South east Kansas opens second chance diploma center
The Peoria Street Alternative Learning Center in Louisburg offers diploma options for students aged 16 and older who dropped out. Enrollees will plan schedules with district cooperation and may attend part time, with two other alternative schools in Frontenac and Montgomery County.
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Peoria Street
Louisburg
Frontenac
Montgomery County
Bodensteiner
Lane Fair Highlights and Evening Schedule
Lane Fair today features age group contests in shoe kicking, turtle and three legged races, gunny sack events, water balloon toss and egg toss. Live entertainment includes Lane Locals, Against the Grain, Rising Star and Starburst Twirlers, and magician Leonard Humphrey. Alex the Drug Dog will demonstrate skills. Pony pull at 1 30 p m, Bingo 2 to 6 p m, adult games on Main Street with cow chip hay bale and iron skillet contests, calf drawing at 6 p m, barbecue dinner by Pottawatomie Raritans, trophy and 10 p m drawing.
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Against the Grain
Rising Star
Starburst
Leonard Humphrey
Alex
Main Street
Pottawatomie Raritans
Gang symbols draw Ottawa Middle School expert warns
KC law enforcement uses a gang alphabet to monitor homicide linked signs. Jackard notes middle schoolers are most vulnerable as recruiters target sixth to eighth graders. He urges parents and teachers to recognize gang signs and to adopt an anti gang environment with open communication and structured activities.
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California
Jackard
Ottawa Middle School
Kansas Weather Outlook This Week
The forecast shows highs near 90s in the east and mid 90s in the west on Monday, climbing to around 100 in the west. Temperatures ease to the mid 90s in the east by Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Laane Sabla
KCC set to hear battle over Western and Kansas Pipeline contracts
Kansas Corporation Commission will hold hearings this month on five contracts between Kansas Pipeline and Western that would widen Kansas Pipeline’s share of Western’s gas business. Williams opposes the deals, arguing they should be rejected. The plan includes up to 1 million cubic feet per day to Western by 1997 for Osawatomie Ottawa Paola Johnson County and Wyandotte County, plus a $30 million 20 year pipeline link from Louisburg into southern Johnson County, tying Western to Panhandle Eastern.
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Kansas Pipeline
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KCC
David Schlosser
Osawatomie
Ottawa
Paola
Johnson County
Wyandotte
Louisburg
Panhandle Eastern
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
The
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
House OKs telecom bill amid veto threat from Clinton
The House passed a sweeping telecommunications bill 228-195, backing a Markey amendment to cap a single media company’s TV reach at 35 percent. Gore aides warned the veto still looms, citing concerns on cable, local media and long distance provisions. Senate talks continue on welfare and other bills as recess looms.
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Greg Simon
al Gore
House
Senate
Bostwick Builds Empire Through Service Dimensions
Age no barrier for Bostwick as he secures about 11 percent of multiple ventures. He runs Service Dimensions and holds stakes in Service Dimensions Healthcare, TMX, and Neon Information Systems. A Young Entrepreneurs Organization president, he works from Kansas City to Omaha and Chicago, planning a basement office to cut travel. He emphasizes reliability, follow through, and doing what they say. He has been profiled by Forbes and local outlets, boosting his visibility and business.
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Bostwick
Kansas City
Businessland
Service Dimensions of
Omaha
Service Dimensions Healthcare Systems
TMX
Neon Information Systems
Service Dimensions Inc
Young Entrepreneurs Organization
YEO
International Organi
Christy
Lake Tahoe
Chicago
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