Wal-Mart Team Wins KMCA Championship in Kansas
Ottawa based Wal-Mart Stores earned the team trophy at the professional truck driving championships held June 25 26 by the Kansas Motor Carriers Association Kansas Safety Management Council sponsored by Blue Beacon International Truck Washes. 91 drivers competed and David Cronk was top rookie among 32 first time entrants while David McDonald from Roadway Express Kansas City took Grand Champion honors in twin trailers and overall driving.
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Wal-Mart
KMCA
Hutchinson
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
Kansas Safety Management Council
Blue Beacon International Truck Washes
Kansas
State of
ATA
David Cronk
Ottawa
David McDonald
Roadway Express
Kansas City
Burglary at Fashion Inc. traps tools worth over six thousand
Police investigate a break in at Fashion Inc. 1019 North on June 23 revealing a large haul of power and hand tools valued at more than $6,000. Franklin County Crime Stoppers urges tips at 1 888 311 TIPS with anonymity and possible reward.
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Ottawa Police Department
Fashion Inc
North
Franklin County
Merger Near With Kansas City Power & Light
Western Resources chairman David Wittig said the firm is close to an agreement with Missouri regulators and other parties to merge with Kansas City Power & Light Co. The plan could avoid Missouri public hearings set for July 26 and aims for a rapid decision from the Missouri ECC within two months, with FERC and NRC approvals also needed.
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Topeka
David Wittig
Western Resources
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Wittig
Kansas Expocentre
Missouri
Kansas Corporation Commission
ECC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Halfway through three month deployment in Arabian Gulf
Navy Airman Richard V. Henricks of Quenemo is halfway through a three month deployment aboard USS Kitty Hawk based in Yokosuka Japan. He helps enforce U N sanctions against Iraq and patrols the no fly zone over southern Iraq. Henricks, a Marais des Cygnes Valley High School graduate, joined the Navy in August 1995.
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Henricks
Quenemo
Navy
Richard V. Henricks
Richard F
Genia M. Henricks
Arabian Gulf
Yokosuka
Japan
U.N
Iraq
Marais Des Cygnes Valley High School
Melvern
Regents form task force to review policy and budget
Wilcox, on loan from the University of Kansas, chairs a nine member policy task force with members from three regent districts and presidents of Kansas State University Washburn Seward County Community College Barton County Community College and an area vocational-technical school. A nine member budget working group also forms including staff and university, college and vo-tech representatives.
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Herald
City Park
Kansas
Franklin County Historical Society
Franklin County
Chautauqua
Amy King
Forest Park
Gayle Norris
Wilcox
University of Kansas
Department of
Speech, Language
Hearing Sciences
Kansas State University
Jon Wefard
Washburn
Jerry Farley
Jim Grote
Seward County Community College
J.B. Webster
Barton County Community College Board
Bond and Collins push bill to halt home health cuts
Senator Bond along with Senator Collins propose a 10 billion five year package to stop the 15 percent Medicare home health payment cuts, protecting sicker patients while funding remains undetermined and budget surpluses shift. Brownback co sponsors urge restoring confidence in Medicare beneficiaries relying on home health services.
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Christopher Bond
R-Mo
Missouri
Bond
Susan Collins
Maine
Morgan
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
Brownback
Congress
Clinton
Congressional Budget Office
White House
Ex-Rantoul clerk bound over in misused funds case
Ex city clerk Sandra Denise Horn, 33, bound over for arraignment on a felony charge of misuse of public funds after an audit showed water and sewer accounts $1,480 short in 1997. Accountant Anthony Funk testified deposits to the general fund and dog license fees were missing during Horn’s tenure.
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Rantoul
Sandra Denise Horn
Anthony Funk
Franklin County District Court
Horn
Ken"Bellinger
General Fund
Water and Sewer Fund
Bellinger
Wellsville
Funk
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Local Incident Roundup
Admissions include Joshua Dickey Richmond Maxine Arnold Ottawa Helen Watts Welda and Reva Braman Melvern Dismissals Angela Butts and daughter and Gayle Studley Ottawa Births a son born to Helen and Kim Watts Welda Wednesday A 15 year old girl taken into custody as a child in need of care Thefts include medication stolen from Barbara Schleappe's vehicle valued at 800 with Marinol Thefts also involve a 25 inch TV boombox and other items valued at 1610 and a metal detector valued at Hagelin Electric losses Police arrests include a 14 year old Ottawa boy for theft and Wade Johnston on a traffic warrant Several battery domestic battery and residential theft reports with multiple residences listed Accidents feature two major collisions on K 68 and Main in Wellsville and Seventy five additional non injury and injury incidents with various drivers and vehicles noted including seatbelt use and injuries to Patrick Curry Safieh Kash Barry Spitzenberger and others
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Joshua Dickey
Richmond
Maxine Arnold
Ottawa
Helen Watts
Welda
Reva Braman
Melvern
Angela Butts
Gayle Studley
Helen
Kim Watts
Indiana Terrace
Barbara Schleappe
N. Robey
Schleappe
Wal-Mart Supercenter
S. Princeton
Wade Leroy Johnston
Liberty
South Cherry
Douglas County
North Cherry
Kathy JaNell Zamora
Cleveland
N. Cherry
Hagelin Electric
Sand Creek Road
South Sycamore
Susan Marie Hastings
Canterbury Court Apt. D
Wellsville
Barry Spitzenberger
Paola
Spitzenberger
Franklin County
Miami County Medical Center
Robert K. Smith
Riley Road
Jeffery P. McAdoo
S. Maple
Main
Jason P. Bryan
McAdoo
Smith
Walter J. Cordill
Pomona
Kentucky Road
Gardner
R. Hayden
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Ottawa Library
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Franklin County Cancer Foundation, Inc
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