Intergenerational Quilt Auction Set By Local Group
The Kansas Intergenerational Network will auction chances on a handmade quilt donated by Betty Bullock of Linn Coln. Tickets are 1 dollar each or six for five, sold 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the WalMart Supercenter. Proceeds fund ongoing youth and senior programs. drawing is April 17. Ottawa Recreation Commission to meet Thursday at 6 p.m. in City Hall conference room for director evaluation and an executive session.
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Betty Bullock
Linn Coln
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Rec Commission
Ottawa Recreation Commission
City Commission
City Hall
Rec
Jane Yancey
Campus Conference selection and pageant finalist notices
Mekala Nichols, a freshman from Ottawa, was chosen for the 16th Annual Campus Conference on Student Scholarships at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. Natashya Lucas of Garnett, 15, is a Miss Kansas American Coed finalist set for July 7 to 9 in Overland Park. Franklin County volunteers Karen Lane, Reba Mackler, and Lisa Schrick received pins and an Outstanding Service award was given to Franklin County Service Unit 687 at a banquet in Overland Park. Rural housing grants offered by the USDA Rural Development invite private and public groups to apply for technical assistance and funds through the Rural Community Development Initiative.
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Garnett
Natashya Lucas
Overland Park
Anderson County High School
Bill Lucas
Desiree Land
Disney World
Florida
The
Mid-Continent Council
Franklin County
Scouts
Double Tree Hotel
Karen Lane
Reba Mackler
Lisa Schrick
Franklin County Service Unit 687
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Housing Service
Rural Community Development Initiative
RCDI
RHS
Usda Rural Development
Rural Development
Rurdev
usda/gov
Beth Jones
Epjones
Usda.gov
Usda Rural Housing Service
Independence Avenue
Washington, DC
Insurance firm seeks ruling on interpleader case
All State Indemnity Co seeks court guidance to distribute the $50,000 policy limit after a Nov. 28 crash near Ottawa that killed Stacie Meckel and Eric Finch. Injured include Aryka Finch then 3 months old, Codie W. Prochaska, and John Kost. Hearing set for 1 p.m. May 26.
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Aryka Finch
John Kost
Codie W. Prochaska
Stacie M. Meckel
Eric J. Finch
Meckel
Ottawa
U.S.59
All State Indemnity Co
Franklin County
Leonard R. Frischer
Overland Park
Prochaska
Kost
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Frischer
Justice Thomas speaks at KU Lawrence
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he lives a solitary life focused on reading writing and thinking during a visit to the University of Kansas School of Law. He declined interviews but answered student questions on gun control the Internet and abortion urging involvement in politics to counter lobbying.
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Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas
Thomas
University of Kansas School of Law
KC Chamber Tops State Lobbying Spending in February
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce led state lobbyist spending in February with two private dinners for Republican leaders totaling over $5,400. The group reported more than $112,000 in February lobbying, with January and February combined exceeding $255,000. The events, at John Peterson’s Topeka home, targeted House Speaker Robin Jennison and other leaders.
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Greater
Kansas City
John Peterson
Chamber
Robin Jennison
R Healy
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
House
Senate
Dick Bond
Overland Park
Tim Emert
Independence
Jenny Erdman
Williams Companies
Tulsa, Okla
State Governmental Ethics Commission
Ottawa faces options for former school building
A town task force reviews futures for the former school site amid interest from MetroPlains Development in elderly housing and a Friends of the School proposal. Alternatives include demolition, appraisals, keeping it unused, or repurposing as park or office space, with potential grants if nominated to historic registers.
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Friends Group
Reed
MetroPlains Development Inc
Ottawa
Marsh
National Register
Tony Keim
Keim
Sheriff Arrests John M. Singleterry on warrants
John M. Singleterry, 54, of 3217 Sand Creek Road, was arrested at 8:04 p.m. Tuesday at home on an Allen County warrant and later served with a city warrant before posting bonds totaling 1100. An 18-year-old Garnett woman reported battery in Rich mond. a suspect identified, no arrest yet. multiple theft, vandalism, and accident items follow in incident roundup.
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Sheriff’s News
John M. Singleterry
Sand Creek Road
Allen County
Garnett
South Cherry
Richmond
Wal-Mart
Highway 68
Argonia seeks broader fame for first female mayor
Argonia residents push to honor Susanna Madora Salter as the nation’s first woman elected mayor in 1887. Students, a teacher, and local historians collect signatures, write to a federal advisory group, and plan a March event marking her 140th birthday with petitions, letters, and a stamp campaign.
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Argonia
Garfield Street
Susanna Madora Salter
America
Salter
Marisa Denny
Ford
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Lane
Virginia Road
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James L. Halvorson
Centennial Hall
S. Cedar
Vermont Terrace
Citizen
Washington, D.C
Don Smeraldi
U.S. Postal Service
Coleman
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Susan B. Anthony
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