Franklin County community events and meetings listed
The Franklin County 4H Council meets 7:30 p.m. Monday at Celebration Hall. A Low Vision group session runs 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Ottawa Retirement Village Community room with speaker Sandra Andrews of Kan-Sail. County Commissioners meet Monday at 8:30 a.m. at the courthouse to discuss stop signs at Delaware and Sand Creek, and tire bids.
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4-H
Franklin County
Celebration Hall
Sandra Andrews
Kan-Sail
Kansas
Ottawa
Andrews
Linda
Phyllis
Area Agency On Aging
Public Works
Ray DeJulio
Delaware
Sand Creek
Pleasures to Treasures at Carnegie Cultural Center and More
Ottawa events include quilts by Dee Underwood and cross stitch by Marilyn Seymour in Pleasures to Treasures at Carnegie Cultural Center on Main Street with youth programs under Over the Rainbow. Old Depot Museum showcases 135 Years of the Ottawa Herald with hours 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday through Saturday and Sunday 1 to 4 pm, admission $3, $1 for students. Recycling Center hours are 7 am to 3 pm weekdays and 9 am to 1 pm Saturday at Elm Street. Alcoholics Anonymous meets daily at noon on weekdays and 8 pm on select days at First Baptist Church basement.
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Ottawa Community Arts Council
Dee Underwood
Marilyn Seymour
Carnegie Cultural Center
S. Main St
Old Depot Museum
The
Ottawa Herald
W. Tecumseh
S. Elm St
Alcoholics Anonymous
First Baptist
Fourth and
Hickory
Community Meetings and Events Schedule highlights
A compilation of local engagements lists pancake breakfasts at Eisenhower Elementary and Pomona High School cheer clinics, a Prairie Flyers EAA meeting at Charles Wheeler Airport, a scrapbooking class at Ottawa Library, choir concerts at Bible Baptist Church, and the Franklin County Historical Society annual meeting. Also includes OurS Dance, county commission and city sessions, library book sale, landlord association gathering, and school board meetings across Ottawa and Wellsville.
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Eisenhower Elementary
Eisenhower School
Pomona High School
Prairie Flyers
EAA
Airline History Museum
Charles Wheeler Airport
Kansas City
Ottawa Library
Heartland Baptist Bible College
Bible Baptist Church
N. Cherry St
Franklin County Historical Society
Franklin County Records and Research Center
Seventh St. Terrace
Douglas County Senior Center
Vermont
Lawrence
Franklin County Commission
Franklin Countyourthouse
Ottawa Lions Club
Friends of the Ottawa Library
2Nd St
Ottawa City Commission
City Hall
Franklin County Area Landlords Association
Sirloin Stockade
Ottawa Board of Education
Fire and Medical Calls Log From City Streets
Daily report lists structure fires at 1800 Shawnee Road at 12 10 p m Tuesday and medical emergencies including a sick person at 1600 South Osage Street 10 30 a m Thursday and a sick person at 3100 Labette Road 2 55 a m Sunday plus a call at 300 South Main Street 2 27 p m Wednesday for a missing detail
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Shawnee Road
South
Osage Street
Labette Road
South Main Street
State official touts business style to save Kansas money
Kansas Secretary of Administration Howard Fricke told Ottawa Rotary the state saved 95 million by working smarter and aims for more cuts. He urged fewer unnecessary procedures, noted the sale of 700 idle vehicles saving about nine million annually, and pressed that government should not perform private sector jobs.
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Jeanny Sharp
Herald
Kansas
Howard Fricke
Ottawa Rotary
Ottawa University Student Union
Fricke
Security Benefit Life Insurance
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Republican Party
The
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa Rotary Club
Ottawa University
Culver grain elevator closes as town preserves memories
In Culver Kansas the Farmers Co-op Association shuts its last local elevator moving from full-time to seasonal operation. Rich Stanley prepares to close the Culver facility as residents mourn the loss of a social hub. The state still hosts 721 elevators, but drought and low prices push communities toward seasonal gaps. The Schur family and others recall a bygone era, while the company plans to transfer Stanley to the Solomon elevator and reopen for harvests in June and fall.
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Rich Stanley
Farmers Co-op Association
Stanley
White House
Claudia Griggs
Kansas
Midwest
Edmond
Brady Grain
Stuttgart
Norton
Beverly
Lincoln County
Kipp
Kansas Feed and Grain Association
Tom Tunnell
Tunnell
Dorothy Schur
Culver
Schur
Ralph
Ralph Schur
Farmers Coop Association
Schurs
Salina
Solomon
Talmage
Abilene
Bennington
Longford
Niles
Wells
Topeka mayor questions budget plan for inmate unit
Mayor Mays criticizes Sebelius proposed 3.86 million dollar budget for the inmate unit for the next fiscal year asserting temporary funding will defund the program though Goossen cites uncertain inmate population and still supports the administration's commitment.
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Sebelius
Mays
Duane Goossen
Goossen
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Bulletin Board
Ottawaherald
S. Cedar St
York Rite
Masonic Temple
York Rite Philanthropies
Lion's Club
Elliott Hall
First Baptist Church
Borderline Country
OURS
Franklin and
Douglas County
the Daily Report
South Princeton Street
North Spruce Street
Parks and Wildlife Department
Highway Department
Independence
Terry Bullock
Robert Tyson
R Parker
ROTAR
Ren
Kanse
Roxana Hegeman
Wier
Kansas Legislature
Kslegislature
Governor's Office
Ksgovernor.org
Cedar
MF ‘Herald
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