Board Signs Fox Away With Administrative Leave
Ottawa Board of Education approved a final release with Dale Fox, former Ottawa Middle School principal, and named his successor. Fox will receive about 9,000 in unused leave, 5,000 early retirement pay, and 15,000 for remaining contract. A silence clause restricts public comment on Fox tenure.
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Cleon Rickel
Weiter
Ottawa Board of Education
Dale Fox
Ottawa
Fox
Ware Middle School
Liquor Sundays bill heats up Kansas House hearing
Harris county liquor owner Richard Towe notes weekend traffic at Three Guys Liquor in Ottawa and questions Sunday sales. Senate Bill 298 would let liquor stores open Sundays statewide unless local opt outs, and allow weak beer sales on Sundays at groceries and convenience stores, a proposal revisited after border city opt outs two years ago.
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John Nowak
The
Ottawa Herald
Three Guys Liquor
Richard Towe
Ottawa
Kansas
Chris
Grenz
Topeka
House
Senate
Kansas-Missouri
Sunday alcohol sales bill moves in Kansas House panel
A hearing on Senate Bill 298 to allow Sunday alcohol sales statewide is set for 9 a.m. April 26 in Room 313-S of the State House before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee. Testimony signups occur on arrival. The measure would grandfather communities already allowing Sunday liquor sales while others debate uniformity and opt out or in approaches.
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Statehouse
House Federal and State Affairs Committee
Pete Brungardt
Salina
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Senate
Brungardt
House
John Edmonds
Edmonds
County offers job to finalist for county administrator
The county has offered a contract to one of two finalists for county administrator. The commissioners await the top finalist's response and a Wednesday announcement could mark ahead-of-schedule progress toward an administrator on May 2.
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Bycleon Rickel Herald
Commission
Don Stottlemire
Ed Taylor
Ottawa
Franklin County Annex
S. Main St
Stottlemire
Bob Marsh
Marsh
Doug Loyd
County votes to hire new firm for 2004 audit
Franklin County Commission on Monday voted 4-1 to replace Burns and Schroerbeck Idla as the accounting firm for the 2004 audit and to conduct a separate special audit of contracts road and bridge expenses employee benefits and financial controls. The move aims to address public perception amid a threatened grand jury investigation and to avoid cross purposes between audits.
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Cleon Rickel
Franklin County Commission
Burns and Schioerbeck
Idla
C Ssion
N Stottlemire
Percorop
C Ammieloe
Gaeddert
Iola
Stottlemire
Don Hay
Hey
Gea
Jola
Hay
Don [Hay
Kitty Sampson
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Topeka
Jim Haag
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Jan Collins
Bill Brewing
Bill
Thayl Jay
Steinert Liquor
Hays
Herald
Lee
Tommy Thompson
Olf Gat
Franklin County
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