Fresh farmers market Opens May 12 in Franklin County
The Franklin County Horticulture Growers Association plans a Saturday opening May 12 for a new farmers market in the former Alco lot on South Main. About 20 vendors are signed, with stalls operating 7:30 a.m. Saturdays and 4 p.m. Wednesdays, selling homegrown produce and homemade foods like baked goods jams jellies and honey. Members elected officers Lyle Turner president Bob Herring vice president Allen Campbell secretary treasurer.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Alco
South Main
Franklin County Horticulture Growers Association
Freone Hollinger
Hollinger
Tecumseh Street
Second
Lyle Turner
Ottawa Rfd 2
Bob Herring
Princeton
Allen Campbell
Ottawa
Bob Bozworth
Franklin County
Kansas Senate backs call to criminalize flag desecration
In Topeka the Senate adopted a nonbinding resolution urging Congress to amend the U S Constitution to criminalize desecration of the U S flag or religious symbols. The measure passed 36 1 after committee changes by the Senate Federal and State Affairs Panel. The session opened the second wrapup week with major tax and appropriations debates postponed. The chamber also approved a bill creating limited liability companies in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Congress
U.S
House
Kansas
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Eugene Anderson
D-Wichita
Janice McClure
D-Sublette
Gerald Karr
D-Emporia
Bill Morris
Wichita
Ross Doyen
Concordia
McClure
Kansas unemployment rate dips to four percent in March
Statewide jobless rate falls from 4.1 percent in February to 4.0 percent in March, with Linn County still reporting the highest rate at 9.3 percent. The Kansas Department of Human Resources released the figures, listing county rates for 1990 and noting declines from February in several areas.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Department of Human Resources
Linn County
Tomorrow's Forecast Promises Cloudy Weather Tuesday
The forecast shows cloudy skies with a 50 percent chance of rain on Tuesday. Expect cool conditions with highs in the low 50s and northeast winds around 10 to 15 mph.
Voters in Ottawa face two mail ballot deadlines
Ottawa voters must register by 5 p m Wednesday to receive mail ballots on splitting the Department of Public Safety into separate police and fire departments. For the Ottawa High School bond, 3 757 of 5 545 ballots mailed have been returned. ballots may be delivered to the clerk or mailed by noon Tuesday with results expected after noon Tuesday.
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Ottawa
Department of Public Safety
Police and Fire Departments
Laura Sutton
Sutton
Pete Smith
City Hall
Smith
DPS
Police Department
Fire Department
Hostage release in Lebanon eyed by officials and group
In Beirut the Lebanese government and regional actors predicted a U S hostage could be freed within 24 to 48 hours. Iranian and Syrian officials echoed the outlook after meetings with al Sharaa and amid U S State Department movement toward Wiesbaden. The kidnapped American, Robert Pohl, remains a central figure as regional powers push for progress.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tia
U.S
Banon
UITS
Farouk Ahaa
Frank Reed
al-Sharaa
Edward Djerejian
Damascus
Mohammad Hassan
Akhtiar
Washington
State Department
Wiesbaden
West Germany
Terners
Robert Polhill
Hussein Musawi
Reed
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