Bulletin Board Country Oaks at Ottawa Senior Center
Country Oaks performs at the Ottawa Senior Center on Wednesday. Dinner reservations call 242-7440 by noon Tuesday. CPR First Aid classes offered by Franklin County Child Care Providers with Red Cross in-service hours. Full class Feb 23 9 am to 6 pm for 40 dollars. renewal Feb 18 or 20 6 to 9 pm for 20 dollars. ORC 517 E 3rd. Preregistration encouraged. Contact Sherry Engelbert 242-9063. Open to center bases preschools home providers and public.
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Country Oaks
Ottawa Senior Center
Franklin County
American Red Cross
ORC
Sherry Engelbert
Ottawa board to meet on facility revamp and band uniforms
The Ottawa Board of Education meets at 6:30 tonight at Ottawa Middle School to form a 25 member committee for the elementary facilities revamp. The board will discuss high school band uniforms, the old middle school, refinancing district facilities, and potential state legislature impacts.
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Herald
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa Middle School
PBA Hernly
OHS
Chris Reynolds
Jan Collins
Collins
Ottawa hospital notes and sheriff police round up
Admission and discharge logs show Lonnie Smith Connie Hoopes Julia Hoagland and others from Ottawa plus transfers to Olathe Medical Center. Sheriff and police reports list multiple arrests on domestic battery driving violations probation violations and warrants across Wellsville Quenemo Pomona and Ottawa with bonds set or inmates remaining in jail. Thefts and vandalism incidents include tool theft in S Cedar area and vehicle and glass damage in several blocks.
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Lonnie Smith
Connie Hoopes
Julia Hoagland
Ottawa
Timoteo Oviedo
Lucille Lantis
Pomona
Donna Young
Quenemo
Dale Bogle
Wellsville
Lela Wonnell
Olathe Medical Center
Jordyn Franklin
Oleta Webster
Sheriff’s News
Gregory Alan Dudley
Janet Ann Visitacion-Gamez
California
Michael Thomas Rossi
Hutchinson
Howard Lee Hanson Jr
James Matthew Gilbert
Hickory
Blackhawk
Cole Aaron Kelsey
Richmond
John Brown and
Texas Road
Franklin County
Shawn Christopher Bond
Rantoul
S. Main
Police News
S. Cedar
Dwight David Graham
N. Cedar
Rudolph Alphonso Vopata
Lincoln
Peter John Nickel
N. Main
Rozalene Anne Hutchinson
S. Lincoln
Christy L. Kelsey
Rock Island
Ill
W. 15Th
E. Logan
Blue Cross policyholders approve sale to Anthem
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Kansas policyholders approved its acquisition by Anthem Insurance Companies Inc. of Indianapolis with 63.4 percent voting in favor. The deal, worth 370 million dollars with up to 321 million to policyholders, converts the mutual company into a stockholder owned firm. Voting represented 58 percent of eligible voters. The change faces final approval from Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius.
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Topeka
Indiana
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of
Kansas
Anthem Insurance Companies Inc
Indianapolis
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
John Knack
Blue Cross
Anthem
Kansas Company
Blue Cross Plans
Kathleen Sebelius
Knack
Blue Shield
Johnson and Wyandotte
Kansas City
Colorado
Connecticut
Kentucky
Maine
Nevada
New Hampshire
Ohio
The
Kansas Medical Society
Kansas Hospital Association
Kansas State Nurses Association
Kansas Association For
Blue Shield of
Bcbsks
Kansas Insurance Department
Ksinsurance
Kansas City ranks second nationally in drunk driving deaths
A study in Preventive Medicine reports Kansas City had 10.1 alcohol related fatalities per 100000 residents from 1995 to 1997, second only to Dallas 1023 while well above the national average of 475. Lincoln Nebraska posted the lowest rate at .86.
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Kansas City
Dallas
Preventive Medicine
Lela McDuffy
Heartland
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Missouri
Deborah Cohen
Rand Corporation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Louisiana State University
Lincoln
Neb
Tough Kansas session looms over budget tax clash
Kansas lawmakers open the 2002 session amid a $426 million revenue gap for FY2003 with threats of tax increases and program cuts. Leaders warn the year will be brutal as they weigh budget gaps, district redrawing, school funding reviews, and post 9 11 security plans. Governor Graves hints at tax proposals.
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Topeka
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Bill Graves
Graves
Derek Schmidt
R-Independence
Atherton leaves Chamber post after strong tenure and growth vision
Wyandotte County native Atherton departs as leader amid praise for guiding three Chamber groups through robust finances and growth. A five member search committee led by Earl Devore will seek his replacement, balancing duties in Chamber and Economic Development while planning the job description and search parameters. He notes unresolved aim to improve the community image as a low wage area and looks forward to gardening and grandchild time in Lebo, Shawnee, and Merriam.
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Earl Devore
Devore
Atherton
York
Janet Peters
Jerry Thompson
Weigand
Chamber
Wyandotte County
Lebo
Shawnee
Merriam
Kansas Lawmakers Face Redistricting and Budget Debates
Chairman Feuerborn and Senator Tyson outline top issues for the Kansas session. They expect initial approval of Graves' choice as secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Parks, plus redrawing House and Senate district boundaries. Bipartisan cooperation is hoped to curb partisan politics while tackling the budget without tax increases.
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Department of Wildlife and Parks
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Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
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Feuerborn
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