Richmond Faces Ballot Box Decision on Quarter-Cent Sales Tax
Richmond will place a one-quarter-cent sales tax on the November ballot for residents to decide. Mayor Bill Wood says funds would go to general city needs and could help with fairs and out of town visitors. The council also sets a July budget hearing at the Franklin County Courthouse and discusses a quarterly countywide summit with districts and cities. The fall festival preparations continue and zoning books will be reviewed at the August 10 City Hall meeting.
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Richmond
Bill Wood
Wood
Stephanie Wright
Council
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Wright
Franklin County
Main St
Ottawa
Ed Taylor
County Commission
City Hall
Franklin County Fair Barbecue fundraiser set for Thursday
Franklin County Fair barbecue runs 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the fairgrounds as a major fundraiser for the fair association and the Franklin County Kansas Livestock Association scholarship. Youth 4-H members will sell advance tickets, with proceeds shared from advanced sales and at the door.
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Brandon Plaschka
Plaschka
Old Fair Association
Franklin County
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Kansas Livestock Association
Washington, D.C
the Fair Association
Orscheln Town and Country
CMI
4-H youth drive Franklin County Fair’s success
Candace Jones reports from Franklin County where 4-H youth contribute to the fair’s planning and operation. Extension agents coordinate judges and superintendents, secure auctioneers for the market sale, manage ribbons and PA system, supervise livestock shows, run concession stands, and oversee post fair cleanup with 4-H members helping in the end.
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Arnold
Sion
Ottawa Board Elects Reed as President Top Bond Campaign Priority
Louis Reed named president of the Ottawa Board of Education with Marge Stevens as vice president. Reed plans an early start on the $25.9 million bond issue for the Nov 2 election, aiming to form a community group to drive support and appear on a radio show soon. Stevens, a 27-year educator, will push full-time kindergarten and the Call Program if approved. The board also raised textbook and meal prices for 2004 05 and approved raises for district staff and a new board clerk.
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Louis Reed
Ottawa Board of Education
Marge Stevens
Reed
Department of Defense
Jeanette Wry
Stevens
Ottawa
Hawthorne
Terry George
LaDean Sypher
Chinese eye Kansas for increased farm aircraft trade deals
Chinese Ambassador Yang Jiechi urged expanding trade with Kansas and the United States during a luncheon with state officials. He pointed to agricultural products and aircraft, noting Boeing’s prominence in Wichita and indicating China’s status as a key trading partner, with processed foods and other goods making up most of Kansas China trade last year. Governor Sebelius welcomed the visit as productive.
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Kansas
Topeka
United States
Yang Jiechi
China
Boeing
Yang
Wichita
Kansas Department of Commerce
Kathleen Sebelius
Statehouse
Steven Dou
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Ottawa Herald
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Bailey Warren
Jacob Bush
Pomona
Candace Jones
Jo Ellen Arnold
Fair Board
Kansas State University
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