Forecast Tonight and Saturday Temperatures and Rain
The forecast calls for temperatures to dip tonight into the low readings with a rise by Saturday. Expect cloudy skies with chances of rain showers Saturday, modest precipitation amounts, and mild to moderate temperatures throughout the period.
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Weather shift brings warmth to northeast and rain
Warm weather moves into the northeast while the northern Plains cool. A Pacific cold-weather system is expected to bring rain to California. The Southeast also will see rain and cloud cover as the pattern shifts.
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Diabetes association meeting to discuss pain control
The Franklin County Diabetes Association meets at 7 p.m. Monday in Conference Room A at Ransom Memorial Hospital Ottawa. Jerry Old from the University of Kansas Medical Center will speak on pain control. For details contact Bill Seymour or Barbara Netherland.
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Jerry Old
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Barbara Netherland
Hospital program seeks junior volunteers this summer
The Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary invites students aged 14 to 18 to apply for a four hour weekly Junior Volunteer Program. Duties span X ray, Outpatient Surgery, ER, Rehabilitation, Medical Records, Pharmacy and more. Applications available via counselors or at the hospital information desk. due March 31. For details call Jody Lancaster at 785 229 8231.
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New Phishing Scam Reported In Pomona Area
A Pomona woman reported a new scam using a personalized phone call. The caller claimed a bank was removing her checking account number from the computer, and she hung up.
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City adopts strategic plan for economic development
Franklin County commissioners approved a countywide strategic plan prepared by Ottawa Franklin County Economic Development. OFCED will submit the plan to the Kansas Department of Commerce to maintain the county as a Non-Metropolitan Enterprise Zone. OFAGER, a chamber committee, helps maintain county economic development.
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Franklin County
Kansas Department of Commerce
Franklin County Comission
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Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
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Ed Taylor
Taylor
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Our Town auditions set for weekend in Ottawa
Auditions for Thorton Wilder's Our Town begin Saturday at the Carnegie Cultural Center in Ottawa. director John White seeks a large cast including a preteen boy and girl, several teens, and about 20 adults, with sessions 2 4 p.m. Saturday 5 7 p.m. Sunday and 7 9 p.m. Monday. Sponsored by ACT Ottawa and the Ottawa Community Arts Council, the show runs April 21 23 with prior community activities and readings noted. For details contact John White at 785 242 3479 or email johnwhite windwalker-farm com.
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Windwalker-Farm.com
Franklin County to study need for new jail
A study to determine whether Franklin County should build a new jail will begin after commissioners sign a contract with Gail Elias of Voorhis Associates. The three to six month study will examine remodeling or changing procedures, not just building new facilities, and will involve judges and jail staff.
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Voorhis Associates
Colorado
Elias
Ottawa
Craig Davis
Franklin County
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County to split road repair costs with distribution center
Franklin County will share half the cost to resurface Nevada Road Terrace near the Wal-Mart Distribution Center east of Ottawa, with Wal-Mart covering the other half. The county pledges up to $200,000 as seven hundred trucks daily have battered the main truck entrance to the distribution center.
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Wal-Mart
Ottawa
Jim Haag
Franklin County
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
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