Weather outlook: colder with sun breaks this week
The forecast calls for tonight to be colder and partly cloudy with lows in the lower 30s. Thursday will be partly sunny with highs in the upper 40s and again partly cloudy Thursday night with mid 20s temperatures. Page 12.
NCCC names Cornell administrator as new college president
Dr. Vicky Smith, senior program director at Cornell University, was hired to lead Neosho County Community College. She plans a Jan 6 start at the Chanute central campus and will visit the Ottawa branch periodically as she reviews budgets and enrollment trends to craft a fiscal plan. Eldridge welcomes her emphasis on community college ties and strategic reforms to lift accreditation probation.
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Andy Gassaway
Illinois
Midwest
Mark Eldridge
Neosho County Community College
Ottawa
Vicky Smith
Institute of Community College Development
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
NCCC
Eldridge
Community College
Kansas
Higher Learning Commission
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Smith
NCA
Neosho County
Mili Levy
Chanute
Single Mom Seeks Answers to Parenting Struggles
A single mother questions her choices and seeks guidance on being a better parent. She wonders if she is yelling too much and whether her efforts are enough while caring for her child.
Single parenting in Franklin County faces tough paths
This first in a four part series follows Michelle Dusang an Ottawa resident who became a single mother in 1998 and confronts financial emotional and social tolls. She quit smoking drinking and dating focusing on Jacob born in 1999 amid rising out of wedlock birth rates nationwide and in Kansas.
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Franklin County
Vickie Moss
Herald
Michelle Dusang
Dusang
Jacob
Kansas
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Oklahoma
United States
KDHE
U.S. Census Bureau
Sebelius Will Not Undo Graves Aid Cut For Cities Counties
Gov elect Kathlee n Sebelius will not rescind Bill Graves 48 million withheld from cities and counties. A lawsuit by 79 counties 186 cities Wyandotte County Unified Government Kansas City and state groups asks the Kansas Supreme Court to restore the aid planned to close a 312 million deficit. Sebelius takes office Jan 13 and defers budget fixes to Graves while drafting a 2004 fiscal plan.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Bill Graves
Doug Mays
Wyandotte County
Kansas City
Kansas Association of Counties
League of Kansas Municipalities
Graves
Kansas Supreme Court
Sebelius
Gallery of Gifts season ends with book signing
Ottawa Community Art Council closes Gallery of Gifts and Carnegie Cultural Center for the year with a book signing by retired architect Bob Marsh. Marsh recently released a book on banus and will sign from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, with books available for sale.
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Herald News
Ottawa Community Art Council
Carnegie Cultural Center
Bob Marsh
Mary Anne Whiteford
Art Council
Marsh
Gallery of Gifts
Arts Council
Survey tracks status of elderly in Franklin County
More than 40 percent of Franklin County women age 65 or over live alone, versus about 17 percent of men in the same age group. Kansas ElderCount 2002 provides an apples to apples statewide and county view, with 86 percent of county citizens 65 or older registered to vote and 29 percent of county men 66 or older still in the labor force.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Mercedes Bern-Klug
Kansas Elder Count
University of Kansas Medical Center
Center On Aging
Kansas Department On Aging
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