Skilton Music Club Recital at Carnegie Cultural Center
The Skilton Music Club hosts its annual Youth Program and Recital at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Carnegie Cultural Center Fifth and Main. The program features student handbell groups and soloists under various instructors. the public is invited to a free concert.
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Skilton Music Club
Carnegie Cultural Center
Fifth
Stacey Shank
Jennifer Dean
Sheila Hester
Byron Jensen
Holly Shepard
Jeffrey Robinson
Edith Rader
Deanna
Lucas Deegan
Darrell McCune
Fae Cassell
Tess Ludwick
David Ludwick
LaCole Ferguson
Marilyn Lawin
Luke Fitz- Patrick
Scott Nance
Alice Joy Lewis
Jesse
Stephanie
Richard Griggs
Lavenna Boyer
Nichols chosen for Campus Conference at Our Lady of the Lake
Mekala Nichols a freshman at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio Texas was selected from 4000 students to attend the 16th Annual Campus Conference on Student Scholarships she is the daughter of Mary Jo Nichols Curtis Hildebrandt and the late Stan Nichols of Ottawa.
Ottawa City Commission weighs Funston Street paving exception
The Ottawa City Commission voted to grant an exception to the paving rule for a potential development by Ken Davidson on Funston Street, where about 30 mobile home lots would be sold. He warned paving would raise prices beyond many buyers, and he may drop the plan if required. The panel also backed installing Absolutely Ottawa banners and discussed airport runway upgrades for NASCAR traffic.
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Ottawa City Commission
Ken Davidson
Davidson
Ottawa
Funston Street
Funston
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Healy
Rocky Fleer
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City
Andy Haney
City Public Works
Haney
Richard Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
Blaine Finch
Bob Bezek
Pie Eaters Conclave Focuses on Topeka Capitol History
The Pie Eaters meet Sunday at Franklin County Annex 1418 S Main for a pie buffet and a talk by Mary Madden of the Kansas State Historical Society on Topeka Capitol Complex restoration. Madden notes updates to the House and Senate chambers murals and GAR Memorial Building. Tickets $5 at Old Depot Museum and Franklin County Historical Society trustees. limited supply, no door sales. Call 2421250.
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Franklin County Annex
S. Main
Topeka
Capitol Complex
Mary Madden
Kansas State Historical Society
Madden
Kansas Museum of History
Capitol Building
House
Senate
John Steuart Curry
G.A.R. Memorial
The
Historical Society
Capitol
Memorial Hall
Pie Eaters
Old Depot Museum
W. Tecumseh
Franklin County Historical Society
Teens Arrested On Drinking Charge In Wellsville
Five Wellsville teens were cited for underage drinking after police were called to a past-fight report at Fourth and Main. An ambulance was dispatched but no injuries confirmed. Suspects Lawrence E. Kaub 18 Ricky O. Saylors Jr 19 Samuel E. Little 18 Aaron J. Jamison 19 and Jason H. Bell 19 released after agreeing to appear in municipal court.
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Wellsville
Fourth and Main
Lawrence E. Kaub
Ricky O. Saylors Jr
Samuel E. Little
Aaron J. Jamison
Jason H. Bell
State's lobbyists face new scrutiny in Kansas
The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission answers calls as a new bill opens public reporting of lobbyist spending on lawmakers. It imposes a 100 per legislator cap on entertainment and expands itemization, aiming to increase openness amid ongoing debate whether behavior will change.
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Harris News
Topeka
Governmental Ethics Commission
Carol Williams
Bill Graves
Ed Feigenbaum
Council On Governmental Ethics Laws
Kansas
Joseph Aistrup
Docking Institute of Public Affairs
Fort Hays State University
Aistrup
Tom Tunnell
Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Kansas Chemical and Fertilizer Association
Space needs study outlines options for county court and recreation plan
Architects proposed moving old files to the annex and consolidating offices on one floor. The district court would retain 250000 for repairs due to shifting ground while calls for a larger space grow. Plans include 150000 for a parking lot behind the First United Methodist Church and 750000 for a new county park or recreation facility. Legislative approval is sought to raise county sales tax by a quarter cent to fund a countywide recreation facility, with public discussions planned after approval.
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Ates Architects
Register of Deeds
County Clerk
Ses
First United Methodist Church
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Kansas
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Sheriff News Summary
Ottawa admissions include Eden St John Ernest Sink and Diana Huske. Dismissals feature Robert Dean Griffith Charles Couch Mary Welch Amanda Lucas and Brenda Collins. Sheriff notes report a possible sexual abuse case in Pomona and several thefts, vandalism, and arrests across Franklin County. An incident near Idaho Road injured Sherry Brawn, while a non-injury crash occurred near 11th and Main. Police report multiple thefts including a 1988 Ford Taurus and a Redline bicycle and a trailer stolen from Wal-Mart distribution center.
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Eden St. John
Ernest Sink
Diana Huske
Ottawa
Robert Dean Griffith
Charles Couch
Mary Welch
Pomona
Amanda Lucas
Brenda Collins
Teri Jackson
Rantoul
Sheriff's News
Franklin County Attorney's Office
Thomas Road
Pawnee
East Main
John M. Schulz
S. Beech
Sheriff's Department
East Ninth Mobile Home Community
S. Lincoln
Bennett Road
Redline Boys
North Poplar
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Princeton
Sherry H. Brawn
Riley Road
Idaho Road
Jennifer R. Smith
Canterbury Court
Robert T. Carey
N. Sycamore
11Th and Main
Lawsuit Aims to Stop Kansas Industries for the Blind Closure
A coalition led by Industries for the Blind and Kansas Protective Services filed in Shawnee County District Court seeking an injunction to halt the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services plan to close Kansas Industries for the Blind and relocate the Division of Services for the Blind. The agency intends to use the facility by May 1 amid dispute over a 1999 law. SRS Secretary Janet Schalansky says the agency is complying and has attempted to work with KAPS.
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Topeka
Kansas Industries For the Blind
Oe Division of Services For the
T Rs Id Kansas Asa Blind
Vi Yalmpetrednc
Kansat Mirocheyan Protective Services Inc
Shawnee County
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Kansas Industries
Jim Germer
High school bill on school condom distribution halted
In Frankfort a rural town near Topeka, seniors proposed a bill mandating condom distribution in schools after sex education. Rep Bruce Larkin backed it, but House Education Chair Ralph Tanner canceled a hearing and said no instructional session will be held this year.
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Topeka
Frankfort
Bruce Gunter
House
Bruce Larkin
Ralph Tanner
Larkin
D-Baileyville
Tanner
R-Baldwin
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Bulletin Board
Ottawa Area
Country Kitchen
West Franklin
Michigan Valley
Michigan Valley Community Church
Michigan Valley 4-H
Pomona Lake Dam
Blacktop
U.S. 56
Lawrence African Violet Club
Ted
Janice Luber
Raymond Russell
Nichols
City Commission
By Sarah Kessinger
Vern Brown
Cytones
Daily Report
Utah Terrace
Wal-Mart
Highway 68
South Cherry
Richmond
Police News
Bryan J. Caple
Quenemo
Robert P. Leach
Ottawa High School
S. Ash
Karen Sue Feeback
Osawatomie
South Main
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