Post Office Holiday Hours and Duplexes on Garnett Agenda
The Ottawa Post Office closes its retail window at noon on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve but maintains normal mail delivery and dispatch. An employee remains on duty until 5 p.m. for pickups and drop offs, with lobby access by buzzer or door. Garnett commission set 5:15 p.m. Monday to hear RBI’s Doug Clapton on duplex housing and locations plus a public hearing to amend the 2003 budget for an economic development department.
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Ottawa Post Office
Garnett
Garnett City
Franklin County Court Report Sees Multiple Criminal and Civil Filings
Franklin County District Court reports numerous charges including Brendan Butler on burglary and theft counts, and Richard Skillman on worthless checks. Multiple arraignments set for January, with other rosters listing evictions, divorces, and civil suits including Nollie's Cash Saver Foods versus Bill Jones and Hidden Meadow Apartments defaults.
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Franklin County District Court
Brendan David Butler
Richard D. Skillman
Jenny Hays
Kate L. Kirkland
Milton E. Madden
Vikki L. Simmons
Bryan K. Coleman
Devin Leagh Chapman
Onald D. Edwards
Wade S. Gann
Pamela K. Hawley
James Darrell Arvin
Nollie
Cash Saver Foods
Bill Jones
Ottawa Nautilus
Destiny Riddle
A.J. Schmidt
Toni Schmidt
Norman R. Scott
Hidden Meadow Apartments
Sandy Luna
Beverly Crow
Danny Duncan
Donna Duncan
Cleary Building Corporation
Powerball Jackpot Hits 160 Million With No Winner
Harriet Gillkey of Williamsburg buys Powerball tickets about once a month and plans to buy one today. She relies on quick pick since she has little luck, with no big prize this draw though top payouts this year reached 100 million on September 14. The jackpot resets to 10 million after each win and had last been hit on October 26 when it stood at 84 million.
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Harriet Gillkey
Williamsburg
Gillkey
Sebelius review teams submit 100 ideas on cutting costs
Five teams appointed by Gov elect Kathleen Sebelius forwarded more than 100 ideas to cut administration costs and raise fees. The plan includes 10 new or higher fees raising 6.2 million and total potential savings of 41.1 million, not counting 48 unestimated ideas. Some proposals target subsidies for highway projects and elderly income services while others suggest consolidating programs for the developmentally disabled.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Senate
Dave Kerr
Sebelius
Sebelius’ Transition Office
Bill Graves
Statehouse
Fund-raisers help pay teachers amid budget shortfalls
Nationwide fund-raising by PTAs and parents supports salaries and benefits for teachers and staff as districts contend with multi million dollar budget gaps. In Kansas City area Belvider Elementary raised about 78000 dollars in two weeks, part of 236000 across six district schools, while others in California Washington Oregon and Los Angeles match similar efforts to sustain positions and programs despite austerity.
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Kansas City
Ptas
Belvider
Shawnee Mission
Karen Faucher
National Conference of State Legislatures
Leslie Getzinger
American Federation of Teachers
Pam Brady
California State Parent Teacher Association
California
Gray Davis
Brady
Washington State
Jean Carpenter
Parent Teacher Association
Seattle
Mercer Island
Portland
Ore
Lake Oswego
Nancy Dunn
Titanic dress replica maker threads via online auctions
Kate Winslet movie dresses replicated by 29 year old Witham, who sold two outfits in 1999 and a third to Scotland via eBay. She collaborates with Sean Szmalec’s Titanic museum in Falkirk, sharing patterns and planning more gowns as he curates artifacts from the ship’s era.
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Witham
Kate Winslet
Winslet
Rose
eBay
Scotland
Sean Szmakc
Falkirk
China
Szmale
Geocities.com
Ebay.com
Myangel Nanny
Laura Wolf Charessa
James Cameron
Carlson led Kansas road first amid shifting education funds
KDOT secretary Carlson champions highway dominance, arguing 98 percent of 1999 transportation funds go to roads. He cites population density and economic growth tied to highways, while critics push for more mass transit and bike trails. He faces court losses and future budget flexibility debates ahead of 2003 legislature.
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Mer
Alan Goering
Medicine Lodge
Carlson
Goering
House
Dennis McKinney
D-Greensburg
Kansas
Texas
Illinois
California
Nascar
Wyandotte
Statehouse
Graves
Kathleen Sebelius
Transportation
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Bulletin Board
Matthew L. Hill
Cindy Barbara Sanchez
Maria Michelle Swonger
Paul D. Hoenshell Jr
Jeffrey Scott Hoenh
SRS
David Blackstone
Erinn A. Moore
Dustin J. Moore
Kevin Dale Kasper
Vickey Lee Kasper
Nation
Titanic
KDOT
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