Franklin County Bulletin Board Highlights Meetings and Events
A Franklin County bulletin lists a highway committee meeting at the courthouse Tuesday at 7 p.m. and notes possible attendance by the county commission. It covers a seniors dance Sunday at Garnett Sons Center from 6 to 9 p.m. with snacks, a veterans affairs visit in Ottawa Tuesday afternoon, and Ottawa La Leche League meeting Wednesday at RMH Conference Room A on breastfeeding topics. It also advertises a Jan. 24 K-State pizza party in Ottawa for area high school students and their parents, with registration by Jan. 20, plus a USD 290 science fair for home-schooled students April 4–7 in Ottawa. Additional items include Margie Kuhn’s art exhibit at Baker University January 21–February 25, and ORC-sponsored Saturday night events for 4th–8th graders at the Don Woodward Center. There is also a Kansas Lions State Band Camp at Baker University May 30–June 3 with a Hawaii trip for some participants, and related costs and contact details.
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Ottawa la Leche League
RMH
la Leche League
LLL
Becky
Candy
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Franklin County High School
Ottawa
Pizza Village
S. Main
Julie Lindamood
Office of Admissions
Anderson Hall
Kansas Lions
Baker Baldwin
Baker University
Ray James
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lions International
Pearl Harbor
Waikiki Beach
Lions Club
Lions Clubs
King Birthday Observance March Led by Gov Graves
About 200 people joined a short march in Topeka to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. Rev Tyrone Gordon of Wichita urged a multiracial effort to advance life liberty and happiness for all as he delivered the keynote speech for Kansas annual observance. The march went from the Kansas Judicial Center to the Statehouse, led by Governor Bill Graves.
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Topeka
Martin Luther King Jr
Wichita
Tyrone Gordon
St. Mark United Methodist Church
Tors
America
Gordon
Kansas Judicial Center
Statehouse
Bill Graves
Larrick confrontation with coach Over sparks legal glare
In Topeka KNEA and WEA lawyers plan next steps as Larrick and his attorney Scott Ryburn publicly discuss the incident with Over. Ryburn says Larrick acted after being hung up on during a call about his son’s participation.
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Lopes
Knea
Topeka
Larrick
Scott Ryburn
Ryburn
Over
Dressler
Rayburn
Franklin County
Dresslar
WEA
Miracle baby Aryka survives crash with life long drainage.
Aryka DeCock will need a skull shunt for life to drain brain fluid after an accident that dislodged her safety seat and caused skull fractures possibly allowing meningitis to enter. Doctors expect stitches to be removed soon with no other visible injuries beyond a feeding-tube scar.
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Aryka
DeCock
Harney
Don Finch
Farmers weigh price fears over bio technology at soybean expo
At the Kansas Soybean Expo farmers pressed lawmakers on extended price laws for grains even as industry spokespeople touted benefits of bio engineered crops. They noted rising world markets for both conventional and GM beans while acknowledging lingering consumer demands and regional price pressures.
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Harris
Topeka
Kansas
Alma
Stephen Anderson
American Soybean Association
Chris Novak
Novak
Japan
Asia
South America
Molly Cline
Monsanto
Argentina
Koch Defends Record After Paying Record Fine
WICHITA AP Paul Jackson recalls the 1994 79000 gallon Koch Industries pipeline spill near Wichita that led to a 35 million settlement, the largest civil penalty under the Clean Water Act. The EPA cited egregious violations spanning 1990 to 1997, with Koch pledging safe operations and 2500 miles of pipelines for inspection and repair.
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Wichita
Paul Jackson
Koch Industries
Jackson
Sedgwick County Rural Water District No. 1
Kochi
Koch
Environmental Protection Agency
United States
Canada
Texas
Minnesota
Koch Petroleum Group
Kansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Missouri
EPA
Carol Browner
Janet Reno
Pat” McCann
Smithsonian Institute
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Franklin County Commission
Garrett
Garnett Sons Center
Veterans’ Affairs
Kansas Commission On Veterans’ Affairs
City Hall
Vermont St
Ste. No
Lawrence
USD
Ottawa Middle School
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Ransom Memorial Hospital
AMH
Jody Lancaster
ORC
Don Woodward
East 3Rd
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Ron Bishop
Lester Wells
23Rd Street
I-35
Old Highway 50
Wells
Mr. Over
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