Butler fights high taxes over Silver Lake golf course
Lee Butler owner of Silver Lake Golf Course in Franklin County faces a $4,070 tax bill, over four times his prior charge. He may close the course or seek tax relief from the Kansas Legislature, considering agricultural classification to cut costs. He has urged lawmakers and weighs city or county purchase as alternatives. Butler notes the city’s study of a municipal course and questions housing plans tied to it, fearing higher taxes if no relief is found. He plans to stay open this year but fears a tough financial year without aid.
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Herald
Lee Butler
Silver Lake
Butler
Kansas
Jim Allen
Ottawa
Bettie Sue Shumway
Franklin County
Cal Lantis
Lantis
Cal
Here
Osawatomie
Emporia
NCCC expansion debate in Ottawa draws mixed signals
Local residents and lawmakers gathered at an Ottawa Chamber coffee to discuss Neosho County Community College expansion. Rep. Bettie Sue Shumway and Sen. Jim Allen voiced concerns about NCCC's five acre Ottawa classroom project but showed no intent to block the $750,000 facility. They cited OU ties, governance questions, and calls for better communication between NCCC and Ottawa University as central issues.
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Herald
Neosho County Community College
Ottawa
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NCCC
Ottawa Herald
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Shumway
State Board of Education
Fort Scott Community College
Paola
Allen
OU Board of Trustees
Charles Gillette
Charles Mavity
Franklin County Commission
Mavity
Chamorro defeats Ortega in historic Nicaraguan vote
Opposition leader Violeta Barrios de Chamorro leads in early returns with about 55 percent as Daniel Ortega concedes little and Sandinistas face a potential transition amid UNO’s fractured alliance and uncertainty over power transfer in Nicaragua’s freest elections.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Daniel Ortega
Chamorro
Ortega
Ridiculous bills and bizarre state efforts spotlighted
MITCHELL LANDSBERG reports lawmakers consider odd proposals from ostrich meat excise taxes to define state soils and even make a county named after a senator. Georgia and South Carolina seek to ban toad licking while a South Carolina bill would ban firing a gun within 300 yards of a chicken coop to spare frightened poultry.
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Associated Press
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Houdek
South Dakota
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Michigan
New Mexico
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
Pat Harris
South Carolina
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