Trail Blaze Trail Events On Prairie Spirit Route
A railroad memorabilia show and a volksmarch are planned along the Prairie Spirit Trail with coordinated activities and page 5 reference for details.
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Volksmarch
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1998
Page
7
Weekend Weather Outlook With Storm Chance
A 50 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight with lows in the mid 60s. Friday brings a 30 percent chance of morning showers and a high near 80. For more details, see page 2.
Williamsburg rape report involves unidentified man
A 27-year-old woman says she was sexually assaulted by a unknown man who joined her and another woman on a Williamsburg street. They traveled to the 1600 block of Arkansas Road. The other woman is also listed in sheriff reports. The incident was reported at 4:53 p.m. Sheriff Rex Bowling said the party involved has been identified and is not believed to be local.
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Williamsburg
Here
Arkansas Road
Sheriff's Department
Franklin County
Rex Bowling
Bowling
Paola man pleads guilty to molestation charges
Paola resident Matthew Fenwick, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child in Miami County District Court. An arrest warrant had been out since November but he was found after a girl identified him on Wheel of Fortune. He was arrested at his Olathe home, remains jailed on 50,000 dollars bond, with sentencing set for September 9. Prosecutors plan to seek about six years in prison. Fenwick also earned 4400 dollars on the game show.
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Paola
Matthew Fenwick
Miami County
Fenwick
Hosington police chief arrested on child material charges
HOSINGTON Kan AP The state police chief Phil Taylor was arrested at his home on Tuesday after KBI investigation alleging nine felonies of possessing child adult material tied to four alleged incidents last fall. Redshaw Hoisington city manager said Taylor could not be reached for comment and had said the photos were evidence in a police probe.
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Hossington
Kan
Kansas
Phil Taylor
Hosington
Kansas Bureau of Investigations
Hoisington
Brian Redshaw
Taylor
Indiana town sells record Powerball ticket for 295.7 million
Richmond Indiana reports a single Powerball ticket worth 295.7 million sold at Speedway near the Ohio line. Lottery officials say no claimant yet. Rumors point to a Columbus area group, though Ohio does not sell Powerball tickets.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Ohio State Line
Columbus
Ohio
Speedway
Hoosier Lottery
Diane Balk
Wivn-Am Radio
Westerville
Toilet seat ranks as cleaner surface than many items
Pat Rusin and her University of Arizona team report in New Scientist that toilet seats are among the least bacteria laden home surfaces. They found shopping boards carried three times as many bacteria and dishcloths harbored a million times more, noting the seat's nonporous dry surface hinders bacterial survival.
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Pat Rusin
University of Arizona
Isue
New Scientist Magazine
Rusin
Chuck Shepherd
P.O
St. Petersburg
Fla
Graves campaign spending hits record in Kansas GOP primary
Gov. Bill Graves has spent over 1.62 million dollars, the most ever by a gubernatorial primary candidate in Kansas, in a bid to edge out conservative challenger David Miller. Miller spent over 300 thousand, aided by Kansans for Life which distributed about 80,000 newsletters.
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Jopeka
Kan
Bill Graves
Kansas
Graves
GOP
David Miller
Miller
Kansans For Life
County levy up 9 mills in proposed 1999 budget
Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously to adopt a proposed 1999 budget raising the mill levy from 45.823 to 55.412 mills. The budget, set for legal publication, will be finalized after a budget hearing at 7 p.m. Aug. 17 at the county annex building. The panel noted higher service demands, capital improvements, and rising rock and health care costs as key drivers.
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Mission
Commission
County
Tom Weigand
Sheriff's Office
Franklin County
Carrier appears in court in Franklin County case
Michael Dale Carrier, 37, of Osage City, appeared with lawyer Steve Davis in Franklin County District Court on charges including rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, and aggravated intimidation of a witness. The case stems from a woman found paralyzed in a soybean field west of Richmond on July 11. The proceedings mark Carrier’s first court appearance in the matter.
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Mily
Richmond
Franklin County
Michael Dale Carrier
Osage City
Steve Davis
Galileo resumes Jupiter moon data transmissions
In Pasadena NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports the Galileo spacecraft has restarted sending science data from its Europa flyby after a subcomponent short circuit caused a shutdown last week. Debris caused the loss of most data, but officials expect to salvage and replay recorded information.
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Pasadena
Calif
Galileo
Jupiter
Earth
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Europa
Mavity Eyes a New Century as Franklin County Leader
Franklin County Commissioner candidate Charles Mavity, 76, Ottawa, says technology is the era’s greatest challenge as the county moves toward the next century. He stresses service costs fairness, supports zoning, and opposes expanding to five commissioners, forecasting a future non elected administrator with three commissioners.
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Franklin County Commission
Mavity
Charles Mavity
Mainty
Franklin County
Lee Mavity
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Republican Party
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University of
Carrier
Gallileo
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