American Legion Post changes meeting night Ottawa
Warren C. Black Post No. 60 of Ottawa shifts meetings to the first Wednesday each month. Meeting time remains 7 p.m. at the VFW Hall. Michigan Valley pancake breakfast set for Saturday at Michigan Valley Community Church from 6 40 to 10 30 a.m. with pancakes sausage bacon eggs and breakfast beverages. Free will donations support the continuing construction project.
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American Legion
Warren C. Black Post No. 60
Ottawa
VFW
Michigan Valley
Michigan Valley Community Church
Local service members complete basic military training
Airman Robert A. Bowden has graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. He is the son of Robert and Beth Bowden of Ottawa and a 2000 Wellsville High School graduate. Pvt. Steven M. Lawrenz of Wellsville finished 12 weeks of Marine Corps training at San Diego, including The Crucible. He is also a 2000 Wellsville High School graduate.
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Bowden
Air Force
Robert A. Bowden
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Community College of the
Robert
Beth Bowden
Sand Creek Road
Ottawa
Wellsville High School
Lawrenz
Marine Corps
Steven M. Lawrenz
Diana
Gary Lawrenz
Wellsville
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Marines
Community urges more daycare facilities for working parents
Gunnels and Dillard emphasize quality child care and trusted parent-provider relationships. They cite sheriff, hospital, extension office, schools, and Franklin County Mental Health as existing resources and call for expanding daycare facilities to support working families.
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Gunnels
Dillard
Craig Davis
Franklin County Mental Health
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald.com
Owner of Hutch mobile home park fights gas service
Bob Kinder owner of the evacuated Big Chief Mobile Home Park asks Kansas Gas Service to take over park management until it is safe and restored. He claims decisions were made without his input and seeks mortgage, insurance, and maintenance support while pressuring for a reopening plan and clear limits on park operations.
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Hutchinson News
Big Chief
Kansas Gas Service
Hutchinson
Bob Kinder
KGS
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kinder
Conrad Koehler
Koehler
KDHE
Joe Palacioz
Palacioz
Palacior
Stovall to argue predator case before court
Attorney General Carla Stovall will return to the U.S. Supreme Court to contest the standard for detaining sexually violent predators after prison. The case, Kansas v. Crane, centers on whether proof of dangerousness and serious mental illness suffices or if total lack of control is required. Crane, previously convicted of sexual offenses, is housed at Larned State Hospital as part of Kansas' predator statute.
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Topeka
Carla Stovall
U.S. Supreme Court
Kansas
Stovall
High Court
Michael T. Crane
Crane
Kansas Supreme Court
Arizona
John C. Denham
Johnson County
Larned States Hospital
Kscourt
Theft spree and arrests in Pomona and surrounding areas
The daily report lists thefts totaling over $1,000 in Pomona. Multiple arrests include Joshua McCurdy for methamphetamine and paraphernalia possession, Brian Harris for disorderly conduct, Amanda Ritter for driver’s license proof, Raymond Cook for battery, trespassing, and protection order violations, plus juveniles for disorderly conduct and unlawful alcohol use. Other items note wave runner and yacht trailer theft, assorted municipal warrants, and several medical emergency calls.
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Joshua Dale McCurdy
S. Hickory
Ninth
Highland
Brian Scott Harris
DeSoto
S. Mulberry
Amanda Dawn Ritter
S. Cedar
Pomona
Ottawa
Juvenile Detention Center
Peter J. Nickel
Pine
Christopher L. Bueno
N. Mulberry
S. Main
Linda K. Wilkins
Garnett
N. Cherry
Christopher Steven Vestal
Stafford Road
Florida
K-68
Daniel Loren Samford
Whitney
Texas
Kansas negotiators reach compromise state budget agreement
Legislative negotiators draft a 9.11 billion dollar budget for fiscal 2002, reflecting a 0.5 percent cut from the current plan, while omitting lottery and tobacco settlement funds. The panel eyed House and Senate consideration on Wednesday as revenue figures showed a rebound from a weak prior period but concern over sales tax performance.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
Met
Duane Goossen
Goossen
Bill Graves
House 25
Conference
Ink
Raytheon to lay off 450 in Kansas in job cut plan
Raytheon Aircraft told Kansas workers of about 450 administrative and managerial layoffs, about 10 percent of the state managerial staff. Most cuts expected at Wichita, with 600 workers in Salina awaiting impact. No manufacturing jobs affected. company aims to meet financial goals in a soft economy.
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Wichita
Raytheon Aircraft
Kansas
Raytheon
Jim Gregory
Salina
Gregory
Arkansas
Pentagon
Defense Department
Watco to buy Central Kansas Railway assets in major expansion
Watco Cos of Pittsburg announced it will purchase the CKR assets from OmniTrax, converting CKR's 900 miles of track in western Kansas to Kansas & Oklahoma. The deal, awaiting Surface Transportation Board approval, is set to close May 31 with a $55 million private investment planned over 10 years to upgrade central Kansas track. Ed McKechnie outlined a plan to install 65 000 new ties this year.
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Wichita
Oklahoma
Kansas
Central Kansas Railway
Watco Cos
Pittsburg
CKR
OmniTrax Inc
Denver
Watco
South Kansas & Oklahoma
Federal Surface Transportation Board
Kansas & Oklahoma
K&o
Ed McKechnie
South
McKechnie
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