Committee Debates Back Taxes in Land Use Rollback
An interim Kansas legislative panel weighing use value assessment for farmland grapples with recovering back taxes when land shifts from farming to other uses. Urban and rural members clash over delaying tax decreases and possible rollback up to ten years as new law aims to base assessments on income rather than market value. Representative Ruth Wilkin pushes for a written rollback provision to capture the differential tax when land sells for nonagricultural development.
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Topeka, Kan
Ruth Wilkin
Topeka
Shifts in Kansas rainfall improve soil moisture
Widely scattered rain across Kansas last week improved moisture conditions per the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Topsoil moisture is generally adequate for most areas while subsoil remains short to adequate, with the driest zones in the northern counties.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Lawrence Man Charged With Lumber Theft
A 22 year old Lawrence man, Jerry Dean Wheeler, was charged with stealing 120 sheets of wall paneling from a house on the Franklin Douglas County line. Wheeler’s preliminary examination was set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Franklin County District Court. He posted a $2000 bond and released from jail. An officer expects three more arrests in connection with the theft.
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Lawrence
Jerry Dean Wheeler
Thomas Hatton
Franklin-Douglas
Franklin County
Wheeler
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Funeral notices and public safety brief from Ottawa region
Obituary items include Dwight Forrest Williams 43 of Bonner Springs scheduled for service at Robson- Towner Funeral Home with burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Centropolis. Remains were at North Kansas City Memorial Hospital. Also graveside rites for Mable Fannie Vulakovic 79 in Woodlawn Cemetery Pomona. Notices cover admissions dismissals births and local incidents including a two vehicle accident in Forest Park and a stained glass window vandalism at Grace Episcopal Church. Public safety logs report a CB radio theft and traffic incidents with citations.
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Dwight Williams
Kansas City
Dwight Forrest Williams
Bonner Springs
North Kansas City Memorial Hospital
Robson- Towner
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Centropolis
William Weber
Williams
Pomona
Marion and
Beulah
Page) Williams
Church of the Brethren
Ottawa
Cook Paint Company
Marion Williams
RFD
Beulah Page
W. 6Th
Steven
Christopher Williams
Debra Williams
Gayle D. Page
Pattie Wadkins
S. Locust
Waunita Ri
Mable Vulakovic
Mable Fannie Vulakovic
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Woodlawn
Willam R. Weber
Vulakovic
Richmond
James P
Amy (Conklin) Swope
Bob Vulakovic
Ralph
CB Shop
Main
Betty Bobo
Forest Park
Julie Baer
Fannie Vulakovic
Bth Street
Deloris Ringels
William R. Weber
Ashwood St
Bonner Spring
Kansas
Missouri
Robson-Towner
News Briefs and Local Meetings From Thursday Activities
Billy Burnett recovers from surgery at Shawnee Mission Hospital in room 4012. Bridge winners Monday were Les Hazlett first, Gene Price second, Julia Brooks third. Franklin County Planning Commission meets at 8 p.m. Thursday in Courts Building. ETSUKO Matsuo to speak to Soroptimists at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Marilyn Teter's home. Two films Cry For Help and How to Save a Choking Victim shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Saturday in Courts Building basement. program includes demonstration and discussion sponsored by Ambulance Service.
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Les Hazlett
Gene Price
Julia Brooks
Etsuko Matsuo
Marilyn Teter
S. Cedar
Franklin County Ambulance Service
Deadline Extended for Energy Crisis Aid Aid program extends deadline to Aug 19 for low income. SRS office line 242-5500 for eligibility guidance and at-home interviews via BRS. federally funded grants $50 to $250 to ease before winter.
The deadline for low income applicants to the energy cost assistance program has been extended to Friday August 19. Call the SRS office at 242-5500 for eligibility and interviews may be offered at home by notifying the BRS office. The program provides $50 to $250 to improve finances before cold weather arrives.
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Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
BRS
Oil Spill Forces Pipeline Shutdown in Alaska
Delta Alaska AP The trans-Alaska pipeline shut down after an oil spill at Pump Station 9 delaying shipments. Alyeska spokesman John Ratterman said oil spilled outside the building and a large amount remained in the pump building. Fire suppression foam was used. he could not confirm spill quantity or link to July Pump Station 8 explosion and death.
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Delta, Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Valdez
Alyeska
John Ratterman
Ratterman
Catfish Salad and Steak Specials at Local Eateries
Ad briefs list CATFISH salad potato Texas toast for 2.95 at Mike's Kazy Kitchen located 1 mile north of Ottawa on US-59 with phone 242-9781. THUR Fri Sat night specials offer chicken fried or hamburger steak with potato and salad bar for 1.90 at L and M Buffet. Don's Shoe Repair closes for vacation August 15 to 29. front is open for pickup or to leave work.
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Mike
Ottawa
Us-59
L & M Buffet
Don’s Shoe Repair
Playboy Ray interview denied deception claim
Kansas City AP report says James McKinley writer for Playboy defends entry to Brushy Mountain State Prison to interview James Earl Ray.warden Stoney Lane accuses deception. McKinley says he used standard investigative methods and did not misrepresent. The interview followed Ray’s second visit after an escape.
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Kansas City
Playboy
James Earl Ray
Tennessee
Ray
James McKinley
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Stoney Lane
Brushy Mountain State Prison
McKinley
Martin Luther King
King
Retail Grocery Prices Hold Steady in Kansas Stores
Kansas shoppers saw grocery prices hold steady for the third straight week with 15 items up, 14 down, and five unchanged. Beef mostly fell, pork mixed, produce rose. notable changes include rib steak up 1 cent to 1.62, T bone down 6 cents, round steak down 7 cents, whole milk steady, lettuce 35 cents, tomatoes up 5 cents, red potatoes up 22 cents per 10 pounds, white potatoes up 11 cents.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Farm Bureau
Toddlers Paint Feet In Blue Time at Day Care
Toddlers at a day care center explore painting with bare feet dipping into blue paint. Instructors guide them as they press feet into the gob of color, then wash and dry their feet. Paintings labeled with each toddler’s name hang on the wall transforming the room into a blue display.
Mistreatment Suit Dismissed at Osawatomie State Hospital
A federal judge dismissed the mistreatment suit against Osawatomie State Hospital superintendent J Russell Mills after ruling the two year statute of limitations had run. Lloyd George Wilburton filed on behalf of his son George Paul Wilburton, alleging Seventh Day Adventist religious rights violations and reduced academic ability due to treatment while incarcerated on Labette County probate orders.
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Wichita, Kan
Osawatomie State Hospital
Wichita
U.S. District Court
Wesley Brown
Lloyd George Wilburton
George Paul Wilburton
Wilburtons
J. Russell Mills
Wilburton
Probate
Labette County
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