Community Bulletin Backed by Local Church Event
The First United Methodist Church of Ottawa hosts senior citizens at 5 p.m. Monday at 203 E 4th St Ottawa KS for food and entertainment with hamburgers potato salad baked beans and drinks. Program by David Adamson and the Barnyard Boys. Free blood glucose and blood pressure checks offered by Healthy Congregations in Action Team at 4 p.m. Call (785) 242 1419 or Cheryl Allen 242 9987 for details.
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E. 4Th St
David Adamson
Barnyard Boys
Cheryl Allen
Master gardener classes planned this fall
The County Extension office offers master gardener classes starting September 15 for residents of Coffey Osage Woodson Anderson Allen and Franklin counties. Registration due September 1 with a $75 fee that covers a training manual. Enrollment is limited. For information call Doris Johnson at 620 364 2385. The Ottawa School Board to hold a public budget hearing at 6 pm Thursday at Ottawa Middle School 1230 S Ash St.
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Coffey
Osage
Woodson
Anderson
Allen
Franklin
Doris Johnson
Ottawa School Board
Ottawa Middle School
Ash St
Grain Valley couple plead guilty in sextuplets hoax
A Grain Valley pair admitted stealing by deceit over a fabricated story of sextuplets. They received four years probation and must repay about 3700 dollars plus 40 hours of community service. They avoided prison time by pleading guilty Wednesday in Independence Missouri.
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Grain Valley
Associated Press Independence
Kansas City
Sarah
Kris Everson
Jackson County
Tammy Dickinson
Eversons
Sarah Everson
The
Examiner
County may get customer service training plan
Franklin County interim administrator Jay Newton proposes a county wide customer service training program for all county employees. The plan would use the Austin Peters Group through the Kansas Association of Counties and aims to improve how staff greet callers and identify their department. Commissioners Don Hay and Roy Dunn noted public complaints and support the initiative.
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Jay Newton
Franklin County Commission
Newton
Austin Peters Group
Kansas Association of Counties
Don Hay
Roy Dunn
Butler County
County urged to adopt computer use policy after study session
Franklin County IT director Jason Park urged commissioners to consider a formal computer services policy, citing a 1998 memo as current guidance and noting misunderstandings. Interim administrator Jay Newton supported modeling after Butler County, offering to circulate the policy for feedback before a formal proposal.
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Cleon Rickel
Franklin County
Jason Park
Butler County
Jay Newton
Park
Commission
Newton
Missouri AG Nixon Endorses Morrison in Kansas Campaign
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon will travel to Wichita for Demorest 2006 to endorse Paul Morrison in his bid against GOP Attorney General Phill Kline. The event includes an afternoon cookout with Morrison, the Johnson County district attorney, seeking to unseat the incumbent.
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Missouri
Nixon
Kansas
Morrison
Topeka
Jay Nixon
Paul Morrison
Phill Kline
Wichita
Johnson County
Kline
Sherriene Jones
Westar Energy plans 600 MW plant near Emporia Kansas
Westar Energy officials announced a natural gas fired 600 megawatt generating plant to be built near Emporia at a cost of 330 million dollars. It will begin operation by summer 2008 with up to 300 MW, break ground next summer, and serve peak demand periods while creating up to 150 jobs during design and construction and fewer than 10 once operational.
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Emporia
Westar Energy Inc
Westar
Jim Ludwig
Wichita
Empire District Electric
Missouri
Lyon County
Kent Heermann
Regional Development Association of
Eastern
Kansas
Heermann
Ludwig
Doug Sterbenz
Sterbenz
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association of Colorado
Sunflower
Holcomb
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