Community notices and fundraisers in Ottawa area
Ottawa listings include Boy Scout Troop 118 car wash fundraiser 9 to 2 Saturday at the Kansas State Bank ATM near Wal-Mart to support a Philmont trip. Borderline Country plays for OURS seniors dance 6 to 9 Sunday at Douglas County Senior Center. Midland Railway hosts Labor Day weekend rail excursions at Baldwin City with multiple departure times and contact numbers. A Saddle Up for St Jude trail ride on Sept 6 at Eisenhower State Park Melvern Lake funds St Jude’s Hospital with a $10 minimum. RSVP details provided.
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Ottawa
Kansas State Bank
Wal-Mart
Philmont
N.M
Borderline Country
OURS
Douglas County Senior Center
Vermont
Lawrence
Franklin
Douglas County
Midland Railway
Baldwin City
Rock Island
Katy
New York Central
Santa Fe
High St
Midland
Midlandry.org
Midway
Melvern Lake
St. Jude
Eisenhower State Park
Cowboy Camp
West Point
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Danny Thomas
U.S
Jim Thomas
Bonnie Warner
Births and arrests fill Thursday daily report item mix
Births include a son to Wendy Markham and Ronald Sousa in Waverly. Sheriff arrests include Thomasena Gulley in Spring Hill on a failure to appear warrant, Craig Saffer in Rantoul for battery, Domengo Garcia in Kansas City on driving while suspended, and Jack Higginbotham Jr. in Williamsburg on battery with bonds set. Minor accidents, vandalism, a grass fire, and ambulance calls round out the docket with multiple locations and times.
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Wendy Markham
Ronald Sousa
Waverly
Sheriff’s Dept
Thomasena Marie Gulley
Spring Hill
Craig Doyle Saffer
Rantoul
Domengo Garcia
Kansas City
Jack L. Higginbotham Jr
S. Liberty Sr
Ottawa electricity price lawsuit heads to trial Sept. 15
Ottawa and other Kansas Municipal Energy Agency members sue Kansas City Board of Public Utilities over emergency power charges from summer 1999. A pretrial conference is set for this afternoon in Franklin County District Court. The case marks a second attempt after a 1999 ruling found no misapplied pricing formula, a decision later reversed by the state appeals court.
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Herald
Ottawa
Franklin County
Bob Bezek
Kansas Municipal Energy Agency
Kansas City
Kan
Board of Public Utilities
BPU
James J. Smith
BFPU
State Appeals Court
Landowner offers city 11 acre gift to disputed substation
Dan Fogle, suing the city over the proposed electrical substation site near 15th Street, offers an 11 acre triangle west of the Montana and Labette road junction next to I 35 if the city moves the substation. He criticizes lack of disclosure to city commissioners while noting the plan to add a second and third substation to ease load and spur growth.
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Herald News
Dan Fogle
Fogle
Ottawa
Weldon Padgett
15Th Street
Highland Cemetery
Davis Road
15Th
Kansas City Power and Light
Rock Creek Road
Kansas City
Montana and
Labette Road
I-35
City grapples with flood of hail roof permit requests
Ottawa planning director Wynndee Lee says the city’s planning and codes department is swamped by requests after the July hail storm. Through July 31 184 roofing permits were issued with daily averages around 50. some days saw 100. City staff hire temporary help to log permits and inspectors work overtime to handle inspections while a free permit period runs until November 1.
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Gita
City Planning and Codes Department
Charlotte Newkirk
Lee
Newkirk
Tem
Ottawa
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Bulletin Board
Boy Scout
the Daily Report
Charles Gilkey
Williamsburg
William Triplet
William Bink
Garnett
Police News
Hope House
S. Walnut St
Richard Jones
Thomas Road
Eva Barton
Pomona
Florida Terrace
Barton
William Lesler
Richmond
South Eisenhower
Katherine M. Ferguson
N. Poplar St
Wal- Mart
S. Princeton Circle Drive
Tiffany R. Schlup
East 23Rd Street
South Main Street
North Main Street
Cleon Rickel
Kcp&l
Laurie Sisk
Kermit Deterding
Wellsville High School
P.E
Wellsville Municipal Pool
Cleon Rickel Herald
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