NCCC students receive academic honors
Several local students were recognized for their academic achievements for the spring semester by Neosho County Community College. The students were named to the Presidents List and the Vice Presidents list.
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Heath named to Bethany honor roll
Wellsville’s Maggie Heath was one of 213 Bethany College students to be selected for the Academic Dean’s Honor Roll for spring 2022. Students must be enrolled full-time with a semester grade point average of at least 3.50, to qualify. ?To qualify for the academic honor, students must be enrolled full-time and earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 and above. 85 students earned a GPA of 4.0.
Newton Girl is New Miss Kansas Teen USA
Newton High School student, Gracie Hendrickson, was recently crowned Miss Kansas Teen USA 2022 and will spend this next year representing the organization. Her plans for the year include appearances to promote her personal platform on mental health and preparing for Nationals later this year.
COURSE CORRECTION
Dear Readers, On a shelf in a West On a shelf in a Western KS warehouse sits a parcel I hope will be recovered. Well I don’t know for sure that it is on a shelf or in a warehouse but after four hours, five or six “live chats,” and too many phone calls to count, the United Parcel Service (UPS) assures me this package is somewhere in Garden City.
Williamsburg library kicks off summer program
The Williamsburg Community Library kicks off its summer program on Monday. The program will end July 29 with a visit from Milford Nature Center. The… Login to continue reading Login…
Author Mildred Schindler Janzen visits Ottawa Library to tell her story of survival in World War Two-era Germany
Author Mildred Schindler Janzen visited the Ottawa Library on May 10 to discuss her memoir, Surviving Hitler, Evading Stalin: One Woman’s Remarkable Escape from Nazi Germany. Her story is the only one known to historians that includes three different forces in World War Two: The Nazis, Russian soldiers in the Red Army, and the Polish Army.
County approve shutdown of JDC detention facility
Franklin County commissioners approved a motion to shut down the detention facility of the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center ( JDC) during their meeting on June 1. The decision came after a meeting with County Administrator Derek Brown, attorney Brandon Jones and the county’s Juvenile Services Director, Ken Halliburton, on May 25.
American, POW flags taken from pole at post office
The Ottawa Police Department is asking the public for information regarding an incident involving the American and Prisoner of War (POW) flags at the post office. The Department says some time Sunday night or Monday morning, which was Memorial Day, the rope holding the flags was cut.
Ottawa Library, K-State Frontier Extension partnering for summer Bicycle Spin Club
The Ottawa Library and Kansas State University Frontier Extension are partnering to offer a threeday cycling class for second through fourth graders in the area. The class, which is being offered through the library’s summer reading program, will be held in two sessions: the first session is from June 6-10 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 to 10 am.
Legislative session ends quickly
The legislature was called back on May 23. In an unusual move, a motion was made to end the 2022 session, sine die. Even though it was an abrupt end to session, we were able to complete some important work that day.