Library Line Answers Community Questions At Local Center
The library offers help through its Community Information Center at 5th and Main. Questions cover calendar origins, AAUW president, five year cost changes, Chippewa Reservation location, Irving Berlin, and babysitting licenses with contact numbers and directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillel
Charles Anderson
Hal Dungan
AAUW
American Association of University Women
Sarah Dailey
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Ottawa University official resigns to return to ministry
Herman VanArsdale director of church relations at Ottawa University resigned to rejoin the parish ministry. He will stay through mid October to coordinate Parents Day and a pastors computer workshop, with his wife Ruth remaining teaching at Ottawa High until semester end before joining him in Great Bend.
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Herman VanArsdale
Ottawa University
VanArsdale
Salina
Central Baptist Church of
Ruth
Ottawa High
Great Bend
Wheaton
American Baptist Churches
University
VanArsdales
Herman
Gas Chamber Silences Killer at Parchman Prison
Jimmy Lee Gray was executed in Mississippi's gas chamber and buried Friday after killing 3-year-old Deressa Scales in 1976. The grieving father said the act won’t erase memories of the girl he tormented, while Gray’s death marked Mississippi’s first chamber execution since 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parchman, Miss
Jimmy Lee Gray
Mississippi
Richard Scales
Dallas
Gray
Parchman State Penitentiary
Deressa Jean Scales
Pascagoula
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Elda L. Prince
Parker
Ariz
U.S. Supreme Court
Ottawa Chamber Notes Local Projects And Updates
Ottawa Chamber observers note remodeling at Didde Office Supply on Main Street with a new canopy and bronzed storm window treatment. Crosswalk pours on Third and Main progress, upcoming concrete fills, and ongoing water leak search. Boston area: CRAIG DENGEL earns a business administration degree from Fort Hays State University. Planning Commission meets to discuss temporary uses and the southwest Ottawa development plan. Water mains and street work continue, with landscaping and amenities scheduled later in the fall. Ducks Unlimited meets September 6 at the Chamber office. Century Office Products opens in the 300 block near the courthouse. The Old Depot Museum closes for season with quilts and instruments on display. Dietrich Cabin hours noted. The Chamber facelift continues. Washington unemployment data shows 9.5 percent overall with 56.8 percent for black male teens. analysts cite disparities and economic factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Powell
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Didde
Didde Office Supply
S. Main
Meadows Construction
Gas Service Co
South Main
Chamber
Ducks Unlimited
Jim Williamson
Williamson Salvage
Century Office Products, Inc
Daily Report items include meals and public notices
A dated Daily Report page lists school meals for Tuesday to Friday with varied menus and milk, plus activity notes for older participants. It also covers a propane leak incident, a grass fire, a police arrest for aggravated burglary and sexual assault, a non injury motor vehicle collision, a jail sentence and probation, a plea, several marriage licenses and a divorce, civil cases, a Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon update, Pomona gunshot injury, and related sheriff reports.
Community events and ads page highlights Sept events
Local listings include Elks steak night reservations at 242-1683, H P Country Connection at The Other Place, pre school openings at Heidi and Peter Preschool, Osborne I computer time by 242-5802, Tab's Cleaning Service ads, garden center specials, carpentry, aerobic classes, nail salon visit, car wash promos, steak lovers wanted at Wagon Wheel, Back to School sale at Young Place, JAM Session for Muscular Dystrophy and VFW Sunday event. Multiple small businesses and services advertise with contact numbers and dates through Sept 1-4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.P
Heidi
Peter
Jewelry repair and sales events with volunteer drive
Drake's Jewelry offers repair services and a free garage sale at Kansas State Bank. Volunteers are needed to take over in Franklin County Red Cross positions. A dance event at Wagon Wheel Pomona features Straight Shot with live entertainment and no cover charge on Saturday night at 242-1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas State Bank
Fr. Co. Red Cross
Wagon Wheel
Pomona
Viola May Kratz
Kansas
Topeka
Dean Cemetery
Fred Andersen
Eastern Star
Dengel & Son
Carlos C. Kelley
Baldwin, Kansas
Williamsburg
Michell (Shaw) Kellay
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Ev. Yorton Clark
Hope Cemetery
Children’s Education Trust
Lawrence National Bank
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Franklin County
Irving Berlin
Health Department
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Indianola
Natchez
Funeral Home
Doug Card
Sunflower County
Mississippi Delta
Dennis Balske
Montgomery
Ala
Craig Dengel
Walter Dengel
Hanes Drive
Fort Hays State University
Ottawa Planning Commission
City Hall
Ottawa
Old Depot Museum
Dietrich
Washington
Labor Department
Janet L. Norwood
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
the Daily Report
U.S.D
Sacred Heart Elementary
Peggy Miller
South Hickory
Pomona Townships
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's News
Maximino M. Vasquez
Osage City
Vasquez
Osage
South Cedar
Jimmie R. Tolson
Hamblin
Walter T. O'Neil
O'Neil
District Court News
van D. Jameson
Jameson
Valley Hope
Atchison
Harold W. Bishop
N. Mulberry
Nolo Contendre
Bishop
James R. Montgomery
Pat Ann Cruces
Bradley Ray Ferguson
Annette Marie Geist
John Hawks Harris
Lora Lee Worthington
Anthony Lewis Wainaina
Robyn Lynea Gibbons
Emporia
Marlin Paul Graika
Mona Lee Williams
Princeton
Mary M
Donald E. Murphy
Fidelity Investment Company
William G
Evelyn M. Barrett
Wibw-Tv
RMH
Sheriff
Larry Skeet
John C. Leach
Pomona Rfd
Leach
Skeet
Litwin
Tab’s Cleaning Service
Willis Garden Center
Sth
Ad Briefs
Joe Yockey
Lydia Banks
Millies Hair Fashions
West 2Nd
C and H
N. Main
Tab
Sun
Allcome
Drake
Peed
Nelson V. Peed, Jr
Lamb- Roberts Funeral Home
Yorton Clark
Highland Cemetery
Lamb-Roberts
Miami County Fairgrounds
Paola, Kansas
Mid-America
Jack T. Sharp
Paola Community Ruritan Club
Crestview Nursing Home
Dorothy Abeleker
Judy Farrow
Tarrece
Ottens, Ke
Memoriam
Hickory
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