Hospital shows new biohazard suits for emergency readiness
Franklin County faces low bioterrorism risk say Ransom Memorial Hospital staff yet recent train derailments stress preparedness. Homeland Security grants funded 12 biohazard suits and two training suits plus gear. a decontamination room added in 2004 supports on scene decontamination before patients reach the ER. The suits, demonstrated by department directors, include a battery powered cooling system and are used by first responders or inside the hospital for care providers, with lighter caregiver versions for internal use.
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Vickie Moss
Hospital Board of Trustees
Linda Reed
Reed
Dick Bahr
Ottawa Scholars Bowl Team Nets 3rd at State Finals
Ottawa High School scholars earned third place at the Kansas 5A state championships in Wichita. Coach says the level of competition was incredible as the team proved their mettle against state's best.
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Ottawa High School
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Volunteer army drives war costs to record highs
Washington experts say the all-volunteer force raises per-soldier costs amid ongoing wars. With Iraq and Afghanistan, military spending is projected beyond 300 billion dollars since 9/11, reflecting higher pay, technology, and global operations. analysts blame the volunteer system for escalating costs as war continues.
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Washington
Pentagon
Iraq
Afghanistan
Loren B. Thompson
Lexington Institute
Nixon
Ottawa panel weighs renaming airport after Ralph Robertson
Ottawa City Commission will form a review panel to consider renaming the Ottawa Municipal Airport after local pilot Ralph Robertson. The panel includes City Manager Weldon Padgett Deb Barker Deb Henningsen and Barbara Netherland. Applications for resident positions are at City Hall and a recommendation date has not been announced.
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Sean McGuenn
Ottawa Herald
Hayden Soph
Ottawa
Tony LeMaster
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa Municipal Airport
Ralph Robertson
Weldon Padgett
Franklin County Historical Society
Deb Barker
Deb Henningsen
Barbara Netherland
Robertson
Erty
City Hall
First
Hickory Streets
Scott Bird
Police chief says database aids Ottawa crime warrants
Ottawa Police Chief Dennis Butler said the Got ’em Database helps locate suspects with outstanding warrants across jurisdictions. Since December 2004, when city staff were trained, officers say the system has improved chances of apprehending offenders and facing local justice.
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Ottawa
Dennis Butler
Kyoto treaty reforms begin without U S
Kyoto global warming pact goes into force seven years after negotiations in Kyoto Japan and is ratified by 140 nations. It targets carbon dioxide and five other heat trapping gases to curb rising temperatures and melting glaciers. US participation is noted as lacking in early reports.
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Kyoto
Japan
Couple seeks new start in Ellsworth County with Welcome Home Plan
Greg and Traci Piper and their six children drove 12 hours from Princeton Minnesota to Ellsworth County Kansas attracted by free lots for building a home and up to 3000 dollars for down payment aid. They plan to move within two years and are evaluating schools and jobs as they consider Kanopolis and Ellsworth while meeting local officials.
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Tim Unruh
Salina
Ellsworth
Greg
Traci Piper
Princeton
Minn
Kanopolis
Greg Piper
Ellsworth County
USA Today
Kansas
Traci
Ellsworth Correctional Facility
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