Area youth join city symphony retreat program
Treesa Dowling of Wellsville and Bethoe Lewis of 819 5 Hickory participated in the Kansas City youth symphony's annual retreat for senior and middle orchestras. The Ottawa Suzuki Strings members rehearsed, coached, and auditioned as the groups prepare for the first performance at Youth Symphony's 4th Annual Benefit Auction and Concert on Oct. 22 at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City. For information call 913-722-6810.
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City Symphony
Kansas City
Treesa Dowling
John
Rita Dowling
Wellsville
Beth Oe Lewis
Tom
Alice Joy Lewis
Hickory
Ottawa Suzuki Strings
Youth Symphony
Midland Theatre
Pomona crowns homecoming pair at Friday game
Pomona High School named Jeff Hoyt and Jill Criqui homecoming king and queen before the football matchup with Humboldt on Friday night. Hoyt and Criqui were chosen from among four candidates each with family ties listed to Pomona and nearby communities.
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Jeff Hoyt
Jill Criqui
Pomona High School
Pomona
Humboldt
Hoyt
Jerry
Mary Lou Hoyt
Jill
Marty
Cathy Criqui
Quenemo
Aaron
Ottawa finds Renaissance ties in Coombes festival antics
Ottawa artist Coombes notes links to Renaissance figures as volunteers share playful moments kissing the hands of ladies while husbands watch. He cites festival contact creating a different mood than on stage where he starred in Sound of Music at OU. He coordinates high school productions and choreographs two Kansas City area musicals. He plans a 1995 Guys and Dolls run at New Theater Restaurant Overland Park from June 1 to July 30, then joins Dickens Carolers soon after.
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Coombes
Ottawa
Kansas City
New Theater
Overland Park
The
School board to pick architects for district plan
The Ottawa Board of Education meets tonight in the Ottawa Middle School multipurpose room to choose architects for the district building plan. They have discussed a new middle school and elementary school modifications, with a bond issue goal for next spring. The meeting also addresses a personnel item and the Gun Free Schools Act, plus enrollment, 1994-95 goals, Kansas Communities That Care survey, and a federal funds application.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa Middle School
W& Take
Kansas
Pomona School Tour Opens West Franklin Board Meeting
The West Franklin Board of Education begins its session with a Pomona school buildings tour tonight at 8 p.m. meeting at the board office. After the tour the district office meeting at 8 45 p.m. will discuss travel requests personnel manual energy management and district test results.
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West Franklin Board of Education
Pomona
Fugitive Surrenders After Year on Run in Kansas City
Anthony Stallings, 28, of Kansas City Kansas, surrendered to police after more than a year on the run. He faces first degree murder and aggravated assault charges for a shooting last year and is held on a $500,000 bond in Wyandotte County Jail. Stallings previously served time for injuring a man by pinning him between cars and was paroled before a 1993 bar fight shooting alleged to have paralyzed a man.
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Kansas City, Kan
Anthony Stallings
Kansas City
Kan
Stallings
Wyandotte
Jerry Fiscus
Salsa contest adds spice to Franklin County market
The Franklin County Horticultural Growers Association will host a salsa contest at the twice weekly market in the Office Annex lot. Entries due by 9 30 a m with tasting at 10 a m. Prizes 10 5. Open to non vendors, cream of harvest season noted by manager Freone Hollinger.
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Freone Hollinger
Franklin County Horticultural Growers Association
Franklin County
15Th
Main
A.com
Hollinger
James Dean's town still attracts thousands
In Fairmount Indiana crowds marked the 39th anniversary of James Dean's death despite heavy rain. Fans from nearby states browsed Dean memorabilia at The James Dean Gallery and Fairmount Historical Museum while locals recalled his iconic image and early life.
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James Dean
Associated Press
Beer Can Collecting Draws Topeka Show At Lake Shawnee
Topeka hosts a Breweriana show as 35 beer can collectors gather at Lake Shawnee. The event, organized by the Topeka chapter of Beer Can Collectors of America, features cans, trays, lights, and other beer items. Collectors trade internationally and seek rare market test cans like Coors Virgin Islands. Krueger Cream Ale’s first can in 1935 is a notable highlight.
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Topeka
Kan
Lake Shawnee
Sail Marca
Milner
Coors
Virgin Islands
Trowbridge
Krueger
Vows beside motorcycles mark Wichita wedding
Bill and JoAnn Blue wed Sunday beside their off road motorcycles at a Kansas 15 dealership in Wichita. Pastor Clyde Deane officiated, with a simple ceremony held amid roaring traffic and a small wedding party. The couple met through motorcycling and plan to spend their lives riding together.
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Wichita
Kan
Bill
JoAnn Blue
Kansas 15
Clyde Deane
Church of God
Honda
GINNAMON CIDER AND FALL PROMOTIONS SIGNATURE SALE
Independent listings promote Arometique Candies Heavenly Scents and First National Bank services with contact numbers for portraits and schedules. The notice advertises fall items like harvest sachets, new hours, and a pizza offer, with emphasis on customer engagement and pricing details.
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Arometique
Heavenly Scents
Summertime heroes earn Melvern honors
Melvern recognizes park rangers Craig Miller Lance Hellmann Medevac Ambulance Service Lifestar Air Ambulance Osage County Fire District 3 and Osage County Sheriff for rescue and CPR efforts during June and July 1994 heat emergencies. Diana Carlisle aided grieving families after a fatal heat incident. Richard and Brent Gibson of Lyndon and others aided a boat capsizing rescue at Outlet Park River Pond.
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Park Rangers
Craig Miller
Lance Hellmann
Medevac Ambulance Service
Lifestar Air Ambulance
Osage County
Donald Lichtenauer
Lichtenauer
Topeka
Ranger
Diana Carlisle
Melvern
Bill Schwarzenholz
Kansas City
Kan
Burhale
Schwarzenholz
Corps
Outlet Park
Tom Teigan
Monroe
Wash
Ken Kirsop
Lyndon
Park
Chris True
River Pond
Outlet Park River Pond
Richard
Brent Gibson
Terry Osborn
Glen Lewis
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Defenbaugh
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Tural
Aaron Thompson
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Becky Robbins
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Jay
Sherry Wiscombe
Renaissance
Kansas Association of School Boards
Diane Yeamans
Herald
By Michelle Koidin
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Mich
Indianapolis
Dean
Fairmount
Marion
East of Eden
Interna
California
Jimmy
Jimmy Dean
Herb Ricks
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Tondt
Cayrnday
Steven
Tial
Clinton
Neeeverne
Hillsdale Lake
Malvern Lake
Pomona Princeton
First National Bank
Ottawa Herald
SPS
Miss
Bunny
Holiday
Kanes
Jamie Officer
Presa Foreman
Malin
Miami
Douglas
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