Garnett City to Generate Power as KCPL Cuts Service
City Manager Rick Doran said KCPL will shut off service after Missouri River flooding. Garnett will generate its own power for now, with potential help from Kansas City Kansas utility if demand rises. City updates traffic code to align with state DUI standard of .08, replacing .10. A brick wall at North Park football field collapsed due to water pressure. bids sought to replace the wall and a leaning section.
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Arnett
C Pincer
Kansas City
Doran
Garnett
Board of Public Utilities
Kan
Streetfest Activities Grow in Ottawa 1993 Event
A full day of activities is planned for Saturday's Streetfest sponsored by the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce. Forty seven booths are registered along Main Street from First to Fifth and Fourth Street to the alley. Live entertainment runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with acts including Stan Millikan Johnny Lee Hill and the Kansas River Gang plus a mural dedication and a 7 to 10 p.m. street dance featuring Suspicious Minds.
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Ottawa
Jan’s Creations Station
Stan Millikan
Johnny Lee Hill
Mary Lynn
Marla Webb
Salina Bruvek- Meninger
Christie Teter
Jim Curley
Amanda McCurdy
Kansas River Gang
Rockers
Kent
Kristen Underwood
Davidson Dance Studio
Suspicious Minds
Ottawa PRIDE earns Pacemaker bid for culture and arts
Kansas PRIDE board certifies Ottawa PRIDE meets state standards for a culture and arts community improvement program. Bob Burtch of the Kansas Arts Commission lauds Ottawa sites including the Old Depot Museum city auditorium and Ottawa University facilities. Final Pacemaker approval hinges on 19 blue ribbon categories and outside expert reviews.
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Kansas Pride Board of Directors
Ottawa
Bob Burtch
Ottawa Herald
Kansas Arts Commission
Ottawa Pride
Pacemaker
Burtch
Old Depot
Ottawa University
Kansas prison population up slightly amid sentencing reforms
Kansas prison population rose 0.8 percent to 6,240 on June 30 from 6,193 a year earlier, with officials noting room to spare at 6,611 capacity. The Sentencing Guidelines Act, effective July 1, could trigger early releases for nonviolent offenders, while prosecutors may challenge such releases.
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OPERA
Kan
Department of Corrections
Kansas
Chuck Simmons
Winter may run in Kansas Senate race
Winter says he has recruited his father as senior adviser and notes Ottawa links. He is a Ottawa High School graduate of 1971 and grew up in Ottawa with memories of Franklin County. He and his wife Mary have three daughters aged 14 and two younger.
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Kansas Senate
Winter
Ottawa High School
Ottawa
Eugene Field
Sacred Heart
Ottawa Middle School
Mary
Auditorium Boosters Bingo Tonight at 7:30 PM
Local boosters host a bingo night at the auditorium this evening starting 7:30. Sutton's Jewelry advertises a 50 percent off sale on gold overlays and bracelets at 207 S. Main with free jewelry cleaning and checking. See you on the sidewalk July 31.
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Sutton’s Densiry
S. Main
Sutton's
Southview staff honored for years of service and community news
Southview Homecare and Southview Home Services honored employees for three and five years of service during a July 15 gathering at the Franklin County Annex. Carrie Lane Guernsey, Louisburg office manager, was singled out for five years of service since the company’s 1984 inception. Other five-year honorees included Marcia Petrie, Patti Wagner, Kim Stoneking, Jeane Peterson, and Teresa Rudhti. Three-year honorees were Kelly Dallas and Judy Day. The article also notes Southview’s service areas in Franklin, Anderson, Linn, Douglas, Miami, and Johnson counties and outlines the homecare offerings such as skilled nursing and therapy. Additional items cover a Sept. 2 customer-relations seminar at Ransom Memorial Hospital hosted by the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce, with John Allen presenting, and a Sept. 2 registration for $20 advance or $25 at the door. The piece includes Adamson’s second retirement party at the courthouse for nine years with Meals on Wheels delivery, plus a Kansas ADA and FMLA and workers comp workshop Aug. 27 in Topeka for $40 or $45 at the door. First Med walk-in clinic opening in Lawrence Aug. 2 at Ridge Court planned by Dr. Ronald Burt and ARNP Nancy Burt.
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Southview
Southview Homecare
Southview Home Services
Franklin County
Carrie Lane Guernsey
Louisburg
Marcia Petrie
Patti Wagner
Kim Stoneking
Jeane Peterson
Teresa Rudhti
Kelly Dallas
Judy Day
Franklin
Anderson
Linn
Douglas
Miami
Johnson
Dorothy
Adamson
Fred Adamson
Central Check Company
Ottawa
Nightcrawlers Camping Club
UE Wes
Colorado
Holiday Inn
Holidome
Topeka
Julie Barber
Echr Office of Communications
Lawrence First Med
Nancy Burt
University of California
Knight cancels trip to Vietnam trade mission
Kansas Commerce Secretary Bob Knight cancelled his trip to Vietnam as head of a state trade mission after families of missing soldiers and prisoners of war criticized the journey. The mission still proceeded with two aides remaining to meet Vietnamese officials on future trade opportunities for Kansas companies.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Bob Knight
Vietnam
Knight
Taiwan
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1993 update
The Ottawa Herald lists updated rates for daily, Sunday and holiday editions with varied delivery options. Rates cover in town carrier, rural routes, motor routes, and mail delivery across Franklin and adjacent counties, with state tax and advance payment noted.
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Ottawa
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