Bulletin Board: Local groups hold meetings and auditions
Retired teachers plan a 11:30 a.m. luncheon at First Baptist Elliott Hall with a salad soup sandwich menu Deb Barker will present Ottawa history. Franklin County ADA host 7 p.m. education session at RMH with nurse educator Faye Rubick on Medications and Diabetes. Sunflower Piecemakers meet 7 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Rosie Grinstead speaks Quilts in the Closet. Lawrence Community Theatre calls for A Few Good Men auditions 6:30 p.m. Jan 17 18 at 1501 New Hampshire about Guantanamo Bay Marines. VA walk in clinic 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. next Tuesday at Lawrence American Legion 3408 W 6th bring DD 214 SSN DOB marriage date.
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Retired Teachers Association
Elliott Hall
First Baptist Church
Deb Barker
Ottawa
Local Diabetes Association
Franklin County
American Diabetes Association
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Faye Rubick
RMH
Gilbert Martin
Quilt Guild
Sunflower Piecemakers Quilt Guild
First United Methodist Church
Rosie Grinstead
Grinstead
Lawrence Theater
Lawrence
Lawrence Community Theatre
Aaron Sorkin
New Hampshire
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Piet Knetsch
Glenn, Livingood and Penzler
Call
Department of Veterans Affairs
Lawrence American Legion
Ottawa urges state action on youth penalties and curfew
Ottawa outlines stance on penalties for juveniles in illegal firearm possession and underage drinking. It backs fine allowances for curfew violations, warns of potential loss of federal highway funds, and opposes a state spending cap that would diminish local home rule while supporting four lane expansion of US 59 between Ottawa and Lawrence.
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Ottawa
Lawrence
School board eyes elementary needs amid bond plans
The board weighs space needs from elementary schools as it contemplates a bond issue. A new middle school construction is proposed while elementary improvements are debated. President Barb Gibson urges public input but not to reopen middle school renovations. Members will tour several new middle schools this week to help select an architect.
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Gibson
She
Duncan
Jack Maxwell
Marcia Mitchell
Washburn Rural Middle School
Topeka
Monticello Trails
de Soto
Overland Trail
Kansas City
Kan
Brittany Hills
Blue Springs
OHS Considers Block Scheduling With Friday Sessions
OHS weighs Monday through Thursday block schedules and shorter Friday periods. Mavity began exploring block scheduling benefits about three years ago. A board request sought test score comparisons and dropout data, plus an instructional materials policy review. Some members raised Library Bill of Rights concerns citing age appropriateness issues.
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Maintly
Mavity
Maxwell
Sam Sheldon
Anderson County ACED appointments in doubt amid funding stipulations
Anderson County commissioners discussed conditions for continued funding to the Anderson County Economic Development committee. They require multiple nominations per vacancy, broader county promotion, and a full board by the January 25 ACED meeting, amid past funding complaints. The panel also set 1996 holidays and reorganization steps, and addressed a proposed permanent recycling center with a February 10 target.
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Arnett
Anderson County
Floyd Jasper
Ken Weide
Weide
City of
Anderson County Fairgrounds
Ann Calahan
Commission
Calahan
Kansas lawmakers announce committee assignments for 1996 session
Senate Democrat ranking member Doug Walker of Osawatomie leads education and public health and welfare panels and serves on energy and natural resources as well as federal and state affairs. Rep. Ralph Tanner of Baldwin is vice chairman on the higher education select committee and serves on education, governmental organization and elections panels. Rep. Bill Feuerborn of Garnett sits on agriculture, energy and natural resources, and local government committees.
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Kansas
Senate
House
Doug Walker
D-Osawatomie
Walker
Energy and Natural Resources
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Higher Education
Tanner
Bill Feuerborn
Dgamett
Agriculture
Graves Budget Frugal Outlook Sets Tone for Senate
Senator Graves frames a tight budget as the governor shifts to spending less than revenue with discipline. Senate leaders Moran and Shallenberger note a status quo, no big increases, while final figures remain months away as lawmakers aim to align with the governor’s plan.
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Dave Kerr
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Jerry Moran
Hays
Graves
Shallenberger
Jennison
Brownback Steers Toward Senate Bid In GOP Race
Aid from party insiders points to Sam Brownback as a unifying GOP figure likely to run for Kansas Senate. A final decision is due by mid February with Turner signaling readiness to move quickly if Brownback joins the field. Brownback, a former agriculture secretary and 2nd District rep, rose among GOP leaders amid budget-cutting and department-closure proposals.
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Turner
Brownback
Kansas
John Carlin
Washington
Newt Gingrich
Senate
Rep
Pat Roberts
Kassebaum
Sheila Frahm
Franklin County approves jail roof replacement and county notices
Commissioners kept 9 am to 3 pm meeting times on Mondays and Wednesdays at the courthouse. The Ottawa Times remains the official county newspaper, rotating with The Ottawa Herald. A $25,600 contract with Vincent Roofing Topeka covers replacing the old jail roof with a rubberized one. insurance covers $6,998 due to storm damage. The old jail will be remodeled into a juvenile detention area. A engagement with Agler and Goeddert for tax work on the Employee Health Care Fund was approved. A contract square footage change shifts National Credit Services from 39.06 percent of the south half to 18.5 percent of the entire County Annex Building.
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Ottawa Times
Times
Ottawa Herald
Mavity
Hayden
Savage
Vincent Roofing
Topeka
Agler and Goeddert
Franklin County
National Credit Services
County Annex
Bernhardt's True Dance School Enroll Now
Bernhardt's Certified school of True Dance invites all ages to enroll at 242-3606. Includes a big clearance sale on items through Jan 20 at Helton Halmark 217 S Main 242-1071. January clearance at Cornerstone Bookstore 312A Main Fr. GO Erba hours Mon-Fri 9am-1pm 2038 S Main 242 PHONE FRIEND 3:16 pm 6:30 pm school days Fr Co school children call collect WOMEN'S PAP Smear Clinic Fr Co Health Dept appt info 913-2432 1873 or 1-800-427-1073.
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Helton Halmark
S. Main
Fr. Co
Fr. Co. Health Dept
Ottawa City approves 3 percent pay raise and zoning changes
Ottawa commissioners discussed a 3 percent city employee raise and a new channel for expanded basic cable along with zoning shifts to R3 for multifamily housing. Changes include reclassifying Canterbury Court and Hidden Meadows areas to R3 to curb spot zoning and add apartments. The panel will reconvene January 17 to consider weed nuisance enforcement and parking regulation amendments.
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Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
TCI
Olive
Canterbury Court
Hickory
Hidden Meadows
Cedar
Cedar Square
Kansas
City Planning Com
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