Preschool screening offered in Wellsville by district and cooperative
The Wellsville school district and East Central Kansas Cooperative in Education provide a free developmental screening for birth to five on March 10. The test covers hearing vision speech language thinking skills coordination personal social and self care. To schedule call Katie Sullinger at 883-2996.
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Wallaville
Wellsville
East Central Kansas Cooperative In Education
Katie Sullinger
FCCF Announces Another Strong Year in Franklin County
The Franklin County Cancer Foundation reports a successful year with 1999 totals showing 28410.07 dollars raised and 5385.41 dollars spent on medical equipment. Patients received 6420.85 dollars in aid, with thanks extended to donors and supporters. For information contact 1 888 321 297 or President Kathy Niehoff at 242 1220 or 242 9319.
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FCCF
Franklin County Cancer Foundation, Inc
Kathy Niehoff
Ottawa City Commission Approves Grants and Projects
The Ottawa City Commission accepted an 11000 grant from Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks for Heritage Park playgrounds as part of 45 of 104 requests. They will prioritize items due to partial funding, proceed with Forest Park Pool repairs, seek 1.82 million in bonds for rock street paving, loosen nepotism rules, and review airport plans before Dodson Aviation’s maintenance facility request.
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Ottawa
Lambers
Dodson Aviation
Ottawa Municipal
Dodson
Thangar
Woman sentenced for syringe possession in drug raid
Lexie Renee Mason, 30, was sentenced in Franklin County District Court to the maximum jail term plus one year of supervised probation for possessing drug paraphernalia a used syringe found in her address book during a December 1998 drug raid. Judge Sachse ordered the terms run consecutive to her three forgery convictions, citing a year of drug-free behavior and probation supervision. Mason, a mother of four, said she was on track to graduate as a paralegal in December and had reunited with her children after avoiding alcohol and drugs for 14 months.
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Franklin County District Court
Thomas H. Sachse
Lexie Renee Mason
Franklin County Community Corrections
Mason
Montana Road
Sachse
Wheat breaks dormancy amid warm Kansas winter
Warm temperatures in Kansas sparked winter wheat to break dormancy with about 27 percent in poor or very poor condition. Only five percent rated excellent, 35 percent good, and 33 percent fair. Dry weather and uneven moisture left parched areas, though February brought rain and snow, notably 3.92 inches in Cowley County, while western Kansas saw little to no moisture.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kas
Cowley County
Thornburgh Pushes Regional Primary Plan at NGA
Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh presents a rotating regional primary concept to the National Governors Association in Washington. The plan, developed by NASS, aims to ease front loading by region and dates starting in 2004, with four regions including the Midwest and rotating order. Thornburgh seeks NGA endorsement to move state legislation for regional participation.
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Kansas
Ron Thornburgh
National Governor's Association
Washington, D.C
National Association of Secretaries of State
NASS
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
New Hampshire
Thornburgh
NGA
Ottawa County Daily Report Hospital Admissions and Police Briefs
Admissions include Margaret Patty Buck Cortez Singleterry Harold Hensick Emory McKenzie Mary Wood from Ottawa and Graden Griffin Pomona Beth Chambers Wellsville. Dismissals include Russie Harris and Cortez Singleterry. Arrests list Cahoon Pomona on parole violation and Ottawa warrant. Theft details involve 800 block South Kansas Avenue with losses of 740 dollars.
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Margaret Patty Buck
Cortez Singleterry
Harold Hensick
Emory McKenzie
Mary Wood
Ottawa
Graden Griffin
Pomona
Beth Chambers
Wellsville
Russie Harris
Sherify's News
David Louis Cahoon
E. A
Ottawa City
South
Kansas Avenue
Sterling College launches social entrepreneurship program
Sterling College introduces a social entrepreneurship class to teach students how to create finance market and manage nonprofit ventures. with 14 students this month the program aims to blend business acumen with Christian values and community impact. students outline plans from a disability care institute to youth ministries and church theater programs.
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Sterling
Sterling College
Ed Johnson
College
Junior Windell Middlebrooks
Fort Worth
Texas
Middlebrooks
Nours
Teen dropouts turn to helping others in Kansas City
Anthony Santora and Ricky Graham, 18-year-old high school dropouts, work at d Bronx deli in Crown Center Kansas City. They drafted a mission to aid the hungry and poor, gained United Way interest, and with owner Robert Bloom support they raised 250 dollars and delivered clothing to Salvation Army while planning ongoing drives and outreach.
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Kansas City
Anthony Santora
Ricky Graham
Santora
Graham
d’Bronx
Crown Center
Howard
United Way
Northeast High School
d'Bronx
Robert Bloom
Bloom
Salvation Army
Graves probes internal borrowing to fund schools in state
Kansas lawmakers review Gov. Graves plan to shift up to 150 million dollars from idle state accounts into the general fund to cover school aid and other bills. The funds would be repaid before July 1, a move critics say signals strained finances and cash flow gaps in February and March.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Graves
Graves Administration
Duane Goossen
Goossen
State Finance Council
Senate
Dick Band
R-Overland Park
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Hensley
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