Ottawa Quilters Guild to Meet at Elliott Hall
Ottawa quilters gather Monday at 9 30 a m in Elliott Hall First Baptist Church Mary Anne Calder from Edgerton will bring the program Participants asked to bring quilt items for display along with other area groups into the day’s events.
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Ottawa Quilters Guild
Elliott Hall
First Baptist Church
Mary Anne Calder
Edgerton
Christian Singles Fellowship
First Christian Church
11 & Cedar
Jennifer Phillips
ECKAN to Hold Monday Election for Low Income Board Seats
ECKAN will conduct a Monday election allowing low income clients to choose a representative for the Franklin County board. Eligibility requires 18 plus years and being a Franklin County resident. Voting runs 9 am to noon at the ECKAN Center 205 W. 3rd St. Ottawa.
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ECKAN
Board of Directors
W. 3Rd St
Ottawa
Franklin County
Catrina Shapley
Board of Director
Anita Poe Wiley
Roberta Bishop
Charles Bishop
Debbie Mack
Sentencing debate over Hartpence case in Franklin County
Herald staff writer reports during a sentencing hearing for Daniel Lynn Hartpence 18, accused of two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Prosecution seeks a minimum 78 months. defense cites Hartpence’s low IQ and immaturity and asks for non prison sanctions.
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Blake Spurney
Hartpence
Franklin County
Frederick L. Meier II
Meier
Kansas
Department of Corrections
Reid-Peterson
Thomas H.sachse
City considers loading zones and parking moves downtown
Haney proposes handicapped stalls at ends of blocks without reducing spaces. Commissioners weigh a parking control officer and discuss house moves each year, with the Head Start house move next September as the biggest yet. The plan would bill in advance estimates and then actual costs for future moves, and a stop sign study on Lincoln Street is planned while no South Cedar stop signs, and reports from the Ottawa Recreation Commission are awaited. A county sign project and Channel 20 policy update are on the agenda, with a July 25 block party and a July 21 tax abatement item for Ottawa Truck.
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Haney
Jim Bradley
Lambers
First United Methodist Church
Ottawa
Bradley
Bezek
Lincoln Street
Eighth and
Lincoln
South Cedar Street
School Board Hires and Budget Decisions Highlight Meeting
OMS board kept book rental fees at 32 dollars for middle and high schools 30 for elementary and 15 for kindergartens. It hired Brian K Bartlett for industrial arts high school Tonya F Krei for first and second grade Eisenhower Elementary Mary Jane Manhart as speech pathologist and accepted a 29485 bid from Clathe Ford for a district van. The board approved 8200 dues to Kansas Association of School Boards and 750 Legal Assistance Fund fees. A retreat was announced for 6 30 p m August 16 at Rex Cummings home to align goals with interim superintendent Dr Kay Highbarger.
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Brian K. Bartlett
Tonya F. Krei
Eisenhower Elementary
Mary Jane Manhart
Clathe Ford
Kansas Association of School Boards
Meadow Lake Road
Rex Cummings
Kay Highbarger
Suspect Held After Burglary Warrants Slaying Links
Arrest continued from page 1 with the sister Sunday night and Monday to negotiate a surrender on a burglary warrant tied to one of the slayings. Resendez-Ramirez was being held at the El Paso County Jail. The case exposed lapses as Border Patrol released him June 2 despite FBI warrants and murder questions from Houston police. Immigration officials cited a shared database showing rapid identification of aliens in Border Patrol custody.
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Resendez-Ramirez
el Paso
Cox
Border Patrol
FBI
Houston
Immigration Service
Mexico
Doris Meissner
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Kansas science standards clash over evolution debate
Holloway calls for forward movement while state education officials doubt progress. A 27 member Kansas committee revising science standards fights over teaching evolution. Steve Abrams proposes alternatives. Ark. vet argues evolution is unproven and should not be on tests. Loren Lutes warns of resigning threat but vows persistence.
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Holloway
Greg Schell
State Department of Education
Schell
Kansas Department of Education
Bers
Steve Abrams
Arkansas City
Elkhart
Loren Lutes
Abrams
Lutes
Hospital Notes and Local Thefts in Ottawa Monday
Admissions include Joe Ferns Larry Hensick Sylvester Lutz Jenna Wight Garnett Agnes Rossman Births report a son born to Jenna and Gerad Wight Monday. The sheriff’s news notes a fifth wheel travel trailer stolen near High way 59 valued at 11000 with details and multiple arrests for domestic battery and suspended license. Other incidents list battery, vehicle breaks, thefts of phones radar detectors rebar fence posts a Murray bike and a 1978 Ford conversion van loss values.
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Joe Ferns
Larry Hensick
Sylvester Lutz
Ottawa
Jenna Wight
East Second
George E. Steward
Waverly
N. Main
Robert K. Smith
Riley Road
Paul BP. Coover
N. Mulberry
Walter Lee Preston
S. Locust
John H. Harris
N. Davis Ave
Wheat prices forecast lowered by USDA
USDA projects wheat prices down 15 cents to an average of 2.45 to 2.95 per bushel. This follows a June forecast showing a Kansas wheat harvest of 395.6 million bushels, up 7 percent from last year. Two years ago average prices were 3.38 per bushel.
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USDA
Kansas
Fiber optic net discussed by county leaders
Franklin County fiber optics topic at Monday commission meeting reviewed progress from standalone to connected systems. Kevin Jones outlined location mapping and data transfer use across departments while commissioners debated extending his duties to outside entities and potential rate changes to recover line lease costs. No decisions were made.
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Franklin County
County Commission
Kevin Jones
Jones
Pomona man enters no contest plea in sex case
Timothy A. Ayres, 53, faced charges in Franklin County District Court after delaying a plea offer while denying the act. He initially admitted indecent liberties against a 14 year old but then changed to no contest. A sentencing date was set for August 9 with a potential prison term of at least 31 months.
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Dennis Lee Richardson
S. Lincoln Lot
Franklin County
Eric J. Fox
S. Main No. 6
Locust and Tecumseh
Blake Spurney
Herald
Pomona
Timothy A. Ayres
Ayres
Thomas H. Sachse
Sachse
Bryan Hastert
Hastert
Ayre
Frankli
Frederick L. Meier II
Meier
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