Commission approves rent increase to fix county annex electrical code
National Credit Service Corp reached a lease accord for county annex at 1418 S Main. Safety inspections found drop cords exceeding six feet per city code. The county will fund permanent on floor power strips at about 2105 dollars, with NCSC reimbursing via roughly 40 dollars higher monthly rent for five years. NCSC operates in Overland Park and Las Vegas with about 60 Ottawa employees and plans for 40 more.
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National Credit Service Corp
S. Main
Credit Service
Pics County
Ottawa
Ray DeJulio
George Delvecchio
NCSC
Overland Park
Las Vegas
Med Center fights release of managed care contracts
KU Medical Center defends keeping contracts with managed care firms confidential. Officials warn that disclosure could threaten financial health and drive away providers in a competitive market. The institution requests an exclusion from the Kansas Open Records Act while lawmakers weigh the issue.
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Med Center
ANSAS_ CITY
Kk Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Donald Hagan
Gail Shafton
Q Resources Inc
Medii Center
Associated Press
Hagan
Perez to be tried as adult in Ottawa shooting case
The state withdraws its motion to try Chad Perez as an adult. A jury trial is planned with Perez contending as a juvenile it’s discretionary. Charges include conspiracy to commit and attempted first degree murder plus two counts of aiding and abetting aggravated battery.
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Perez
Coreene
Y * Cole
Griffin
Ottawa
Stephanie Perez
Jonathan Chad Perez
Steven Perez
Paula Ellis
Kevin Rodgers
Ellis
Princeton
Rodgers
St. Charles
Weather Tonight Through Monday Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy and windy tonight with a 20 percent thunderstorm chance. Lows around 60, southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Saturday brings a rain chance with lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s, some 50s in the northwest. Sunday cooler with rain chances ending in the east. Dry elsewhere, lows 35 to 45, highs in the 50s. Monday dry, lows in the 30s, highs 50s east to 60s west.
City zone plan eyed with special use permits in overlap
Landowner urges allowing general commercial zones with special-use permits and notes delays can ruin deals. City planners keep public hearings for rezoning, while Ottawa Mayor Gene Ramsey sees no conflict of interest yet. Eagles Aerie No 2700 wins a special-use permit for a new HQ at 524 E 15th in a residential area with setup conditions. Arrowhead Addition housing project approved with cul de sacs and reduced subdivision specs. CIP ideas include a public works building, sewer eastward, paving Ottawa to the airport road, a southside fire substation, and sanitary stormwater study. Planning chair Kent Kummer will not seek another term due to workload.
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City Hall
Ottawa
Gene Ramsey
Planning Commission
Ramsey
OFCED
Ottawa Franklin County Economic Development Corp
Ottawa Chamber
Order of Eagles Aerie
Eagles
E. 15Th
Eisenhower Road
13Th
Kent Kummer
Kummer
Hallmark Cards
Lawrence
Fire at Duesseldorf airport flower shop kills seven
A fire at the flower shop inside Duesseldorf airport killed seven people and injured about 100. The dead were found in the shop and an elevator and the death toll could rise due to serious injuries. Panic spread in the arrivals hall as the blaze started around 4 25 p.m. Officials evacuated the terminal and halted air traffic. The cause remains under investigation.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Odance Garnett VFW Odds and Ends event listing
Local notices for April 13 include a GARFIELD PANCAKE breakfast 7 to 11 am with tickets at the door. Litwin's reports a large shipment of JUNIOR SIZE dresses. PROM NAILS offers appointments and temporary sets. Shirley Kramer Hair Designers listed with contact numbers 242-3395 and 242-5003.
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Garfield Pancake
Litwin's
PROM
Shirley Kramer
Seven year old pilot dies in Wyoming crash
A seven year old girl Jessica Reid and two others died when a Cessna 177B crashed near Cheyenne Wyoming in heavy rain and snow. Debris littered a neighborhood as officials reported no survivors and the plane did not climb above 400 feet. The flight departed Half Moon Bay California en route to Falmouth Massachusetts with planned stops.
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Ginger Humphrey
United Medical Center
Jessica
Reid
Yeas
wwatulissGuss
Sata
Ta Balnmited Ohn Srt
Half Moon Bay
Calif
Falmouth
Mass
Cheyenne
Fort Wayne
Ind
Guinness Book of Records
Guinness
Paul Burns
Rachel Carter
Ramona
Killian Moss
Phoenix
Federal Aviation Administration
Hopkins student leader killed in campus shooting
Johns Hopkins University student Rex T. Chao, 19, a Maryland Federation of College Republicans leader, died after a after meeting argument with suspect Robert John Harwood Jr., 22, who was charged with first degree murder. Witnesses say Harwood followed Chao and his girlfriend outside, then fired twice in a grove near the Milton S. Eisenhower Library.
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Altimore
Johns Hopkins University
Rex T. Chao
Port Washington
N.Y
Robert John Harwood, Jr
Hopkinton
R.I
Board vacancy to linger and Jennings resigns from district board
Bill Ketchum a district volunteer with prior project work could fill the board opening serving until June 30 1997 matching the term Jennings would have expired. Jennings says he resigned to devote more time to his education and has entered Baker University for an MBA program.
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Bill Ketchum
Jennings
Baker University
Local Ottawa Names Featured in Heritage Column
The Ottawa Herald lists a roster of names including John D. Montg ray Bemis Tom Love Debra Challis Gene Kelsay Wayne Snow and Jean Rossmar as part of a local heritage feature and reader roll.
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John D. Montgray Bemis
Tom Love
Debra Challis
Gene Kelsay
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossmar
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