Tax seminar for nonprofits set at Ottawa City Hall
A nonprofit tax seminar will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Ottawa City Hall’s commission room. Topics include expanding retirement savings, estate planning checkups, and tax savings tips with speakers Janet Peters, Mark Doty, and Liz Reusch. Free and open to the public. sponsored by Peoples National Bank trust department and local organizations. Library trustees meet after the seminar.
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Ottawa City Hall Commission Room
Hickory St
Janet Peters
Peoples National Bank
Mark Doty
Ottawa
Liz Reusch
Ottawa Cpa
Peoples National Bank's Trust Department
Ottawa Library
B. Martin Peck Animal Shelter
Franklin County Historical Society
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Peoples’ Trust Department
Farm contract rules eyed to curb abuses in poultry
Lawmakers hear from farmers and lobbyists on contract farming in Kansas. Poultry producers report coercion and retaliation under contracts with major meat firms, with several states already regulating terms. Rep Gatewood notes growing use of contract farming and urges protections to share risk and prevent sudden changes in ownership or stipulations.
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Pork Producers Council
Johnson
Kansas Farm Bureau
Scott
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Attorney General
Larkin
House Agriculture Committee
Poultry
Kansas
Doug Gatewood
Columbus
Cherokee
Crawford Counties
Tyson Foods
Butterball
ConAgra
Gatewood
Kansas City schools labeled academically deficient
Five Kansas City public schools Southeast Central Northeast high schools and King and Central middle schools were declared academically deficient by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. State audit teams will verify deficiencies within 60 days and then management teams will be sent to address the problems amid ongoing district turmoil and desegregation costs.
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Kansas City
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Jim Morris
Benjamin Demps Jr
Demps
Southeast
Central
Northeast
King and Central
Bill would ban universities from selling student names
As Rep. Rocky Nichols pushes HR 2153, Kansas universities face calls to stop selling student names to credit card companies and curb on campus solicitations. The measure cites KU notices and directory practices, while opponents note opt out options and existing records laws.
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Topeka
Rocky Nichols
University of Kansas
Topeka Democrat
American Express
Richard Nichols
Nichols
Regents
House
Higher Learning
Rich Morrell
Out
Morrell
Out West
Ed Hammond
Fort Hays State University
Hammond
Lawrence
Danny Kaiser
Kaiser
Brenda Maigaard
Maigaard
Institute For Higher Education
Kelly Anders
National Conference of State Legislatures
Denver
Anders
Arkansas
Hawaii
Board of
Regents of
The
University of Hawaii
Kansas
Statehouse
Clark Shultz
R-Lindsborg
Dairy proposal stirs neighbor concerns near Tally Creek
Neighbors near Tally Creek Dairy challenge the project calling it more industry than agriculture. They fear odor from hundreds of cattle and question the use of methane digesters while KDHE reviews the permit. Public input could trigger a hearing. no date yet. Perry and Hermreck urge weighing neighbor impact beyond state rules.
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Pfeiffers
Tally Creek Dairy
Steve Pfeiffer
Coen
Hermreck
KDHE
Mike Heideman
Department
School Lunch Menus Across Weeks And Schools
Menu listings detail weekly breakfasts and lunches for Waverly and Wellsville Schools. Items include cereals, pancakes, burritos, pizza, chicken patties, enchiladas, burritos, spaghetti, and side dishes like potatoes, green beans, apples, and cookies, with in service days noted.
Progress and debate over evolution education in Kansas boards
State Rep. Ralph Tanner and Ed Hammond defend ongoing classroom debate on evolution as creationism and naturalism coexist. Intelligent Design Network's John Calvert and Graves predict continued contention into 2002 elections and beyond.
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Ralph Tanner
Baldwin City
House Education Committee
Baker University
Tanner
Ed Hammond
Fort Hays State University
John Calvert
Intelligent Design Network
Calvert
Privacy fears rise over thermal imaging in searches
The government argues exterior home scans with thermal imagers do not penetrate walls and cite devices like the Agema Thermovision 210 as nonintrusive. It notes legal questions around pupil dilation tests and breathalyzers used by police, while security cameras at a Tampa Super Bowl train face recognition against criminal databases with no arrests reported.
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Solicitor General’s Office
Kylle
Tampa
Fla
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Bulletin Board
Ottawa Library Board of Trustees
By Carol Crapper
Harris News Service
Heideman
Perry
Darrin Peschka
Ottawaherald
Roa Bishop
Tally Creek
Shawnee Road
Nebraska Terrace
Waverly
Wellsville
Science
Oregon
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