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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 2017

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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.

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.

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.

Franklin County District Court Daniel Forbis Stephen Hunting Franklin County Forbis Appanoose Recreation Commission Pomona Hunting Kansas Appanoose Recreation Center

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