Ottawa approves 25.9 million school bond to expand district
Ottawa voters approved a 25.9 million bond to build a new northern elementary school, renovate Garfield Elementary, reduce enrollment at Eisenhower Eugene Field and Hawthorne, add a music room and two classrooms at Ottawa High, and upgrade heating, air conditioning, and technology across all schools. A parcel near 19th and Eisenhower Road was purchased for 245,000 with no present development plans.
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Earl Devore
Jan Collins
Wilson Street
Davis Road
Lincoln
Cedar St
Devore
Garfield Elementary School
College St
Eisenhower Elementary School
Ash St
Eugene
Tremont St
Hawthorne
S. Poplar St
S. Ash St
19Th Street
Eisenhower Road
Developer gives old school new lease on a long useful life
Kansas City developer Steve Foutch will restore The Old Middle School at 506 S Main St into 23 senior housing units plus a recreation center and performance hall. The condemned building has been in limbo since 1997 but cleanup begun and permits are in progress as construction to start January 2005 moves forward.
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S. Main St
Kansas City
Steve Foutch
Foutch
Fouteh
Housing project moves forward amid tax credits and rezoning
Foutch, with Friends of Historical Buildings, plans minimal wall additions to preserve the building as affordable senior housing. City officials rezoned the site to planned unit development in October. The Kansas Housing Resources Corp granted 1.38 million in tax credits in September, while a revised appraisal cut the property value from 1.7 million to about 300 thousand, lowering the city’s property tax take from roughly 67 thousand to about 11.8 thousand.
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Foutch
Friends of Historical Buildings Inc
Kansas Housing Resources Corp
Fouteh
Franklin County
Steve Brown
Fouth
Hospital adds facilities and donations drive renovation
No.4 RMH expands with a married couple’s gifts totaling over 1 million dollars. The expansion includes a Women's Imaging Center, private ER rooms, decontamination area, and new endoscopy suite funded by revenue from a half cent tax and major gifts. Additional contributions include 100000 from Goppert Foundation and RMH Auxiliary, 10000 from Soroptimists. The next phase targets inpatient improvements, with a filmless imaging future planned for 2005.
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Bing-Go
Ottawa
Gibson
Goppert Foundation
RMH Auxiliary
Women's Imaging Center
Soroptomists
Inpa
Sacrifice: Marine's family honors fallen son and fellow Marines
Candy Wasser and her husband Scott Wasser, parents of fallen Marine Chris Wasser, have supported and attended Marine functions since September. They spoke of the comfort of meeting friends and fellow Marines, attended balls in Las Vegas and Ottawa, and were honored at a Toys for Tots event in Kansas City. They plan a christening for James Christopher, the newborn son of Wasser's teammate.
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Twentynine Palms
Wasser
Candy Wasser
Las Vegas
Ottawa
Candy
Scott Wasser
Kansas City
Kan
Dennis Moore
U.S. Capitol
Chris Wasser
James Christopher
Havens Steel plans expansion and new bond capacity
Havens Steel aims to hire more staff and secure 50 million in new bond capacity. Work on a Phoenix power plant moved to Ottawa steel plant, with projects for Miami International and Sky Harbor airports. Ottawa plant building components for a Phoenix convention center, starting early 2005. plant employs over 100, adds 20 to 25 in January. Former executives sued by employees and retirees for alleged retirement fund misuses and improper reimbursements. suit filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City. Names include former CEO Kenneth McCullough and officers Tom Collins, Jesse Bechtold, and Donald Price.
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Ottawa Steel
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Miami International
Bor
Ottawa
Mavens
Toyota Corp
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Lansing
Mich
Havens Steel
CEQ
U.S. District Court
Kansas City
Kenneth McCullough
Tom Collins
Jesse Bechtold
Donald Price
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