Folks and Facts Benefit for Mancil Porter Dinner Auction and Dance
A Saturday BBQ dinner auction and dance at the VFW in Ottawa raises funds for Mancil Porter injured in a motorcycle crash. Donations to Peggy Porter at Commercial Federal Bank Ottawa. contact Karen McIlvain or Jamie Porter for auction items or information.
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Porter
VFW
Ottawa
Mancil Porter
Peggy Porter
Commercial Federal Bank
Karen McIlvain
Jamie Porter
Burglary at Pizza Time Under Ottawa Police Probe
Crime Stoppers reports Ottawa Police investigate a July 2 burglary at Pizza Time where unknowns pried open a door and stole money. It is the third break-in this year. Call 1-888-311-TIPS to provide information and stay anonymous for a reward up to 1000 dollars.
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Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County
Big Brutus Museum to Expand With Grant Aid
Southeast Kansas mine heritage site Big Brutus in West Mineral plans a 2400 foot addition funded by a $41 160 Attraction Development Grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing. Expansion target is fall 2000 completion.
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West Mineral
Kansas
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Big Brutus
Betty Becker
Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Company
County employees face raises and sick leave cap debate
December 1999 proceedings show a proposed hourly wage increase to align with long-term staff and a cap of 120 sick days with retirement payout limits at 30 days. Commissioners debated morale and rewards while approving $30,000 for railroad track repair and shifting funds to the OFCED amid mixed support.
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KPERS
Kp&f
Ethel Wallace
Juvenile Detention and Services
Wallace
Tom Weigand
Fuller
Zeek
Fair Arena Schedule and Fairgrounds Notices
All four H events and exhibits program listed across Fair Arena and Hayward Arena with show times from 5:30 p.m. through 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday July 16 17 including 4 H rabbit, beef cattle, cat show, hand pet show, round robin, kiddie tractor pull, market animal sales and rodeo. Notices warn road closures from Thursday noon through Saturday evening, with handicapped parking and gate restrictions to ease congestion.
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Hayward Arena
Rodeo Arena
Darren Hibdon
Armory Close
Celebration Hall
Fair Board
Budget gap looms as tobacco funds eyed for school aid
The 2001 budget faces a shortfall with 131 million dollars planned for the year starting July 1 2000. About 50 million would fund children's programs and 70 million into the general fund. Lawmakers may rely on tobacco revenue to finance a 50 per pupil school increase for 2000 01, a plan Graves supports.
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Senate
Dick Bond
Graves
Kansas tobacco settlement fuels child intervention debate
Harris News Service reports experts at a Topeka conference discuss allocating a $1 billion tobacco settlement to early intervention programs for infants and families. Peter Fonagy cautions programs must fit Kansas culture and have clear goals to gain future funding, while advocates push for anti smoking efforts and school finance relief from diverted funds.
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Sarah Kessinger Harris
Topeka - Kansas
Peter Fonagy
Menninger Children and Family Center
Fonagy
Menninger Clinic
Topeka
Kansas
Memphis
Sally Finney
Kansas Public Health Association
Finney
Hospital notes and police blotter in Franklin County
Admissions include Christopher Wallace and Amy Miller among others. Arrests in Buffalo and local streets, thefts, vehicle burglaries, and an accident on Colorado and Reno roads, with multiple injuries treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital.
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Christopher Wallace
Richmond
Ind
Amy Miller
Garnett
Elsie Birdene Jones
Fort Scott
Jenna Wight
Amy
Allen Miller
Sheriff's
David S. Tarpy Jr
Pomona
Colorado
Reno
Lohman
Tarpy
Sheriff's Department
Franklin County
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Thomas W. Adamson
S. Cedar
Carol J. Grimes
N. Cedar
Cedar
Red Jacket
Elmer R. Mason
S. Elm
Rex 4. Woods
Louisiana Road
Seventh and Locust
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Pomona High School
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Canada
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Gillette
Wyo
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Curt Watson
Princeton
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Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Watson
Central Heights High School
Pittsburg State University
Williamsburg
Alan Cunningham
Williamsburg School
Eloise Bennett
Hazel Brown
PSU
Paul Adair Peters
Peters
Sarah
Dennis Peters
South Korea
Joshua A. Yocum
Camp Humphreys
Pyongtaek-Gun
Yocum
557Th Military Police Company
Rex A
Leanna M. Yocum
Mine Creek
The
Sons of Confederate Veterans
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Coffeyville
Fort Riley
Lawrence
Leavenworth
South
Paul Harrison
Ing
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Becker
Australia
Faeroe Islands
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Iceland
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Friends of
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Ottawa Industrial Development
Franklin County Economic Development
O/FCED
Lou Atherton
Atherton
OFCED
Weigand
Convention and Tourism Bureau
Armory
Rodeo
Celebration
the Daily Report
Luis Anibal Balcacer
Buffalo
Kansas Highway Patrol
Homewood
Helen Kirkland
Rantoul
Eric James Fox
West Seventh
Sus
Picion
James C. McGill
Sycamore
Volkswagen
Laich Industries
N. Davis Ave
Randy A. Mills
S. Cherry
Bobby J. Burgoon
Lyndon
Mona L. Lohman
Vassar
Franklin County Day Care
S. Hickory
Country Mart
S. Princeton Circle Drive
Stephen Lantz
Courthouse Square
S. Main
Ottawa Retirement Plaza
W. 15Th
Thomas Road
South Elm
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