Zoning eyed for former Ottawa Middle School site
Ottawa Planning Commission meets at City Hall to decide on rezoning the Fifth and Main site from K-2 two family to a planned unit development. Developer Steve Foutch seeks to convert the former school into elderly housing a recreation center and theater with construction hoped to start January 2005 pending city approval and state tax credits.
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Ottawa Planning Commission
City Hall
First
Hickory Streets
Ottawa Middle School
Fifth
Main Streets
Steve Foutch
Kansas City
Kan
Friends of Historic Buildings Inc
City Commission
Foutch
Kansas
Missouri
Ottawa School Board
Fouth
Ottawa City Commission
Main
Woman dies in car crash near Rantoul
Christina A. Kirkland, 35, a single mother of two from Rantoul, died when her 1999 Mercury Mystique veered off Rock Creek Road about a mile west of Rantoul at 2 54 p.m. Tuesday. The Franklin report details the fatal crash.
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Vickie Moss
Christina A. Kirkland
Rantoul
Rock Creek Road
The
Franklin
Power of the Past returns with Ottawa Warner engines
The Power of the Past Antique Tractor and Gas Show returns Friday to Forest Park for a 10th anniversary focused on Ottawa Warner engines and Minneapolis Moline tractors. President Richard Mullins notes Ottawa manufacturing's varied history and rare Ottawa Mule Team Tractor. The George Myers family of Pennsylvania, longtime collectors and annual attendees, are expected to join again.
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Cleon Rickel
Weiter
Ottawa- Warner
Forest Park
Ottawa-Warner
Minneapolis-Moline
Ottawa
Warner
Richard Mullins
Ottawa Manufacturing
Mullins
George Myer
Pennsylvania
Meyers
Bob Rossman
Vietnam Veterans of America
Five Star Chapter
Rossman
Iraq toll tops 1000 U.S. troops dead in war
The AP tally places U S military deaths at 1 003 after a spate of attacks including a car bombing. Eight Americans died in the Baghdad area over two days raising the toll to 1 003 with 1 000 troops and three civilians killed.
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Hamza Hendawi
Associated Press
Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Bush
Rumsfeld
United Way expands help for Ottawa Wellsville children
The Franklin County United Way funds the Ottawa Wellsville Infant Toddler Program at 123 W Fourth St Ottawa to provide free developmental services for children up to age three. Director Dana Romary says the extra funding increases community services including medical care disaster relief newborn support and companionship referrals.
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Ottawa
Wellsville
United Ay
Franklin County
United Way
Fourth St
Dana Romary
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Andy Gassaway
Ottawa Herald
John Nowak
Pentagon
al-Qaida
New York
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Sen
John Kerry
United States
America
Kerry
American Red Cross
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