Ottawa Chamber Adds Three New Area Businesses in July
Three new members joined the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce in July. The Windmill Cafe at 1010 N. Main, led by Emmagean Evans, features a full menu, buffalo meat items, and long hours. Bezek Lowry Hendrix law firm at 111 E. 2nd provides city attorney representation and has set weekday hours with Saturday appointments. Instant Information at 410 S. Main offers voice mail and computer services. Downtown Lawrence Inc. will host a sidewalk sale from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with about 100 businesses and 25 non profits selling crafts to raise funds. Ottawa lawyers John L. Richeson and Richard O. Skoog were named to Kansas Bar Association committees on ethics, awards, and nominations.
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Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Windmill Cafe
N. Main
Emmagean Evans
Sandcreek Cafe
Buffalo
Bezek, Lowry
Robert Bezek
Forrest Lowry
Joyce Hendrix
Bezek
Ottawa
Baldwin
Lowry
Hendrix
Franklin County
S. Main
Paul
Patricia Miller
Millers
Miller’s
Lawrence Inc
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Kentucky
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Kansas Bar Association
John L. Richeson
Anderson
Supreme Court
Ottawa Girls Club lands ORC building
The Ottawa City Commission unanimously approved the Ottawa Girls Club bid of 20 000 for the former Ottawa Recreation Commission building next to City Hall. Club reps expressed thanks after years of effort since 1994, with plans to use funds to acquire land or improve recreation areas.
RMH Reports Slow Month Yet Near Break Even
Ransom Memorial Hospital posted a slow June in revenue with admissions about 14 percent below expectations. Despite lower surgery income, total June revenue ran 1,186,502, just 9,038 below expenses, and with other income the month showed a profit of 84,963. Year to date, operating revenue exceeded spending by 30,403, and with sales tax and gifts RMH has a 569,930 year margin.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
RMH Board of Trustees
RMH
Tom Briggs
Bob Bregant
Bregant
Edie Derousseau
Derousseau
Ottawa Citizen Watch group gains OPD support at fair booth
Ottawa police will share Exhibition Hall booth space with Citizens Watch to recruit volunteers. Applicants face background checks and cannot carry firearms on patrol. Training may include first aid and traffic control to prevent evidence contamination. The program, modeled after Raytown, Mo., has six active volunteers logging patrols and coordinating with 911.
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Herrman
OPD
Franklin County
Exhibition Hall
Citizens Watch
Ottawa
Raytown
Watch Patrol
Early Kansas State Fair History and Site Moves
The article tracks the fair from a $215 start with $1 annual or $10 lifetime memberships, toward a permanent site with John Richmond in earlier Ottawa history. It notes moves from Cherry Street, to Forest Park lands bought at $30 per acre, shifts in 1870, two cancellations in 1874 and 1951, and a 1954 move to West 17th Street with a July date to align with Hutchinson’s state fair. James C. Lee notes.
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the Fair Board
John Richmond
Richmond
Wilson Creek
Forest Park
Cherry Street
Kansas
West 17Th Street
Hutchinson
Plea agreement cuts charges in Ellis case
Rodgers pleaded guilty to battery and a gun charge, avoiding conspiracy and murder counts. Judge Thomas Sachse set sentencing for August 26 with a maximum 50 months under the deal, and bond was reduced to 50,000. Ellis, with bond at 7,500, remains jailed as her trial concluded.
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Thomas Sachse
Rodgers
Ellis
Franklin County
Auditorium album lineups expand with children shows
OMA plans a season of children’s productions at area schools and the public. Seem-To-Be Players present Just-So-Stories on Oct 5, Prairie Wind Dancers Kansas Folklore In Motion on Nov 5, PoppyCock Players Feb 4–5 by Richard Renner, and The Emperor’s New Clothes by Wichita Children’s Theatre on Feb 25. A fourth country act will be added later as fund-raising drives begin for the non profit auditorium.
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OMA
Prairie Wind Dancers
Kansas
Richard Renner
Wichita
Children’s Theatre
Smith
Shumway Volunteer Leaders Held Across Kansas Groups
Shumway has chaired the Kansas State Legislative Committee for the AARP and serves as vice chair of the Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees. She participates in aging and fraud task forces and a U.S. Attorney health care fraud group. She holds a music degree and has been married to Keith Shumway for over 40 years. they have four grown children and ten grandchildren.
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Kansas
The
American Association of Retired People
Board of Trustees of
Ransom Memorial Hospital
State of Kansas Advisory Council On
Kansas Insurance Commissioner’s
U.S. Attorney’s
Shumway
Keith Shumway
Ottawa University
Shumways
City to upgrade phone system with Plexar contract
The city commission approved a contract with Southwestern Bell to upgrade the phone system using Plexar. The plan links 36 city lines into one system, provides 15 outside lines, and enables inter-building call transfers. Estimated monthly cost drops to about $1,000 from $1,165, with installation about $1,550 and additional hardware around $1,600. Clerk Scott Bird noted installation could occur before City Hall moves to the old Franklin Savings Building.
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Southwestern Bell
Plexar
At&t
Scott Bird
City Hall
Franklin Savings
Partly cloudy and warm tonight with a 20 percent thunderstorm risk
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures tonight with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low temperatures reach the upper 70s as south winds 10 to 20 mph persist. Friday and Saturday will be hot and dry with lows in the mid to upper 60s to 70s and highs from 95 to 105 across regions.
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