Open house for Washburn office and city meetings in Garnett
The Washburn office on 413 S. Main hosts an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday with a ribbon cutting by the Ottawa Area Chamber at 8 a.m. The Garnett City Commission meets at 5:15 p.m. to review the Lake Garnett ballfield complex and bids for a water tower. Vietnam Vets, Prairie Flyers hold Jan and Saturday meetings at local facilities.
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Washburn
George Washburn
Ottawa
Franklin
Anderson
Miami
Garnett
Lake Garnett
Boy Scouts
Cedar Valley
Prairie Flyers
The
Experimental Aircraft Association
Ottawa Municipal
Baldwin Chief Suspended Over Background Check Misuse
Baldwin City Administrator Larry Paine confirms the suspension of the Baldwin chief following a longstanding issue tied to the misuse of the Triple I criminal background check system. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified former officer Glendon Rhea in a May incident and recommended staff retraining and centralized checks for 30 days.
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Herald
Baldwin
Evey
Larry Paine
Paine
Kansas Highway Patrol
Glendon Rhea
Identiaa Jaex
Comuter Sysee
Lawrence
Douglas County
Richmond man injured in farm accident at grain auger
Overland Park A Richmond man is listed in serious condition at Overland Park Medical Center after a farm accident Monday. Dan Kipper lost his left arm when he was caught in a grain auger at his farm Monday afternoon. He was airlifted by Lifestar to the hospital. Further details were not immediately available.
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Herald
Overland Park
Richmond
Overland Park Medical Center
Dan Kipper
Lifestar
Lawrence man gets suspended sentence in securities fraud case
John M. Carland of Lawrence, 83, pleaded guilty to three counts of securities fraud. He received 19 months on each count, run consecutively, suspended with two days in county jail plus mandatory restitution totaling over 1.2 million dollars to investors who bought worthless promissory notes. The Kansas Securities Commissioner permanently barred him from broker dealer or investment adviser roles in the state. Carland, once an insurance agent, recruited investors for ventures under Premier Capital, promising monthly interest and up to 20 percent annual returns. Fifty-two investors from 15 states bought notes between 1996 and last year, including a Kansas family with a 490,000 dollar investment.
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Lawrence
John M. Carland
Douglas County
Paula Martin
Lodge Ton
Carland
Comety
Kansas Securities Com
David Brant
Premier Capital
Securities Commissioner’s Office
Kansas
City hires Loyd Builders for police building
The Ottawa City Commission voted 4 1 to hire Loyd Builders as construction manager for the police building. The firm would charge 6.5 percent of project costs for preconstruction planning and coordination with architects and engineers. Commissioner Rocky Fleet-Husted dissented. The panel also set a Dec 19 agenda item for a rezoning on Spruce Street and approved a $19,233 planning grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing. Residents’ request to pave Pine Street 700 block was denied to avoid setting a precedent.
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Ezra Sykes
Herald
Ottawa City Commission
Loyd Builders
Bob Bezek
Rocky Fleet-Husted
Jerry Thompson
City Commission
Spruce Street
Public Works
Andy Haney
Public Works Fund
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Haney
Ottawa Main Street Association
Commission
Pine Street
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com
Ottawa Daily Police and Hospital News Briefs
Admissions list for Ottawa includes Virginia Giffin Pomona David McCurdy Sara Horn buckle Alice Wash and Mary Hoyt. Dismissals note Helen Rempel transferred to Olathe Medical Center and Jeffrey Kunard. Police report three arrests including Calvin O Wilson for protection order violation, Jeremy J Garrod for habitual violator and driving while revoked, Charles W Gish for failure to appear. Thefts involve quarters Game Boy and a game between 4:30 am and 5:15 pm on November 15 in the 900 block.
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Virginia Giffin
Pomona
David McCurdy
Sara Hornbuckle
Alice Wash
Mary Hoyt
Ottawa
Helen Rempel
Olathe Medical Center
Jeffrey Kunard
Calvin O. Wilson
S. Sycamore
Burrough
Jeremy J. Garrod
W. Fifth
Princeton
Charles W. Gish
N. Hickory
S. Hickory
Theft and vandalism incidents and multiple vehicle accidents
A series of incidents include a theft of 700 dollars and a loss of 336 dollars in the S Cedar and S Hickory blocks, respectively, plus door and phone wire vandalism in N Main. Accidents report deer collision on K-68 injuring 46 year old Richard Hugo and a non fatal collision involving a 1985 Buick Regal. Several other vehicle mishaps and ambulance calls occur in various blocks along Main Shawnee and Beech.
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S. Cedar
S. Hickory
N. Main
Richard D. Hugo
Coffeyville
Hugo
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Timothy J. King
Centropolis
Main
17Th
Clayton Westfall
Williamsburg
King
Elizabeth Philip Slifer
Riley Road
Shawnee Road
Slifer
School district votes on insurance rise and substitute rule
The board approved an 18 percent insurance rate hike raising monthly costs by 33 for single plans and 100 for family plans. They also changed long-term substitute criteria to start pay after 11 days, and discussed district movie policies after a survey. Keith Gaeddert presented the 2000 2001 financial audit.
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Bill Allegre
Collins
Keith Gaeddert
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com
GOP group calls for resignation of Senator OConnor
Lenexa Republican Central Committee votes 17 to 11 to seek the resignation of state Senator Kay OConnor of Olathe over remarks about women's suffrage. OConnor, in attendance, says she supports voting rights and accuses opponents of fabricating controversy.
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Lenexa
Kay O’connor
Olathe
O’connor
Lenexa Republican Central Committee
Steve Cloud
GOP
Cloud
Becky Floyd
Johnson County
Kansas City Star
Bond and Brownback push voter reform safeguards
Kansas Senator Kit Bond and Senator Sam Brownback advocate election reforms to curb fraud and improve roll cleanup. They push for statewide voter databases, mail-in registration reforms, and provisional voting safeguards, amid partisan debate over federal standards and election technology.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kit Bond
R-Mo
Sam Brown
Ake
Missouri
Kansas
Towa
Nebraska Mae
Bond
Dodd
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Beech
Arning Canopy Systems
Cassville
Seaton
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Hickory
Ada L. Large
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Dolores Furtado
Johnson County League of Women Voters
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