City studies transformer to keep city powered up
Ottawa officials plan to replace an aging 38 year old transformer to ensure power during peak summer demand. Mayor and SEGA engineer say buying a replacement using power supply funds is prudent, with an estimated project cost around 250000 and rental options up to 26000 for the first month. City aims to complete replacement by summer and will seek price estimates.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Kansas City Power & Light
Weldon Padgett
City Commission
Kcp&l
Padgett
Jack Werthman
Sega Corpo
Worthman
Kansas Municipal Electric Agency
Sega
Richard Jackson
Developer seeks county anchor for old middle school project
Kansas City architect Steve Foutch plans to bid Monday to buy the historic Ottawa middle school with aims to convert parts for a health club and housing. He seeks a large anchor tenant to make the plan feasible while Friends of Historic Buildings proposes moving Franklin County judicial offices into the old middle school, potentially relocating many county offices from the courthouse and annex.
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Doug Loyd
Friends of Historic Buildings, Center
Franklin County District Court
Franklin County
Don Stottlemire
Don Waymire
Kansas City
Steve Foutch
Ottawa
Foutch
Fouth
Friends of Historic Buildings
Franklin County Commission
Bob Marsh
The
Friends
Marsh
Loyd
Bush's 2.4 Trillion Budget Faces Bipartisan Fire
President Bush's 2.4 trillion dollar budget draws fire from Republicans for high spending and Democrats for misaligned priorities while anti-deficit groups attack masking red ink. Treasury chief Snow and budget head Bolton testified as Bush urged wise use of tax dollars. The plan boosts domestic security and defense, hints at new Iraq and Afghanistan funding, and seeks to cut or end 128 programs. education funding rises 3 percent, but 38 Education Department programs face extinction.
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Washington
Bush
Treasury
John Snow
White House
Joshua Bolton
Congress
Ers
Bolten
U.S
Iraq
Afghanistan
Bolton
Mars
Securities, and Exchange Commission
Amtrak
Agriculture, Justice
Environmental Protection Agency
Education Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ted Stevens
Alaska
House
Senate
Poisonous powder closes Senate buildings
Senate leaders and the Capitol complex were shut after a white powder tested positive for ricin in Bill Frist's office. The incident prompted a large security response with buildings closed, mail screening, and an interagency investigation while CDC officials noted no illness among 16 decontamination patients.
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Senate
Bill Frist
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Julie Gerberding
CDC
Bush
Frist
Capitol Hill
Dirksen
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Andrea Laws
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