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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 2004
Page
8
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The Ottawa City Commission meets at 4 p.m. at City Hall to review Cedar Street reconstruction from First to 15th streets, costs and funding options, plus the final plant for first phase of a housing development in southwestern Ottawa. A Garnett ethanol plant news conference is also planned Tuesday at Garnett City Hall, and the Ottawa Library Board of Trustees meets Wednesday at 5 15 p.m. to discuss a state grant application.
Upcoming local events include Ottawa City Commission work session at City Hall and various school board meetings in Ottawa and Wellsville. Community groups meet at libraries, churches, and centers with health clinics, story times, and a low vision support group noted in Franklin County listings.
The Daily Report lists multiple arrests across Franklin County and Wellsville Police. Names include Adam R. Evans, Gloria Jean Jackson, Michael Scheckel, Michael Branson, Leslie Glover, David Leihsing, Wiley Heath Kingsley, Heather Tucker, Anthony Bueno Jr., Gabriel Ordaz, Garry Goodloe, Justin Hosler, Miles McWhorter, and Gravel in the Labette Terrace case. Bonds set vary, with some suspects released and others remaining in jail.
A mother Catalin Caroline Fordyce 35 Beloit Wisconsin and her daughter Thaylane Marie Bucklin 18 Tucson Arizona remain jailed in Franklin County on $50,000 bond after Kansas Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle on I-35 near Homewood Friday afternoon and recovered a substantial amount of marijuana.
Ottawa Main Street reports $550 of a $4,800 goal raised for turning two dead trees into chainsaw sculptures of Ottawa University founder Tony Jones and courthouse architect George Washburn. Artist Clayton Coss from India, Oklahoma will spend a week on each piece, with work possibly starting at the Skunk Run festival in June. Local groups and Washburn relatives have donated tax deductible funds.
A community meeting at 6 30 p m Thursday in Franklin County Annex will unveil a SANE SART program training law enforcement medical staff victim advocates and prosecutors. Organizers seek volunteers for a board and discuss funding and a new private exam room at Ransom Memorial Hospital with support from Ottawa Soroptomist Club and statewide coordinators.
An analysis shows Kansas special education funding would increase in Franklin County districts but fall in major districts like Lawrence Wichita and Topeka. Ottawa Wellsville Central Heights and West Franklin would see varied gains. A large share of districts could lose over 1 percent with some over 10 percent.
The Grass Dancer by Susan Power is discussed at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the library conference room 1058 Hickory. Denise Low-Weso of Haskell Indian Nations University will lead the session, part of the Urban Indians series sponsored by Friends of the Ottawa Library and Kansas Humanities Council.
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