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Franklin County 1992 actions approved and fires blaze
Franklin County Commission approved purchase of a new patrol car for the Sheriff's Department, radio gear for Public Works, and a $152000 trash compactor after a prior delay due to a fire. The next day Ottawa Economic Development earned a $14700 state grant for a countywide strategic plan advancing Franklin County growth. Fire destroyed Henke Chrysler prompting investigations and a change in leadership later in the week.
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Franklin County Commission
Sheriff's Department
Public Works Department
Ottawa
Franklin County
Kansas Department of Commerce
Henke Chrysler
S. Hickory
Bob White Motors
Ottawa Herald Press
Mike Patrick
Herald
Cal Lantis
City Commission
Lantis
Joan Finney
Kansas ‘Department of Commerce
Joan Tyson
Grain Department
Farmer’s Cooperative Association of
Richmond and
Williamsburg
Kansas State Grain Inspection Department
Franklin County District Court
Bernard Meyer
St. Joseph
Richard Towe
June Foulks
Robert K. White
Energy Alternatives
Ottawa University
Pat Cleveland
Bill Myers
David Bemmels
Wint Winter
Senate
Ross Doyen
Jack Beauchamp
Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Harold Staadt
Beauchamp
Nellie Schoonover
J.W. Schoonover
Michael A. Barbara
Tom Gleason Jr
Kansas Court of Appeals
Kansas State University
W. R. Lancaster
Robert Jackson Company
Topeka
Ottawa Board of Education
Leroy Hood
C.W. Baker
Eugene Field
Don Hoglund
Garfield
Norris Burke
Hawthorne
Lincoln
Samuel Cashman
L.A. Wilson
Robert Luce
Joe Yockey
Ottawa Police Department
Luce
Yockey
Cities Service Gas Company
Warren Black Post Drum and Bugle Corps
North American