Bulletin Board Preservation Society Meeting At Appanoose Museum
The Appanoose Area Preservation Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Appanoose Museum with Rex Buchanan of the Kansas Geological Survey as speaker. Improvements over the year include a new covered wagon exhibit and the April 28 Appanoose Extravaganza to fund further work. The museum will be open during the event. Retirement reception for Pat Griffin At Ottawa Retirement Village a reception honoring Pat Griffin for 34 years of service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Village Manor living room. Community members are invited.
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Griffin
Ottawa
Pat Griffin
Village Manor
Girl Scout Leaders Receive Appreciation Pins in Overland Park
Pomona volunteers Sherry Brann and Anita Figgins were honored with adult recognition pins by the Girl Scouts of Mid-Continent Council. The April 5 ceremony in Overland Park presented more than 100 pins to volunteers and staff for outstanding service benefiting girls and Girl Scouting within the service unit.
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Sherry Brann
Anita Figgins
Pomona
Girl Scouts of Mid-Continent Council
Overland Park
Man ordered to stand trial in jail beating case
Probable cause found in district court to arraign Steven Harris on aggravated battery and aggravated intimidation charges for a Jan. 24 beating of inmate David W. Bibens at Franklin County jail. Dillon Leach charged with aggravated battery. his trial set for July. Bibens testified about the confrontation as jail staff and officers moved to secure the scene. Harris arraignment scheduled for 2:30 p.m. April 23 before District Judge Thomas Sachse.
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Steven Harris
David W. Bibens
Franklin County
Dillon Leach
Leach
Michael S. Brady
West 202
Harris
Bibens
Brady
Darrell Smith
Thomas Sachse
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald
Man charged in OU theft in Ottawa University case
Ronald Lee Conway of Coos Bay Oregon appeared with attorney William Bayne in district court on charges of burglary theft conspiracy to commit burglary and criminal damage to property. The 42 year old was arrested after seven years in hiding in Oregon and Washington and released on bond Monday. A preliminary hearing was set for June 4 at 10 30 a m.
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Herald
Ronald Lee Conway
Coos Bay
Oregon
William Bayne
Conway
B. Holt
John Henry Kilbuck
Ottawa Uni
Versity
Washington
Bayne
Loy Edwin Hutchison
N. Main
Anderson County
Robert John Pyle II
N. Cedar
Princeton
S. Oak
Graves signs preservation tax credit bill in Kansas
Governor Bill Graves signed a 25 percent state income tax credit for historic preservation. The program targets commercial and residential properties approved by the Kansas State Historical Society and backed Ottawa Main Street as a downtown revival incentive. The next year budget earmarks 370000 for credits with about 38000 funded from a federal grant.
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Herald Statiov
Bill Graves
Ottawa Middle School
Ottawa Main Street
Graves
Don Brown
Brown
Kansas State Historical Society
City Commission to name Ramsey mayor in Ottawa
Ottawa officials expect Gene Ramsey to be named mayor after the city follows the customary elevation of the vice mayor pro tem. Deb Henningsen is set to become mayor pro tem and Deb Henningsen and Rocky Fleer-Husted to four-year terms, Richard Jackson to a two-year term. Proposals include selling about 1.56 million in general obligation bonds to fund 23rd and Princeton improvements and a sewage network along K-68, with temporary notes or reserves used to remove the Old 50 overpass and Prairie Spirit Trail. Fire Chief Jeff Carner seeks an 18 thousand dollar federal grant for a Jaws of Life tool, with city match of 2 thousand. Additional items include insurance renewal rising to 131,079 and possible free power-plant appraisals to curb future increases. Also discussed were skateboard park noise controls, a YMCA youth focus, and Community Day at the Ottawa Airport set for May 15 with an open house Sept. 15.
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Gene Ramsey
Ottawa
Commission
Ramsey
Deb Henningsen
Rocky Fleer-Husted
Richard Jackson
Henningsen
Fleer-Husted
Jackson
23Rd
Princeton
Princeton Circle Drive
Andy Haney
City Public Works
Lambers
Jeff Carner
Jaws of Life
Carner
Franklin County
Franklin County Ambulance Service
Wellsville Fire Department
Laws of Life
Kent Grigg
Grigg
Haney
Norman
Okla
Kansas Air National Guard
Charles Gillette
Gillette
Jim Bradley
Kansas Municipal Energy Agency
KMEA
Cleon
Ottawaherald.com
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Police News Summary
Admissions include Molly Filbrun and others with births noted for Molly and Roger Filbrun in Westphalia. Police reports list arrests for battery and failure to appear, multiple thefts including checks, bank card, construction equipment, and beer, plus three vehicle incidents with non fatal injuries or property damage and a medical emergency.
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Molly Filbrun
Westphalia
Tanya Medlin
Ottawa
Alvin Crawford
Pomona
Brooke Martin
Princeton
Alta’ Hohn
Garnett
Martha Greiner
Pamela Strickland
Molly
Roger Filbrun
Perbeck to Lead Central Heights High School Principal Post
Russell district selects Perbeck as secondary principal with plans for smooth transition. He holds a 1998 master’s in secondary administration from Fort Hays State and will be making his first high school principal post, after 20 years teaching and coaching at Russell. Board approves changes to math curriculum, hires English teacher Hoffsommer, and supports Odyssey of the Mind team to Maryland.
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Perbeck
Central Heights
Fort Hays State University
Russell
Cole
Buddy Welch
Board of Education
University of Maryland
Budget cuts outline offered by Kansas Senate panel
Senate Ways and Means chairman Steve Morris proposed a 42.8 million cut plan to close a 2002 fiscal year gap. It trims 20 million from general government, 4.4 million to cities and counties, suspends 18.4 million for a death and disability fund, and taps 86.5 million from highway and other funds. It also boosts delinquent-tax collection for 48 million and adds a 10 million premium tax shift onto out-of-state insurers. The plan aims to near balance with revenue and spending.
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Topeka
Senate
Ways and Means
House
Steve Morris
Morris
R-Hugoton
Larry Salmans
R-Hanston
House Appropriations Committee
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
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Ny Cherry
Hylndai
Bridgette
J. Petty
S. Milberry
Wahl
Elizabeth L. Barker
S. Main
Ncedar
House Appropriations
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Lansing
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Glasscock
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