Ottawa area events offer screenings band alumni and meetings
Free developmental screenings for children birth to five selected districts. Ottawa High School band alumni urged to bring instruments for two February basketball games at the high school gym with music by alumni. A Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs rep will assist veterans at Ottawa Library Tuesday at 1 p.m. No appointment required. City plans Recreation Task Force report review and possible vacancy fill. bond election on spring ballot discussed. Eagles Lodge hosts Steak Night Saturday with RSVP due Tuesday. ham and bean dinner Friday evening at the lodge.
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Special Services Office
OHS
Ottawa High School
Chris Reynolds
Veterans’ Affairs
Ottawa
Kansas Commission On Veterans’ Affairs
Commission
KCVA
Vermont
Lawrence
Kan
Theatt
Recreation Task Force
City Hall
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Steven Hasty
Weldon Padgett
Eagles
Eagles Lodge
Robert Haderein
Girard
Haderlein
Hospital Notes and County Jail Bookings
Admissions Wednesday Suetta Keim Garnett Shirley White Ottawa Dismissals Wednesday Edward Cunning ham Ottawa Joe Lee Ottawa Karen Sanchez and son Kansas Ey Kan Births Wednesday a son 8 tbs 102 born to Suetta and Leslie Keim Garnett Franklin County Jail bookings Sheryl Lynn Likes Kellie Jean Kline Andrew Charles McNish Sheriff's Arrests Sherri Dawn Pullman Erik Michael White Clinton Maurice Randall Police Arrests Jack L Higginbotham Jr Allen Francis Larch Cheri L Campbell Sheriff's News Theft At 5 08 p m Wednesday Casey s 135 E Franklin Pomona reported theft of 39 in gasoline Police News Vandalism Damage to a glass window reported 8 59 a m Wednesday 1000 block West Fourth damage 250 At 12 03 p m Wednesday Immanuel Baptist Church 915 W 19th reported 50 damage to four letter rails
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Suetta Keim
Garnett
Shirley White
Ottawa
Edward Cunningham
Joe Lee
Karen Sanchez
Kansas
Kan
Suetta
Leslie Keim
Franklin County
Sheryl Lynn Likes
Hickory
Kellie Jean Kline
S. Walnut
Andrew Charles McNish
Nevada Terrace
Sheriff's Dept
Sherri Dawn Pullman
Osage City
Erik Michael White
Osawatomie
Clinton Maurice Randall
Lawrence
Jack L. Higginbotham Jr
S. Liberty
Allen Francis Larch
N. Main
Cheri L. Campbell
W. Fifth
Sheriff's News
West Fourth
Immanual Baptist Church
W. 19Th
Pomona woman burned in propane tank explosion
Nancy Martinez of Pomona was injured when a small propane tank exploded while she was making jewelry in a shed at her home. Sheriff reports propane leaked from a loose fitting and ignited by a torch flame in a brief blaze. Martinez was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital with burns to both arms and face.
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Herald
Pomona
Franklin County
Martinez
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Woman attacked and robbed in Franklin County
Ottawa woman Zena Evans, 39, said she was struck from behind and robbed of 280 dollars while collecting cans in the 2400 block of Pawnee Road after stopping at Casey's on Main Street. Evans sustained a scalp bruise and facial abrasions but did not seek medical aid. The suspect was described as 6 foot 1, 180 pounds with gray brown hair.
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Herald
Ottawa
Pawnee Road
Zena Evans
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Evans
Casey’s
N. Main
Craig Davis
Legislators face challenge over school consolidation
Kansas lawmakers confront a difficult push for district mergers as a 750 million budget shortfall looms. Gov. Sebelius signals cautious reconsideration, favoring community backed regionalization rather than top down mandates. The debate recalls 1960s consolidations that reduced districts and redefined local schooling.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Budget battles loom over exemptions and telecom bills
Lawmakers weigh trimming more than 300 sales tax exemptions as a looming budget crisis prompts limited hope for restoring demand transfers. A new telecom bill could deregulate Southwestern Bell broadband, while school funding formulas face court scrutiny and debate over No Child Left Behind. The era’s broader fiscal strains shadow rural broadband prospects and education equity.
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Feuerborn
House Taxation Committee
Tyson
Graves
Sebelius
Southwestern Bell
Kansas
SBC
Southwest
Ern Bell
Bell
Dreher
Holland
Cattle Thrive On Snack Foods From Local Plants
Pennsylvania farmers turn snack leftovers into livestock feed to cut corn costs during drought. At Herr family farm 650 cattle dine on potato peelings, pretzels, cheese curls and cereal while mill leftovers from Hershey's Kellogg's and Herr’s supply the diet.
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Nottinghrseter Farpel
Pennsylvania
Bessie
Harold Harpster
Penn State University
Hawaii
Kansas
Nebraska
California
Hershey's
Kellogg’s
Herr’s
Jim Herr
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Bulletin Board
the Daily Report
Casey's
E. Franklin, Pomona
Bill Mason
House Education Committee
Mason
R-El Dorado
Sharol Little
Manhattan
Ken Kennedy
Pratt
Little
House
Dennis McKinney
McKinney
Greensburg
Senate
Dwayne Umbarger
Umbarger
R-Thayer
Laurie Silk
Sacred Heart
State Supreme Court
Johnson County
Columbia
Ransom Bennett
Peoples Bank
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