Orschelns Focus on Education aids Ottawa area schools
Town & Country Supply will donate 600 to Eisenhower School and 200 to Appanoose School under Orschelns Focus on Education. Ottawa store names Rex Cummings Dave Bowman Kevin Snider and Vickie Jahn as the month’s winning employees. Snider notes unusual multiple winners while Ottawa wegen winter sidewalk sale set for Feb 28 with weather contingency.
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Town & Country
Town & Country Supply
Princeton Road
Eisenhower School
Appanoose School
Orscheln
Ottawa
Rex Cummings
Dave Bowman
Kevin Snider
Vickie Jahn
Snider
Chamber of Commerce
Lawmakers weigh 30 year tax break for speedway
In Topeka lawmakers consider extending the property tax abatement to 30 years for the International Speedway Corporation project. The $257 million track would seat 75,000 near I-435 and I-70 with groundbreaking planned mid year and opening set for 2000. a county city government panel would need a bill to authorize the exception.
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Topeka
Kan
Wisd
International Speedway Corporation
Wyandotte
Cedes
Bill Reardon
Ckansas City
House Tourism Comittee
Pomonans open in home care site at dairy farm
Ralph and Jane Wilson operate Heart to Heart Home Plus at 3600 Colorado Pomona with 24 hour adult care. Jane Wilson will run the site, holding a nursing home certificate and Medicaid qualification, offering independent to personal care in a country setting with gardens and handicapped access.
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Pomona
Ralph
Jane Wilson
Colorado
Eomona
Ralph Wilson
Wilsons
Kansas
Ottawa
Hobby shop moves to new north Main site
Radio Controlled Hobbies relocates to 114 S. Main, within a shared building with Advanced Computer Services OH Pawn Shop and Bell's Wrecker Service. Owners Tom and Bertie Wilson plan continued stock of radio controlled planes cars boats models and offer two weekly special orders while expanding outdoor dirt track racing in local parks this summer.
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S. Main
Tom
Bertie Wilson
Advanced
OH Pawn Shop
Bell’s
Wrecker Service
Tom Wilson
South Main
Wilsons
Randy Thompson
Wilson
Auto Zone
Ottawa Commission approves sewer upgrade bid and NRP additions
City commissioners awarded Insituform Plains Inc. a 59,260 bid to replace 1,350 feet of eight inch sewer lines in Rockwood Acres and Orchard Heights. Terry White was appointed to fill Wayne Sylvester's planning commission term. Audit contracts set at 22,000 for 1997 and 22,880 for 1998. Six properties approved for Neighborhood Revitalization Program with full tax rebates for new homes. Executive session planned for city manager evaluation. study session rescheduled to 3 p.m. at Waun huayne Hall.
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Sears
Lawrence
Sears, Roebuck and Co
27Th
Iowa
America
Alex Beyer
Beyer
Steve Titus
Insituform Plains Inc
Chesterfield
Rockwood Acres
Orchard Heights
Ottawa
eAn
Terry White
City Planning Commission
Wayne Sylvester
eAccepting
Agler and Gaeddert
Hickory
Cypress
Olive
Franklin County
NRP
17Th Street
Scott Lambers
Hospital Posts First Real Profit in Two Decades
Hospital officials report a 0.6 percent expense margin improvement and the first real profit in at least 20 years. Administrator Briggs notes 1994 Medicare reimbursements created a paper profit, while 1997 goals include a 30 days cash reserve and board designated assets rising to just over 1 million dollars.
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Briggs
Ransom
Hospital mulls retirement village purchase discussions
Bob Bregant RMH administrator told trustees that talks with John Howe owner of Ottawa Retirement Village about RMH buying the complex continue. An offer and counter offer have been made and any sale must be approved by the Franklin County Commission with bond funding to be put to a public vote. Holiday Glow raised about $4,341 for the RMH Auxiliary scholarship program, with Edie Derousseau noting the amount exceeded expectations. Auxiliary annual meeting and officer elections are scheduled for Monday.
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Bob Bregant
Ransom Memorial Hospital
RMH
John Howe
Ottawa Retirement Village
Bregant
ORV
Franklin County Commission
Edie Derousseau
RMH Auxiliary
Derousseau
Incidents and Police Notices From Franklin County
A Tuesday report notes .45 shells found on a school bus after a basketball game at Williamsburg Junior High. No charges. Thefts include a vehicle registration sticker, gasoline, a lock, and a forged check. Vandalism involved a damaged mailbox. Multiple arrests and battery and harassment reports follow, with juvenile detentions and releases. Accidents across several roads, some injuries, and non injury incidents. Fire alarms and ambulance calls complete the day’s brief.
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Williamsburg Junior High
N. Louisa Ave
Sheriff’s Department
Cindy Chinn
Wichita
Arkansas Road
Rantoul
E. Main
Lane Tavern
Kansas Ave
Larrie L. Kleitz
Hamilton Road
Edward Boechat
Topeka
Franklin County
S. Main
Luther M. Jones
Louisiana Road
Andrew P. Good
Birch
Police Department
Hamblin
South Oak
Claude W. Garber
Pomona
Jason L. Minden
Osawatomie
John Brown Road
Kentucky Road
Michael P. Wright
Michael W. Anderson
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Wright
Jon Mark Horne
Williamsburg
Heather Ann Horne
Jon Horne
Robert J. Walsh
Lane
Oregon Road
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Wellsville
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