawa
Barker
Oma
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald
School Lunch Menu Fragments for Wellsville and Waverly
Readable items show Wellsville and Waverly school meal plans. Wellsville lists weekly sausage egg biscuit meals and a lasagna and burgers rotation. Waverly provides breakfast options including muffins and burritos and lunches featuring spaghetti, stromboli, chili, and indicated unavailable days.
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Wellsville
Waverly
Kansas AG calls ruling a victory in Republican River dispute
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall hailed a special master’s ruling as strengthening Kansas’s case against Nebraska over the Republican River allocations. The ruling rejects Nebraska defenses about alleged overuse and upholds the 1943 compact as federal law, with March 15, 2003 set for trial.
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Topeka
Kansas
Carla Stovall
Nebraska
Aceat McKusick
Ie US
McKusick
Int6
Republican
Colorado
Stovall
Beekeeper Waldo McBurney Still Working at 99 in Kansas
Waldo McBurney, age 99, celebrated a birthday by tending bees and running McBurney Honey in Quinter Kansas. A recognized oldest worker in Kansas he stays active with bees constant travel and plans to publish a book about his long life.
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Harris
Quinter
Waldo McBurney
McBurney
Kansas Department of Human Resources
Kansas Department On Aging
Gove County
Kansas
McBurney Honey
Main
Beloit
Mitchell
Graham
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Kansas Board of Regents
Clay Blair
Blair
Joe Lieber
Kansas Cooperative Council
Missouri
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Ottawa High School
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