Wellsville Centenarian recalls life since 1917 and first table build
Vanita Chandler born February 8 1917 in McDonald County Missouri recounts a life spent without electricity where she built a typewriter table at 15 and sanded lumber by hand. She grew up in Oklahoma's forest boondocks, attended Grove and Turkey Ford schools, rode a bus to Grove for high school, and married at 17 before divorcing after eight years and two daughters.
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Vanita Chandler
Wellsville Retirement Community
Chandler
McDonald County
Missouri
Joplin
Oklahoma
Elk River
Grove
Tim
Ber
Boondocks
Turkey Ford
Budget talks percolate at coffee in Ottawa Kansas
Area lawmakers voice frustration over Kansas budget and tax woes at a legislative coffee in Ottawa. State Sen. Caryn Tyson and Rep. Blaine Finch discuss short term fixes, revenue reform, and possible tax bracket changes aimed at a structurally balanced budget.
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Blaine Finch
Ottawa
Kansas
Caryn Tyson
Parker
Senate
Ottawa Area
Chamber of Commerce Legislative
City Hall
S. Hickory St
House
Topeka
Former Appanoose treasurer gets probation in theft case
Daniel Forbis, 33, former Appanoose Recreation Commission treasurer, received 12 months probation and five days jail time, to be served on three weekends starting March. He must perform 50 hours of community service and pay $22,464.33 restitution for stealing funds from the Pomona-based commission between 2014 and 2015 after cashing checks made out to the Recreation Center at a Walmart in Franklin County. He pled no contest to felony theft at the November 2016 arraignment.
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Franklin County District Court
Daniel Forbis
Stephen Hunting
Franklin County
Forbis
Appanoose Recreation Commission
Pomona
Hunting
Kansas
Appanoose Recreation Center
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Greg Mast
Kevin Jones
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Tyson
Finch
Jones
Steve Johnson
House Tax Committee