Sponsors back Ottawa auditorium for new season launch
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium edges toward its season start on Sept 26 with fundraising and season ticket sales near completion. OMA Director Dick Smith notes a dip in ticket sales but strong business support via program ads and Producers Club sponsorship covering about 30 percent of artist fees. Numerous sponsors list across Main Event Series and other programs, with grants from state and local foundations. Revenue from ticket sales relies on audience response to special events.
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
OMA
Dick Smith
Smith
Producers Club
Eric Street
Air Technologies
Fogle Quarry
Bill Burks
Youth Symphony of
Kansas City
Symphony
Kansas State Bank
Poncho’s
Shirley
Apple Market
Ottawa Live
Ottawa University
Ottawa Retirement Village
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Killough Construction
TravComm Travel
Kansas
Kansas Arts Commission
Southwestern Bell Foundation
Kansas Arts
Adams lauds Clinton open door on Northern Ireland
Irish activist Gerry Adams praised President Clinton for an open-door approach to the Northern Ireland issue and urged British Prime Minister John Major to adopt a similar openness. Adams accused Britain's government of bad faith and said a visa grant marked a shift in policy toward Sinn Fein.
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Washington
Gerry Adams
Clinton
Northern Ireland
Britain
Adams
John Major
Sinn Fein
New York
United States
Kansas State Bank Donates 5000 To Franklin Depot Fund
Kansas State Bank presented a 5000 check to the Franklin County Historical Society at the North Main branch for the Old Depot Museum capital fund. Funds aim to cover roof repairs and climate upgrades while building accessibility, with 128000 needed to unlock 514000 in state and federal matches. organizers hope to raise the amount within the year.
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Jay Thonton
Jeff Mourning
Kansas State Bank
Forrest A. Lowry
Franklin County Historical Society
Capital Campaign For
North Main
W. Tecumseh
Franklin County
Bank
Forrest Lowry
The
Historical Society
Capital Campaign For Depot
Lowry
Ottawa school survey on inclusion anonymity debated
The board discussed anonymous teacher surveys on inclusion with options for school only or outside firm anonymity. Sam Sheldon offered to pay up to 100 dollars if an external firm like Agler and Gaeddert Chartered conducted anonymity. A special session was set for Monday at Ottawa High School to review the Middle School building condition. In service days were rescheduled from October 9 to 10.
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Sam Sheldon
Agler and Gaeddert Chartered
Ottawa
Sheldon
Terry Jennings
Duncan
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Middle School
Loyd Builders
Judge Denies Delay In Selena Slaying Trial
In Corpus Christi Texas Judge Mike Westergren refused defense requests to delay Yolanda Saldivar's murder trial slated for Oct 9. Attorney Doug Tinker argued a concurrent embezzlement indictment could prejudice the defendant, but prosecutors seeking a second indictment were accused of showboating and rushing the case.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Selena
Doug Tinker
Yolanda Saldivar
Mike Westergren
Westergren
Tinker
Fair records year end attendance and preview day
The report notes 58,782 attendees last year and mentions a free admission preview day opening on Friday afternoon, serving as a kickoff for the fair.
Multiple Local Ads and Notices Scroll Across
A clustered rundown of local ads includes Bernhardt's True Dance enrollment at 242-3800 with class times Mon to Fri and Saturday sessions, a recycling notice at Jet & 3rd Sat, and Smoky Mountain cassette and CD store promotions. Cornerstone Bookstore lists 242-2112, while a Women’s Pap Smear Clinic advertises health department services with contact numbers 913-242-1879 and 1-800-427-1873.
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Fr. Go. Health Dept
Ottawa Herald postal rates and staff credits notice
The Ottawa Herald lists staff positions including editor Gene Advertising Director circulation manager office manager and foreman with a quoted motto truth above all. It details USPS rate cards for Cedar one year to out of state mail and in state mail rates by month three months six months and one year with tax included and advance payment required.
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Cedar
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage Anderson
State of Kansas
Ite
The
Ottawa Herald
S. Cada
Ottawa
Carrer
Opening of grocery part of lifelong love
Jeve Smelser, a Ottawa resident, has opened Steve-O's discount groceries north of town in the former Watts Auction building. He leases 1,600 square feet to sell groceries sourced through wholesale, close-out, and dealership purchases and notes his prior work as a delivery driver for Big E's salad dressing. Smelser recalls a lifelong passion for groceries, including an early job at Cochran's Grocery in Topeka, and a mobile grocery bus he operated about twelve years ago delivering to northeast Kansas towns like Quenemo and Vassar. He expects little impact on other stores and lists limited hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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Jeve Smelser
Ottawa
Smelser
Steve-O
Watts Auction
Big E
Topeka
Cochran's
Division Street
Kansas
Quenemo
Vassar
Reap
Steve-O's
City to add 17th Street improvements with left turn lane
Ottawa considers 17th Street upgrades at Eisenhower Osage and Main with north and south sidewalks. Concrete overlay costs more upfront but reduces future resurfacing. Lambers backs concrete. Commissioner Ramsey reports on a League of Cities meeting and urges Ottawa school board inclusion in monthly city county Joint Meetings. The city reviews neighborhood revitalization program tax abatements needing city county and school district agreement.
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Eisenhower
Osage
Main
17Th
Lambers
Gene Ramsey
League of Cities
Ramsey
Ottawa
Fence for Highland Cemetery Seeks Bids
Itawn city commission on Monday approved soliciting bids for chain-link fencing around Highland Cemetery north, south, and east. the west side remains open. Estimated cost for south and east sides is about 14000 to be paid from contingency funds. The main cemetery gate will be locked at night by cemetery or park staff, with police handling nights off.
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Itawn City Commissr Monday
Highland Cemetery
Lambers
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Midwest Cabinet
Texas Gold Miners
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Patsy Cline
Kofo Radio
First National Bank
Plaid
Our Own Hardware
Perseus
John Brockway
Neosho County Community College
Country Mart
Lence
Caroline E. Hewett
Ramsey Printing
Budge’s Sport Center
Jauds Clinton
Ottawa Water Plant
Menae
Avery Case
Hillsdale
Malvern
Pomona
Priceton
Rantoul
Valerie Wolf
Herald
Markenberry Paints
Smoky Mountain
Cornerstone Bookstore
Jim A. Hitch
Jay Bemis
Tom Love
Gene Kenney
Virginia Howe
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
David Bartkoski
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