Williamsburg Christmas Celebration and Related Community Events
Williamsburg hosts an annual Christmas celebration by the Williamsburg Community Club and Jayhawk Boosters with a 4 p.m. parade starting on the west side, Santa in the parade and at the Community Building, treats, photos, and door prizes. Chili and soup supper follows the parade, with proceeds funding club scholarships for next spring. musical entertainment led by Mrs Channon and crafts and food booths supplement the evening. Also listed are a rescheduled Appanoose vocal program, a Quenemo Penny Supper, a Christmas luncheon in Ottawa, a child care providers party, FCCCPO officer elections, and a veteran services rep visit to Ottawa City Hall.
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Williamsburg
Williamsburg Community Club
Williamsburg Jayhawk Boosters Club
Santa
Custodian Helps Nab Suspected Burglar In Ottawa
A night shift custodian at South Star Chrysler on East 23rd alerted police to a man in the dealership parking lot around 10 15 p m on Thursday. Police arrested Lowell Dean Brink 39 of East Grant on burglary methamphetamine possession and two misdemeanor drug counts after finding him rummaging through a car. Brink remained jailed as officers continued the investigation.
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Ottawa
East
South Star Chrysler
E. 23Rd
Lowell Dean Brink
E. Grant
Randy Allan
Brink
Franklin County
South Star
Allan
Messenger
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Sheriff Patrols
Admissions include C Rose Whitacre Katryn Geist both of Ottawa and Randall Mitchell of Williamsburg on Thursday. Dismissals Kaylin Gragg Jacob Markley and Homer Henning from Ottawa. In hospital Aryka Finch Ottawa serious at Children’s Mercy. Codie W Prochaska Ottawa fair at KU Medical Center. Arrests Lori Ann Pyle Fort Scott on civil warrant. Shane Eric Young Melvern driving on suspended license and other charges. Travis A Ragan Quenemo Osage County warrant. Corey Alan Tucker Ottawa city warrant. Rogelio C Hernandez Johnson County civil warrant. three children at Hernandez address reported in need of care. Fire calls CO check at 809 E Hamblin. none detected.
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C. Rose Whitacre
Katryn Geist
Ottawa
Randall Mitchell
Williamsburg
Kaylin Gragg
Jacob Markley
Homer Henning
Aryka Finch
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Codie W. Prochaska
KU Medical Center
Sheriff’s News
Lori Ann Pyle
Fort Scott
Sheriff's Department
Franklin County
Shane Eric Young
Melvern
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wingert
E. Logan
Travis A. Ragan
Quenemo
Osage County
Corey Alan Tucker
S. Poplar
Seventh
Cypress
Rogelio C. Hernandez
N. Sycamore
Johnson County
Hernandez
Teen charged in robbery seeks jury trial
A 17 year old boy charged in Saturday's armed robbery at the Homewood rest area seeks a jury trial, a right usually reserved for adults. Pittman and Raynika Normand, 20, face aggravated robbery charges after a chase that ended in Douglas County. The defense notes discretionary juvenile trial options while the case remains before District Magistrate Edwin Smith, with a decision due December 15.
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Herald
Homewood
Gerald Powers
Michael J. Pittman
Pittman
Raynika Tushiea Normand
Douglas County
Dean Edwin Beaver
Overland Park
Franklin County
Fredderick L. Meier II
Normand
Meier
Beaver
Powers
Edwin Smith
Williamsburg choir to perform Janie Fricke Christmas show
Choir members from Williamsburg, also on the Quiz Bowl team, travel to Topeka for a 7:30 p.m. performance of A Janie Fricke Country Christmas. Fricke, named Female Vocalist of the Year by two country associations, will perform hits before the holiday set. Some songs are traditional, some are not.
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Williamsburg
Topeka
Channon
Janie Fricke
Fricke
Country Music Association
Academy of Country Music
Yule Fest Weekend Features Janie Fricke Concerts in Ottawa
Ottawa gears up for Yule Fest Weekend with events at the Carnegie Cultural Center and Old Depot Museum. The Janie Fricke country Christmas show includes student performers from Ottawa High, under Channon’s direction, with tickets priced at 19.50 and 17.50 for adults and youth half-price.
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Ottawa
Gallery of Gifts
Carnegie Cultural Center
Carnegie
Old Depot Museum
Ottawa University
Blaine Anderson
Bobby Risch
Channon
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Dick Smith
Fricke
Jeff Steele
Nashville, Tenn
Opposition grows over US-59 preferred alignment plan
Carl son asks for in person explanation of KDOT choice to build a new four lane US-59 east of the current route. Franklin County and Ottawa leaders push upgrading the existing road citing fewer homes lost, but 70 landowners and 11 properties would be affected by the new alignment. The meeting, scheduled for December 15 in Topeka, will not have public attendance.
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Ment of Transportation
Carlson
KDOT
Franklin County
Ottawa City
Weigand
Ottawa
Blaine Finch
Matthews
Docking State Office
Topeka
New OU math club to compete in Putnam Exam
Ottawa University sophomore Misty Moews leads OU’s new math club in the six hour William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. about 2,500 students from 400 colleges nationwide enter. The test runs 9 to noon and 2 to 5 in Ward Science Hall with prizes and scholarships at stake. Local OU participants include Jimmy Bellinger and Ryan Cobbs.
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Ottawa University
Misty Moews
Lane
Moews
New Math Club
William Lowell Putnam
Canada
Mathematical Association of America
Ward Science Hall
Jeff Poet
Harvard
Duke
Jimmy Bellinger
Wellsville
Ryan Cobbs
Ottawa
Franklin County considers raising subdivision exemption to 40 acres
Franklin County Planning Director Sandy Dickson will brief Commissioners at 10 a.m. at the courthouse. The Planning Commission urges raising the exemption for subdivision Regulation to 40 acres to curb urban sprawl and safeguard farmland, while retaining the 10 acre option if overridden or a new hearing is requested.
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Franklin County
Sandy Dickson
Planning Commission
Ting
Dickson
County Commission
Cabinet travels cost Kansas taxpayers over sixty six thousand dollars
Kansas taxpayers paid more than 66000 in out-of-state travel expenses for Gov. Bill Graves cabinet members and top administrators in the year ending June 30, with Aging Secretary Thelma Hunter Gordon among those incurring the largest bills. Records show Social and Rehabilitation Services led with more than 49000, while other secretaries and officials across departments logged smaller sums.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Department of Administration
Thelma Hunter Gordon
Gordon
Kansas
Graves
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Wayne Franklin
Karla Pierce
Steve Williams
Wildlife and Parks
Rochelle Chronister Srs
Alice Devine
Gary Sherrer
Dan Stanley
Charles Simmons
Richard Beyer
Gary Mitchell
Mitchell
Chronister
Beyer
Franklin
Department of Human Resources
Wichita man Stanley Elms sentenced to death
A Sedgwick County jury sentenced 23 year old Stanley Elms to death by lethal injection for the 1998 rape and murder of Regina Gray, 29, in her duplex. The panel found two aggravating factors including especially heinous cruelty and a motive to avoid arrest. Judge Greg Waller set the next step for January 13. Gray family members expressed a sense of justice.
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Wichita
Sedgwick
Stanley Elms
Regina Gray
Elms
Greg Waller
Gray
Waller
Ben Gray
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Franklin County Child Care Providers Organization
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Sherry L. Engelbert
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Kansas Commission On Veterans’ Affairs
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