Eye bank gives student new focus on life
Diane Yeamans profiles Pat Chester a Paola native turned Ottawa nurse hopeful to become a registered nurse again. After corneal dystrophy required cornea transplants in 1988 and last week she underwent another operation. She credits the Kansas Eye Bank and Lions Club support for her recovery and plans to work at Ransom Memorial Hospital within 14 years. The piece notes eye donation processes and local volunteers including embalmers and funeral home staff who contribute to enucleation services.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Chester
Paola
Ottawa Lions Club
Kansas Eye Bank
Jean Jones
State Eye Bank
University of Kansas Medical Center
Pat
Lions Club
The
Odd Fellows
Lions Light
Lions
Lions Light Foundation
Jones
Eye Bank
Ronn Heise
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Ottawa
Heise
Mortuary
Kansan pledges count rise. area students noted
Kansas State University sororities pledged 473 women and 25 fraternities pledged 453 men at the end of formal rush. Area pledges include Jennifer Eileen Nigh Baldwin Alpha Xi Delta Christine Richards Paola Sigma Sigma Sigma Kelli McDanield Wellsville Kappa Alpha Theta. Also listed are Baldwin and Osage area students joining Sigma Phi Epsilon Kappa Sigma Alpha Gamma Rho and Tau, plus Ottawa Marines enlistment. Main campus Ottawa University enrollment 535 for fall, sixth straight rise amid shrinking pool of potential students.
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Carl Stone
Pomona
Stone
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
K-State
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Jennifer Eileen Nigh
Baldwin
Alpha Xi Delta
Christine ‘R. Richards
Paola
Christopher Leslie Turner
Kappa Sigma
Michel Don Anderson
Phi Appa’ Tau
Christopher Todd ‘Mochamer
Jason Paul O’connor
Baldawin
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Clark Allen Pearson
Osage Ity
Alpha Gamma Rho
Timothy Allen Pearson
Richmond
Servicemen’s News
Weather Tonight Forecast With Low Rain Chance
Partly cloudy conditions prevail tonight with a 20 percent chance of rain. Lows range from 65 to 70 degrees as the evening cools across the region.
Enrollment figures mixed at West Franklin schools
Enrollment trends show Appanoose and Pomona areas growing while Williamsburg declines. District reports current full time equivalent near 786 with Sept 20 reporting deadline. Williamsburg elementary down, kindergarten at nine. potential boundary changes or school closures discussed. Athletic participation and field/track projects also noted along with bus driver reimbursements and a waiver of tuition for 26 out-of-district students.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Appanoose
Pomona
Williamsburg
West Franklin
James E. Cain
Pomona High School
Pomona High
Burg
Wiliamsburg
Cain
Ad Briefs and Local Ads Jumble
Community ads list discounts screenings a move and business updates. Items include 20 percent off Red Item at Fashion Alley and Bernhardt School of True Dance contact, cholesterol and triglyceride screenings, blood sugar and hemoglobin tests, blood pressure, and Franklin County Health Dept. location changes. Donna Lear relocated to A Cut Above, Matney Chiropractic hours extend to 8 pm, Recycling Center hours, Special Events ad line, Scruples Products at Charlotte’s Chat & Curl, Watts Concrete Yard near Ottawa, and a Chiefs scores contest at Wolken Oil.
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Franklin County Health Dept
Alco
15Th & Main
Earth Team seeks truck donations to save recycling drive
The Ottawa Recycling program warns it may cancel Saturday's collection at Price Chopper if no trucks are donated to haul recyclables to Topeka. Earth Team chair Joan Vibert said donated trucks are unavailable since Franklin County withdrew them two weeks ago.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Ottawa
Price Chopper
Topeka
Joan Vibert
Lake Region
Vibert
City Sets Condemnation Hearing On Fire Rubble Lot
The Ottawa City Commission approved a resolution to condemn 720 W. 5th after a house burned last spring. A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. November 7. Owner Sheila King has been clearing rubble. a fee paid will be refunded if cleanup is completed by then, otherwise funds go to finish clearing the area.
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Ottawa City Commission
Randy Wetmore
Cal Lantis
Sheila King
King
Obituary for Elnora L. Kuehn of Wellsville Kansas
Elnora Louise Kuehn 67 of rural Edgerton died Monday September 10 1990 at St. Luke's Hospital Kansas City Missouri. A grave side service will be held at Edgerton Cemetery at 11 a.m. Thursday. She was born April 27 1923 at Maple Hill daughter of George and Julia Blair. She married Vernon Benjamin Kuehn December 14 1945 at Topeka. He survives along with two sons Venny Kuehn Nightingale North Carolina Kerry Kuehn Ottawa a daughter Julia Smith Gardner a sister Lucille Cox Topeka and eight grandchildren. Visitation is 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Wilson and Son Chapel Wellsville. Memorials may be given to Westminster Presbyterian Church 13th and Maple routed through the funeral home or church.
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Elnora L. Kuehn
Wellsville
Elnora Louise Kuen
Edgerton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Bor
Maple Hill
George
Julia (Osburn) Blair
Vernon Benjamin Kuehn
Topeka
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ottawa
Venny Kuehn
Nightengale
N.C
Kerry Kuehn
Julia Smith
Gardner
Lucille Cox
Wilson and Son
13Th and Maple
Ottawa Herald Staff and subscription rates notice
Publication details for Ottawa Herald dated April 1 1990 list staff roles including editor publisher and managing editor. It also provides extensive subscription pricing for different delivery methods and regions across Kansas and adjacent areas.
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Ottawa
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