Williamsburg Area Boos ter Club Plans Jayhawker Days Events
Williamsburg Jayhawker Booster Club meets at 6 30 tonight at the Williamsburg Community Building to discuss Jayhawker Days set for June 20 21 and a street dance after the May 24 banquet. Public invited. Also noted are a second legislative coffee at Peoples Bank at 10 a m Saturday, moderated by Charles Gillette, with refreshments from Franklin County Democratic Women, sponsored by Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Committee and Franklin County Farm Bureau. IRS circuit riders offer free tax assistance on select Saturdays beginning Feb 8 at Ottawa Library conference room from 9 a m to 1 p m with no charge. Help includes forms, questions, face to face guidance, and basic return prep for lower income taxpayers. Bring ID, Social Security cards, tax books, W 2s, 1099s, last year’s returns, and other income and expense info for 2002. If filing jointly, both spouses must sign for e filing.
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Williamsburg
Jayhawker Booster Club
Peoples Bank
Fifth and Main
Charles Gillette
Franklin County Democratic
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Action Committee
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Internal Revenue Service
Ottawa
Kate Lett- Deathe
IRS
Lett-Deathe
Ottawa Planning Commission weighs salvage yard permit
The Ottawa Planning Commission will hold a noon work session at City Hall to discuss a special-use permit for a motorcycle, ATV, and jet ski salvage yard at 301 W. Wilson. A public hearing for a public storage buildings permit at 1112 N. Main is planned, plus variances for a shed at 820 S. Cedar, a pool at 804 Hamblin, and an addition at 310 W. Sixth.
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Ottawa Planning Commission
W. Wilson
City Hall
N. Main
S. Cedar
Hamblin
W. Sixth
Franklin County Jail Bookings and Local Incidents
Franklin County Jail bookings listed for Richard Honn Don Neri and others with ages and booking times. Sheriff department notes theft of a 19 inch monitor, various accidents including rollovers and damages, multiple medical emergencies, and road reopenings on Idaho and Rock Creek Roads.
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Franklin County
Richard David Honn
Waverly
Johnson County
Don Alexander Neri
Olathe
Terry Michael Gast
Paul Lawson O'Neill Jr
S. Locust
Jose Luis Jave
Sycamore
Ashley N. Goyer
Pomona
Sheriff's News
S. Main
Teen survives fall after car crash dangling from power lines
Joe R. Thompson II, 18, says he was catapulted from his Jeep Wrangler after a collision on Missouri 40 near Blue Springs. He hung from utility wires for about 15 to 20 minutes before rescue, telling police and witnesses he prayed and believes God saved his life.
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Kansas City
Joe R. Thompson II
Thompson
Blue Springs
Missouri
Senate panel backs budget bill to withhold funds
The Ways and Means Committee endorsed a budget balancing bill by a 9-1 vote, sending it to the Senate. It withholds 143 million from cities counties and highways, redirects 35 million in fees, and adds 21 million for education. Governor Sebelius supported the plan while Sen. Bunten opposed extra school funding paired with local-government cuts. Local governments consider service cuts as counties trim operations to save money.
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Topeka
Senate
Ways and Means
Bill Graves
Kathleen Sebelius
House Appropriations Committee
Duane Goossen
Sebelius
Bill Bunten
Douglas County
Baldwin City
Bunten
Larry Salmans
R-Hanston
Kansas Day marks state’s 142nd birthday and 2004 milestones
Kansas celebrates its 142nd birthday with a look ahead to 2004 anniversaries. The 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, the first Independence Day west of the Mississippi by the Corps of Discovery on Kansas soil, Kansas becoming a territory 150 years ago, the Brown v. Board of Education 50th anniversary, andBleeding Kansas roots are highlighted by officials. Tourism officials expect a boost as these national events draw attention to Kansas and its history.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Mississippi River
Corps of Discovery
Brown v. Board of Education
Topeka
Cheryl Brown Henderson
John Brown
Henderson
Kim Qualls
Township meeting ponders bids and grants for fire dept
Former board member Noble Carter moved to require three estimates for purchases over 150 dollars and to discuss all expenditures. Council approved pursuing a FEMA grant up to 70000 for a pickup with firefighting equipment, with a 10 percent local match. The board also eyed fire department merger potential and changed meetings to quarterly on the fourth Tuesdays of January, April, July and October.
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Noble Carter
Donna McBrearety
Croan
John Dowell
Reinier
Savage
Area Insurance Services Office
Kansans join no call list enforcement gains pace
Nearly 475000 Kansas residential numbers are on the state no call list six months after launch. The attorney general’s office reports four settlements totaling 30 000 to 15 000 from four companies and says 42 firms have four or more violations. Complaints total 2511 with 487 excused by legal exceptions.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Nocall
Senate Commerce Committee
Phill Kline
Joseph Molina
Kline
Molina
Bryan Brown
Consumer Affairs
Bankers Life and Casualty Co
Chicago
Grandvist: Vacations LLC
Branson
Dallas
Seniors First Insurance LLC
U.S. Security Inc
Oklahoma City
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Bulletin Board
Jayhawker Boosters
Legislative Coffee
the Daily Report
Katherine Minerd
Eisenhower
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Thomas O'Neill
Pamela S. Miller
Maple
South Hickory
East 23Rd
North Sycamore
South Oak
South Twyman
West 10Th
West 15Th
Idaho Road
Rock Creek
John Hanna
Lauria Sisk
Ottawa Middle
Neila Marvin
Blain Eaton
Justin Farrell
Ottawa Middle School
Independence
the Brown Foundation
Oliver Brown
West
Township
Reinier Nor Savage
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Lane
Andy Gassaway
Agassaway
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