Ottawa High class of 1939 marks 50th reunion
Ottawa High School’s class of 1939 gathers for a weekend marking the 50th anniversary since graduation. Harold and Estel Jones, who dated after their 20th reunion, celebrate their long marriage since 1975 as about 57 classmates join in the event at Hallmark Inn.
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Lori Alvaradg
Ottawa High School
Harold
Estel Jones
Joneses
Estes
Pleasanton
Estel
Ottawa
S. Cedar
OHS
Ottawa Record
Fifth and Main
Dutch Maid
Don Blair
Otto Kirby
Candy Kitchen
Kaiser’s
Manhattan
Topeka
Lawrence
Emporia
Blair
Nora) Evans
Ottawa teen dies in two vehicle crash northwest of town
One person, Jason Scott aged 17, died when two cars collided at Sand Creek Road and a county road near Ottawa. Six others were injured, including Tim and Stephanie Harrell and infant Aaron Harrell, with Aaron flown to Kansas City medical center in serious condition. The collision occurred about 8 p.m. Friday. responders used Jaws of Life on Scott and briefly on Stephanie Harrell.
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Lorie Hyten
Aaron Harrell
Tim
Stephanie
Life Flight
University of Kansas Medical Center
Sharp
Franklin County Ambulance
Sand Creek Road
Franklin County
Kevin Kimball
Miller
Tim Harrell
Sand Creek
Kimball
Scott
Stephanie Harrell
Prison push comes to shove Part 2 Cruel cycle
Prison officials warn 99 percent of inmates return to society and society pays a tragic price as long as prisons punish rather than rehabilitate. Sister Therese Bangert argues inmates are people who will live next door, urging care to prevent rising violence and systemic abuse. The piece cites Menninger and a 1977 Kansas inmates suit alleging cruel conditions and overcrowding, with a 1986 ruling by Judge Richard Rogers.
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Dave Ranney Harris
News Service
Therese Bangert
Kansas Council of Crime and Delinquency
Karl Menninger
Kansas
U.S
Richard Rogers
Surprise marijuana haul found near Ottawa during search
Franklin County Drug Enforcement Unit officers executing a warrant near Pomona uncovered about 30 pounds of marijuana in various processing stages in an attic nine miles northwest of Ottawa. One person was arrested at the scene and a car fled the driveway before pursuit. suspects Stanley Staadt 41 Pomona Albert Daniels 32 318 W 5th and Martin Rouland 34 Ottawa held at the Franklin County Jail on suspicion of possession with intent to sell.
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Doug Waterman
Franklin County Drug Enforcement Unit
Pomona
Waterman
Ottawa
Franklin County
Stanley Staadt
Albert J. Daniels
W. 5Th
Martin D. Rouland
Inquisition turns to chief witness in Hayden probe
OLATHE KS AP Former Kansas Lt Gov Dave Owen brief appearance before prosecutors investigating illegal contributions to Gov Mike Hayden 1986 campaign. He left after a lunch break with lawyer Douglas Behm claiming faith in justice. Six witnesses, including Petersen Hedrick and Cedarholm, testified during the inquisition.
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Olathe
Kan
Kansas
Dave Owen
Mike Hayden
Owen
Johnson County
Douglas Behm
Kansas City
Beverly
John Petersen
Hayden
Norman Rose
Petersen
Lois Hedrick
Governor’s Office
Sara Cedarholm
Owen & Associates
Ms. Cedarholm
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Janie Soper
Harrells
Soper
Jeremy Sharp
Centropolis
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Harrell
Ninth and Main
Steve Zuk
DEA
Larry McClain
Rohrbaugh
Hickory
John Mark
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