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Ottawa teachers pursue varied summer jobs in 1987
Spanish teacher Alice Wolf directed a group of fourteen teachers in Mexico after securing a grant from the Kansas Board of Regents and later attended the National Teacher of the Year conference in Minneapolis. She helped on the Governor's Committee after earning the Christa McAuliffe scholarship for Kansas teachers and spent a month in South America mainly in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. She then led workshops for Spanish teachers in Iowa and South Dakota. English teacher Janice Ford spent June and July with Martha Hamblen Public Relations in Kansas City, writing press releases and coordinating events, including the world premiere of Doin’ the Reality Rag. She also met Marlee Matlin. Chuck Tilman, math teacher, worked with the Kansas National Education Association, conducting training in Washington and attending a national convention in Los Angeles, plus a Yellowstone stop. Art teacher A.G. Howell spent summer finishing a move and building a new house at 1305 S Elm, with the old one for sale.