ECKAN commodity distribution correction notice
ECKAN will distribute food items to eligible Franklin county participants 9 a.m. to noon December 17 at the ECKAN Center Ottawa. Wellsville items will be at Walnut Plaza Apartments 10 a.m. to noon. Bring a sack or box if possible. For details call Gladys MacDonald at 785-242-7515. Osage City mayor Pat Lawless elected League of Kansas Municipalities president for 2002. Lenexa mayor Joan Bowman named vice president. Lawless has 22 years on Osage City governing body. holds a political science degree from Washburn. law school graduate. serves as administrative counsel. involved in City Attorneys Association of Kansas. active in ethics lectures. long-time governing body director since 1998.
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Eckan Agency
Franklin County
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Ottawa
Wellsville
Walnut Plaza
Gladys MacDonald
Osage City
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League of Kansas Municipalities
Pat Lawless
Asce
Joan Bowman
Lenexa
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Washburn University
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Kansas Board of Indigents’ Defense Service
City Attorneys Association of Kansas
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Ottawa Faces Interim City Manager Transition and Policy Momentum
City officials discuss maintaining momentum as interim city manager duties shift and a new permanent city manager is sought. Applications will be accepted until December 31, with five to ten candidates to be chosen from the list. Bird, serving as interim and city clerk, underlines staff support and dedication to public service while noting no plans to apply for the permanent post.
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Scott
Lambers
Berek
Bird
Ottawa
Jeff Herrman
Leawood
Andrdt
Local hearings loom over hog farm waste rules in Kansas counties
Sierra Club attorney Charlie Benjamin backs stronger local controls as crowded hearings draw opposition from residents near Nelson and Norton hog barns. Critics fear groundwater contamination and odor harming tourism, while producers call the move a witch hunt and warn of lawsuits and higher insurance costs.
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Sierra Club
Charlie Benjamin
Norton County
Benjamin
Seward County
Miller
Ada Arford
Nelson
Arford
Jensen
Kansas School Board Aims to Reach National Teacher Pay Average
Board members push to raise average teacher salaries in Kansas to the national average, citing a $7,000 gap per the National Education Association. They emphasize better pay and benefits for teachers and university students.
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Kansas
National Education Association
State board weighs higher per pupil funding for 2004 05
The board debates increasing the state per pupil allocation from 63.870 cents to 5.076 dollars for the 2004 05 school year. Members argue the move will boost resources for classrooms and reading programs, with emphasis on age levels and statewide impact.
Charities strained as Wichita area donations shrink after 9/11
Charities face higher demand from laid off Boeing, Raytheon, and Bomberier workers and restaurant staff while donations drop about 40 percent. United Methodist Urban Ministries in Wichita reports 20 percent more clients this season, with utilities, rent, and food aid rising. Red Cross and local groups warn of tighter giving as economic strain persists.
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Associated Press
Wichita
United Methodist Urban Ministries
Boeing Co
Raytheon Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace
Deann Smith
New York
Pentagon
Greater Kansas City
American Red Cross
Mike Tarry
Red Cross
Johnson County
Kaw
Katy’s Place
Kansas City
Jennifer Kennally
United Way
Kennally
Kansas
Steve Johnson
Carol Mitchell
BomHoff Inc
Mitchell
Topeka
Barry Feaker
Lied Center
Lawrence
Bowlus Fine Arts Center
Iola
Mary Martin
Bowlus Center
United Ways
Sprint Corp
Pat J. Hanrahan
United Way of the Plains
Remembrance Ties Pearl Harbor to Sept 11 Attacks
Veterans connect the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack to the 2001 World Trade Center and Pentagon incidents. The Honolulu ceremony honored USS Arizona survivors as New Yorkers and others reflected on aging veterans, symbolism, and ongoing threats in a shared memory of national tragedy.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Leroy Gilbert
Coast Guard
Hawaii
Ralph Lindenmeyer
San Diego
Ford Island
United States
Arizona
Honolulu
Joseph Pfeifer
New York Fire Department
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Fredericksburg
Texas
Bush
America
Shaw
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New York City
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Elizabeth City
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Pasquotank River
Waterfront Park
American Legion Post 223
USCG
Chief Petty Officers Club
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