Last-Minute Rush Shapes Local School Board Filings
Filing activity revived late in the contest for Ottawa USD 290 and other districts. Incumbents John Coen and Louis Reed remain, with eight candidates vying for four seats. West Franklin USD 287 shows one candidate per seat in three races while five seek the at large. Central Heights USD 288 offers multiple contenders across positions. Wellsville USD 289 features one contested race for at large Position 7. city races across Lane Pomona Princeton and Rantoul show varied candidate pools and write-in traditions.
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West Franklin
Rick Erixson
Kenneth Kost
Pomona
Mary Ann Parkin
Williamsburg
Kevin Reece
Overbrook
Central Heights
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Board of Education
Eugene Schaefer
Richmond
Barbara Short
Charlie Hirt
Doyle Sobba
Glenda Johnson
Lane
Edward Ouellette
Rantoul
Don Hobbs
Princeton
Elizabeth
Betty” Raby
Scott Turley
Wellsville
Pamela Timblin
Janice Poage
Larry Lloyd
Don Day
Robert “Andy” Anderson
George Pat McDaniel
Christina Crouch
William “Bill” Chester
Kirk Lauritsen
William Hewitt
Jerry Marlowe Slavens
Donna Magee
Jeremy Brockus
Keith Detwiler
Kathy Jones
Carrie Funk
Pat Hutchinson
Dorsey Edwards
John Wilhite
Jeanine Berrier
Ronald Samsel
Robert Thomas
Charles Edward Perkins
Charles Gilkey
Vicki Johnson
Sam Tipton
Hospital AQUA therapy pool unveiled at Main Campus
Felix notes adjustable water temperature and current for aqua therapy as 29 patients use the pool in under 21 days. Tour covers main room exercise areas, glass walls, and patient retraining spaces. Phases of a master plan aim to free space, add a women's imaging center and endoscopy suite, expand operating space, and relocate records. Plans await approval. bids and construction to follow.
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S. Main
Gollier
Bea
Jody Lancaster
Augers Iela Mae Santarpia
Anniversary pulls abortion debate to new flashpoint
The anniversary highlights anti abortion momentum as lawmakers show sympathy to curtailments of Roe v Wade. With Republicans in power and a possible Supreme Court vacancy, Bush could see a justice hostile to abortion rights. The GOP aims to pass late term abortion bans after past vetoes by Clinton.
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Voters reject school bond amid economy concerns and delays
Ken Frank of the bond coalition cited apathy as a major factor after a failed election. Louis Reed blamed the economy for low turnout despite low interest rates. Veryl Peters of the Kansas Department of Education said another bond vote would wait at least a year. The board may pursue a January 2004 election or paused plans, aiming to build community consensus and reconsidering a $2,500 land option at Davis and Wilson roads for a new elementary facility.
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Ken Frank
Louis Reed
Reed
Veryl Peters
Kansas
Davis and
Wilson Roads
Allegre
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