In-service for Child Care Providers Thursday
Franklin County Child Care Providers Organization hosts a Thursday in service at Team Bank with Susan Garton discussing biting and baffling behaviors. Nonmembers pay 5, members free. open to public, pre-schools, day care centers and teachers. no preregistration. Contact Sherry Engelbert at 242-9063.
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Franklin County
Team Bank
Susan Garton
Heart of America Family Services
Sherry L. Engelbert
Swhell
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Police News
Admissions in Ottawa include Jordan Ryanne Dean and Tanya Medlen with dismissals Hazel Miller and Darcy Ball. Arrests record Juan L Diaz at 1545 Osage Drive for driving while suspended after a 1030 p.m. arrest. theft of a 1968 Ford pickup and tools reported in the 1400 block of N Mulberry with $1,800 loss. An accident at 9:30 p.m. Thursday involved Heather Taylor and Krystal Copher with over $500 damage. both wore seatbelts. Ambulance notes report medical emergencies in the Hwy 50 area and N Cedar block.
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Jordan Ryanne Dean
Tanya Medlen
Ottawa
Hazel Miller
Richmond
Olathe Medical Center
Darcy Ball and Son
Pomona
Juan L. Diaz
N. Poplar
Osage
N. Mulberry
Heather L. Taylor
S. Poplar
Krystal S. Copher
S. Hickory Apt
Copher
N. Main
First St
Ottawa mayor highlights growth and future plans
In a front page speech the Ottawa mayor outlines housing truss maker and coating plant projects, a new day care, seafood restaurant, and distribution center. He cites improvements to Forest Park, sidewalk work, two new housing developments, and I-35 projects. Ottawa will host the Kansas Sampler Festival and Great Plains Chautauqua this summer, with the Vision Plan enabling resident input. The address aired on KOFO with multiple rebroadcasts.
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Jackson
Forest Park
Kansas
Ottawa
KOFO
Wyandotte judge cleared in toll-taker case acquittal
Wyandotte County District Judge George A. Groneman was acquitted of charges alleging he allowed his administrative assistant Debra Massey to work as a toll-taker while paid as courthouse staff. Massey faces sentencing on theft and false claim counts.
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Kansas City
Wyandotte
George A. Groneman
Kansas Commission On Judicial Qualifications
Groneman
Debra Jean Massey
Massey
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Utility aid short as heating bills strain Missouri residents
Across Kansas City and surrounding counties demand for heating assistance remains high even as funds run low. Officials report a 24 to 45 percent rise in applicants, with programs like Catholic Community Services increasing funding yet still contending with shortfalls.
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Kansas City, Mo
Jan Marcason
Mid America Assistance Coalition
Marcuson
Barb Daniels
Missouri
Division of Family Services
Kathy Webber
Johnson
Miami
Leavenworth
Webber
Johnson County
Don Schreiner
Schreiner
Missouri Gas Energy
Paul Snyder
Kansas Gas Service
Kansas
Kathy Rasmussen
Catholic Community Services
Shortfall not likely to mean tax hike in Kansas
In Topeka the budget chairmen say little enthusiasm exists for tax increases to fix state finances as lawmakers wrestle with a $185 million gap between forecasted revenues and the recently approved $9.11 billion fiscal 2002 budget. The plan relies on spending cuts or new revenues, with some support for targeted taxes and possible sales tax limits, while others push savings and school funding. The Legislature reconvenes April 25 after spring break, aiming to avoid broad cuts and consider a final budget bill.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Senate
House
Kenny Wilk
Wilk
Lansing
Senate Ways and Means
Steve Morris
Morris
R-Hugoton
Rocky Nichols
Appropriations Committee
Graves
General Fund
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Nichols
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Hensley
State Fair Master Plan Funding Clears Senate 40-0
A $36 million overhaul plan for the Kansas State Fair gains funding approval. The bill backs a $29 million bond with $24 million state responsibility, $300,000 yearly for 10 years from the fair, and $4 million from the fair fee fund. Hutchinson and Reno County pledged initial local funding. The project renews utility lines, buildings, grounds, and adds entryways, a grand stand, food pavilions, a living history village, and landscaping.
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Sarah Kessinger
Harris
Topeka
State Fair Board
Bob Barker
Senate
David Adkins
Leawood
Hutchinson
Reno County
Reno
Fair Board
Lawmakers mull options for funding education
In Topeka the Senate Education Committee weighed ways to fund education amid dimming prospects for a large tax increase. They eyed a $68 million increase Graves proposed, while facing $185 million in cuts across 2001 and 2002. House action would lift local option budgets to 30 percent with voter approval, risking $10 million in federal aid.
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Topeka
Senate Education Committee
Senate
Bill Graves
Lynn Jenkins
Jenkins
Dwayne Umbarger
Rthayer
Education Committee
House
Ted Powers
R-Mulvane
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Audubon Society
Jayhawk Audubon Society
Lawrence Senior Center
Eighth
Vermont Streets
Richard
Sherry Kay
Kaw Valley Mycological Society
Richard Kay
University of Kansas
Tanner
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Gregory Halling
The
Hutchinson News
Molly McMillin
Wichita Eagle
Lori Bergen
Kansas State University
KPTS
Wichita
KTWU
Channel 11
Daily Report
Inithi
Hwy
N. Cedar
Ron Bishop
Josh Ferris
Rusty Anderson
Chelsea Matthews
Rebecca Dillard
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