Pomona students named to National Teachers Hall of Fame choir
Pomona and ESU participants join a 90 voice Honors Choir at Emporia State University June 25 26 in a weekend honoring four teachers. Students Kendra Bryant J J Clawson and Stephanie Worthington rehearsed under Janet Ashburn and Dr Terry Barham.
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Pomona
ESU
Kendra Bryant
J.J. Clawson
Stephanie Worthington
National Teachers’ Hall of Fame
Janet Ashburn
Emporia
Terry Barham
United States
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
911 Outage Affects Topeka Emergency Lines Across City
Emergency Communications Center notified media that 911 service was down and directed calls to 368 9200 for emergencies. The lapse disrupted Topeka phone access with 12 prefixes affected, while fire stations and radio links maintained emergency contact. Southwestern Bell blamed a congested switch and software upgrades, restoring service by 3 09 p m and full enhanced 911 by 4 30 p m in Douglas County.
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Emergency Communications Center
Jane Cooper
Topeka Capital-Journal
Topeka
Singer
Stormont Vail
St. Francis Hospital
Rosemary Foreman
Kansas Corporation Commission
Foreman
Southwestern Bell
Lawrence
Douglas County
Jim Denney
Denney
Topea
New Ottawa BOE holds first organizational meeting
New Ottawa Board of Education held its first organizational meeting with Rex Cummings named president and Jeanette Lowry as vice president. Appointments named include LaDean Sypher as clerk, Karen Walburn treasurer, Robert Bezek attorney. Ottawa Times named official district newspaper. Interim superintendent Kay Highbarger to start Aug 1 with consulting holdovers through July.
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Mike New
Ottawa Board of Education
Rex Cummings
Jeanette Lowry
LaDean Sypher
Karen Walburn
Robert Bezek
The
Ottawa Times
John Coen
General Advisory Council
Career Technology Educational Cooperative
CTEC
Louis Reed
Rex Cum
Mings
Kansas Association of School Boards
Marcia Mitchell
Ottawa High
Lowry
Ottawa Middle
Bill Allegre
Eisenhower
Reed
Eugene Field
Tony Keim
Garfield
Cummings
Hawthorne
Coen
Lincoln
C-Tec
Allegre
Keim
Kay Highbarger
Harvey Ludwick
Firework safety tips from Ottawa official
Ottawa fire education coordinator Dennis Nowatzke warns against using or possessing fireworks in city limits. He urges reading labels, following directions, adult supervision, buying from reliable dealers, igniting outdoors, having water nearby, not making own fireworks, lighting one at a time, not reigniting malfunctioning devices, not giving to children, storing in a cool dry place, disposing properly, and never aiming at people or placing fireworks in metal or glass containers.
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Ottawa
Nowatzke
Olathe sexual predator to be released
A Johnson County judge ordered Jerry Inman a 50 year old from Olathe to the transition phase of Kansas violent sexual predator program. He will be released from state custody under strict observation and monitored by SRS and the corrections department after decades in a maximum security unit.
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Olathe
Johnson County
Jerry Inman
Inman
Darrell Smith
Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Kansas Department of Corrections
SRS
Depot rooms restored at Ottawa historical depot
The Franklin County Historical Society revived period rooms on the second floor including a general store a rural schoolroom a dentist office a farm kitchen and a Victorian parlor among others A grant from the Intermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Act via Kansas DOT funded 80 percent of restoration with $176 000 raised locally leaving $26 000 to meet the match The museum plans phase II and III adding display cases and turning two boxcars into a children's museum next to the depot Open hours set for weekends plus weekday openings.
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Cornwell
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Ottawa
Franklin County Historical Society Model Railroad Club
Gillette
Kansas Department of Transportation
Pomona
E.C
Marshella May Burdolski
William Burdolski
Michael Ray
Drug Enforcement Unit
Chamber of Commerce and County Historical Society
Tha Historical Society
Deborah Barker
The
Historical Society
Local Police Offer Reports and Arrests Across Franklin County
Police and sheriff reports detail multiple arrests for suspended licenses, including Frank E. Schaffer of Lawrence and Frank Michael Marconette of Ottawa. Other incidents cover child welfare custody, forgery and theft seizures, city warrants, underage drinking, and a series of thefts and vehicle damage. Also noted are accident corrections, fire alarms, and ambulance calls in Rantoul and Ottawa areas.
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Frank E. Schaffer
Lawrence
Sand Creek Road
US S9
Frank Michael Marconette
Iowa Terrace
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ottawa
Marconette
Franklin County District Court
Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center
Cottonwood
Douglas County
Franklin County
Jason Dean Johnson
Liberty
Quinton Shawn Wilson
E. Wilson
West Fifth
N. Poplar
Hamblin
William M. Schmoe
Cedar
Andaham
Clyde W. Potter
S. Poplar
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Midland Hospice
S. Main St
Hoffie
Advance Auto Parts
Princeton Circle
Country Mart
Ochs
Lawrence Area
Jake Ochs
Alvamar
African Violet Club
Lawrence African Violet Club
Robin
Raymond Russell
Ryan Brandt
University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences
Des Moines
Iowa
Alpha Eta
Lawrence High
Brandy
Bruno) Brandt
Bob
Shirley Brandt
Doris
Milt Sullivant
Lew
Maxine Pollom
Bird Physical Therapy
MDA
University of Kansas Medical Center
Red Cross
Faith Lutheran Church
Bryant, Clawson, Worthington
New Ottawa Boe
Katie Erikson
Herald
By Blake Spurney
the Historical Society
Barker
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Marshella Bardolski
Franklin County Court Services
Reva Braman
Melvern
Phyllis Schamle
Wellsville
Sheriff's News
Miranda L. Hawkins
Willow
Florida Road
Eric Donald Gordon
Franklin-Osage
Angela J. Gosney
Labette Road
South Mairtin
Patricia L. Atchison
E. 15Th
Kensington
Hickory
West Maines
Ohio Road
North Medical Emergency
North Cedar
Hidden On
S. Hick
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