Ottawa airport grant funds improve flight safety and hangar plans
The Ottawa Municipal Airport receives 57 570 from the federal government to install a path indicator lighting system to aid descent and landing. City officials say the grant covers about 95 percent of costs, with about 3 000 needed locally, and part of a master plan totaling over 600 000 by 2008 for apron replacement and a 10 unit hangar along with Vision 100 funding potential. Ottawa joins eight Kansas airports in the grant program.
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Herald
Ottawa
Pat Roberts
Department of Transportation
Lloyd Sarat
Ottawa Municipal Airport
Weldon Padgett
Federal Aviation Administration
Padgett
Aviation Administration
Kansas
Gardner, Pittsburg
el Dorado
Pulchinson
Beloit
Russell
Eure
Kansas Shows Mixed Legal View On Cross Border Drug Plan
An Associated Press report notes Kansans may legally buy prescription drugs from Canada and Europe under state law, but warns the plan could violate federal rules. General Phill Kline questions legality while Gov Kathibeling backs the program, with Kansas planning to join four other states via Save Rx through a Canada based clearinghouse.
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Topeka
Canada
Europe
Phill Kline
Kathibeling
Kline
Kansas
Ater
Countywide spring cleanup set for mid April
Franklin County residents may drop off debris and junk for free at the county transfer station 3323 Osborne. The site is near Nebraska Road then east on Osborne Terrace. Ottawa Area Chamber asks groups and volunteers to join the city cleanup efforts and focus on fraud awareness.
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Franklin County
Osborne Ie
Leo Nebraska Road
Osborne Terrace
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Nebraska Road
Countywide spring cleanup set for April 15 and 16
Trash day events run April 15 and 16 with free drop offs at the county transfer station 3323 Osborne Terrace and curbside truck drops in Ottawa. Residents from both county and city can participate with maps and signup at the Chamber office 100 E Second St and at the Ottawa Antique Mall lot.
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E. Second St
Andy Haney
City Public Works
Ottawa
Walnut
Orscheln Farm
Princeton St
Bob Thompson
County transfers payroll money in county budget dispute
Franklin County Commissioners voted 4-1 to move 45000 from County Clerk Shaun Perry's budget to the county human resources department to cover payroll costs. Perry sues to halt the transfer while county attorneys say duties moved from the clerk's office render the move lawful. a countermotion seeks dismissal of Perry's suit as in progress.
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Franklin County
Shaun Perry
County Human Resources Department
Perry
McAnany, van Cleave and Phillips
Kansas City
Blaine Finch
Finch
Don Hay
Hay
Carl Gallagher
McAnany
van Cleave
Phillips
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John Nowak
The
Ottawa Herald
Ernest Mustain
Anissa Ferrell
Emily Hawkins
City Park
Franklin County Day Care
Associated Press
Tong, Pay
Cleon Rickel
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