Talk program postponed at Ottawa Library due to weather
The Snow Falling on Cedars talk in the TALK series at Ottawa Library was postponed and rescheduled for March 13 per librarian Barbara Dew. Ottawa cable Channel 20 will air three 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. video histories this week featuring Joe Wakefield Walter Butler and Ransom Bennett, produced with Rose Stephenson. materials circulate at the library. A veterans' services rep will visit City Hall Library March 6 and 20 at 1 p.m. to assist veterans, with no appointment needed. call (785) 843-5233 for details. A Princeton soup supper supports Christopher Herring, People to People ambassador, with proceeds at 5 p.m. Saturday. USD 290 will offer a free developmental screening March 7 for children five and under. call 229-8110 to schedule.
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Cedars
Ottawa
Kansas
Barbara Dew
Channel 20
Ottawa Library
Public Access
Joe Wakefield
Walter Butler
Ransom Bennett
Friends of the
Rose Stephenson
Veterans
Kansas Commission On Veterans’ Affairs
City Hall
S. Hickory
Princeton Methodist
Acorn
Christopher Herring
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Brad
Jennifer Herring
Princeton
USD 290 Special Services
USD 290
Aungie
Special Services Office
Harris bond set in jail assault case and battery trial date
Assistant County Attorney asked for a 50 000 bond for Harris in a separate criminal case while Harris faces a 250 000 bond for attempted first degree murder. Harris and Dillon Leach allegedly battered inmate David Bibens in jail on January 24 requiring plastic surgery. Harris and Leach charged with aggravated battery with Bibens treated for facial injuries. First appearance for battery set for March 26 at 1 p.m.
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Roy Baker
Hawthorne
Harris
Brandon Jones
Edwin Smith
Dillon Leach
David Bibens
Bibens
Leach
Smith
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald
Wellsville Board Advances Bond for New Elementary School
The Wellsville Board of Education approved selling an 8.6 million dollar bond to fund the new elementary school. A 200 thousand dollar bid from Kings Construction for site dirt work was accepted. Eight firms bid. several administrator contracts were extended. the high school principal will retire after 30+ years. The meeting included updates from Parents as Teachers and resignations in several roles. The Wellsville Recreation Commission will prepare baseball and softball fields for 250 dollars using their equipment.
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Herald
Wellsville Board of Education
Denise O'Dea
King's Construction
Oskaloosa
O'Dea
James Daugherty
Dennis Cox
Tammy Thomasson
Jack Dress
Ler
Randall Renaud
Wellsville
KAYS
Wellsville Joint Recreation Commission
Rec Commission
Blaine Finch
Kansas League of Municipalities
Ottawa
Finch
Commission
Cleon
Ottawaherald.com
City receives FAA master plan for Ottawa airport
Ottawa lawmakers approved preliminary FAA master plan for the airport runway layout and will hold public hearings on March 21 and April 4 to discuss the plan and how to spend $450000 in federal grants. The glide path dispute kept FAA delays, and the board kept turf runway 523 open.
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Ottawa
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Scott Lambers
Andy Haney
Haney
Friends of the
Daily Report Arrests and incidents in Sedgwick County
Arrests include James Arthur Smith on a Franklin County warrant at Sedgwick County Jail. Vandalism reported on S Main. Several juveniles arrested for trespass and obstructing the legal process. Benjamin Hughes charged with driving while suspended. Cynthea Smith held on municipal warrant. Thefts from Princeton block. Chimney fire on N Poplar. Medical emergency in Pomona.
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James Arthur Smith
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Franklin County
S. Main
Ottawa
Fifth and Main
Juvenile Detention Center
Benjamin F. Hughes
Olive
Cynthea R. Smith
Quenemo
Third and Main
N. Poplar
Pomona
Fire damages Wellsville home on 610 Sixth St
Wellsville fire damaged a home at 610 Sixth St on Sunday morning. Fire chief Jim Stonequist said 31 firefighters fought extensive smoke and fire damage from a blaze that started in the basement and reached the attic, burning the roof. The cause was undetermined but possibly electrical and mutual aid from Cutler and Rantoul was used amid ankle-deep mud around the house.
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Herald
Sixth St
Wellsville
Jim Stonequist
Stonequist
Cutler
Rantoul
Cline switches to Republican over gay caucus support
Shawnee County Treasurer Rita Cline leaves the Democratic Party after the first meeting of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Caucus during Washington Days events in Topeka. She cites opposition to gay rights as the reason, noting concern over Democrats embracing a radical agenda.
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Topeka
Democratic Party
New Gay Caucus
Shawnee County
Rita Cline
Cline
Kansas
Topeka Capital-Journal
Fred Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church
Phelps
U.S. Senate
Sawyer
Tim Shallenburger
Lloyd Hull
Water standards debate reveals urban rural split in Kansas
In Topeka a legislative fight over water quality pits farmers and ranchers against environmentalists and some urban lawmakers. The Senate Natural Resources Committee will hear SB 204 with a subcommittee proposing a compromise to reclassify streams and lakes, potentially easing standards for minor waterways while addressing the 1999 EPA challenge. Local critics warn weaker rules could worsen downstream water quality, while supporters argue new classifications avoid wasting time on already minor streams.
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Topeka
Senate Natural Resources Committee
Kansas River
Senate
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Sandy Praeger
Lawrence
Anthony Hensley
Robert Tyson
R Parker
Kansas
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ming
Tyson
Big Brother
Dave Murphy
Friends of the Kaw
Janis Lee
Natural Resources Committee
Lee
D-Kensington
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Kerr
Bill Graves
Graves
Inkorg
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Greeley
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Feuerborn
Wellsville Board
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Herald News
Jim Bradley
Bradley
Ottawa University
John Neal
Vincent Beach
Daily Report
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Harry Petersen
Petersen
Forrest
A. Lowry
Gay Caucus
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