K State student wins scholarship and cheers for K-State
Overbrook senior John G DeVore earned a spring tutor scholarship as one of 33 recipients. Brook Howard Baldwin was chosen for K States 14 member junior varsity cheer squad for 1997 98. Dejarnette studied with top teachers during Hubbard Academy at Emporia State University July 13 18. Jennifer Neely of Wellsville received Southwestern College Honor Scholarship worth 1900 for marine biology and cross country.
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Overbrook
John G. DeVore
Kansas State University
DeVore
John
Pam DeVore
K-State
Brook Howard
Baldwin
Howard
Dejarnette
Angie Dejarnette
Pomona
Kansas
Hubbard Academy For Future
Emporia State University
ESU
Rich Buffalo
Bloomfield, N.J
Neely
Wellsville
Jennifer Neely
Southwestern College
Winfield
David
Charlene Neely
Jennifer
Settlement reached in state pipeline case
State regulators approve a settlement resolving issues involving Kansas Pipeline Partnership and Western Resources. The pact lowers transport rates for four years, shifts to FERC regulation, and ends a contested 1991 gas contract dispute. Bishop Group chief executive Dennis Langley links to Kansas Democratic leadership.
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John Hanna
Tter Opera
Kan
Democratic Party
Kansas Corporation Commission
Western Resources
Bishop Group
Lenexa
Bishop
Western
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas Pipeline Partnership
Dennis Langley
Kansas Pipeline
KCC
Ers
Rosemary Foreman
Rich McCollum
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
Williams Natural Gas
Tulsa, Okla
Williams
Langley
Joan Finney
Finney
Frontier Celebration at Pomona State Park Highlights 1846 Doniphan Expedition
Frontier living history weekend at Pomona State Park features encampments, rifle drills, and a Doniphan Expedition camp en route to the Mexican War. Demonstrations include surveying gear, black powder demos, and frontier crafts with a pancake breakfast. free admission and park camping available.
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Kansas
Col. Doniphan
Missouri Volunteers
U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers
New Mexico
Doniphan
Southwind Shelter House
Mike “Blue Hawk” Adams
New Albany
Richard Daling
Michigan Valley
Vassar Polecats
Dwight Burgess
Jim Krause
Lawrence
Jette Lee Wagger
Vassar
Russel Maine
Pomona State Park
S. Highway
Alliance Data to open 14 million center in Lenexa adding 600 jobs
Alliance Data Systems plans a 65,000 square foot credit card service center on Lenexa’s northeast edge with 600 new jobs, targeting February opening. The Dallas based firm will hire 275 by February and 325 within two years, paying 10 to 12 dollars an hour.
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ENEXA
Kan
Alliance Data Systems
Kansas City
Lenexa
Charlotte
N.C
Dallas
Denver
Eugene
Ore
Portland
San Antonio
Drew Peterson
Peterson Realty Group
Alliance
Johnson County
J. Michael Parks
Mission
The
Limited
Saks Fifth Avenue
Shell
Joyce Malinak
Ottawa Firemen wage dispute settles in city hall
The city reaches a settlement in a long running suit involving firemen Wilson and Riddle. The agreement covers wage and benefit disputes and alleges a 1995 settlement was violated by a fire department policy change and performance reevaluation. The city indemnifies Fire Chief Towe and City Manager Lambers, with payment likely by the city through a possible insurance policy.
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Bezek
Richard Towe
Scott Lambers
Towe
Lambers
Wilson
Riddle
Ottawa
Dave Warren
Jeff Herrman
Scott Bird
Community group weighs reuse of old middle school
Supporters push transforming the old middle school into a regional education hub with a gym and potential indoor pool shared with RMH through a community wellness center. Ottawa Recreation Commission eyes offices and programs while others propose apartments, housing for elderly, and a fine arts center. Preservation groups report interest from state and national societies in saving both ends of the building. next Friends meeting slated for Aug. 11.
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Tional
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Bob Bregant
RMH
Bregant
OMS
Ottawa Recreation Commission
ORC
Wayne Burns
Mattie Perry
Friends To Save Group
State
National Historical Preservation Societies
Candy Wasser
Friends Group
Friends
Franklin County Annex
Brothers testify to abuse in Kleypas childhood capital murder case
Kansas jurors in the Gary Kleypas capital murder trial viewed a home video showing him as a child with his brothers and father. Witnesses said their father browbeat and abused the boys, a defense move to seek mercy in the penalty phase.
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Kleypas
Kansas City, Kan
Gary Kleypas
Pittsburg State University
Carrie Williams
Parsons
Galena
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Weather Tonight and Weekend Thunderstorm Risk
Clear tonight with a mid 60s low and light southeast wind. Saturday brings a chance of thunderstorms mainly early east and late day west with lows in the 60s and highs in the 90s. Sunday and Monday show mainly late day and nighttime storms in the west, while the east stays dry with 60s to lower 70s nights and 90s days.
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Ottawa Herald
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Ottawa Herald, Inc
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Todd Frantz
Gene Kelsey
Wayne Snow
Foremanly Miller
Lake
Lebo
Friends of the Parks
Alliance Data
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Bam
AccuWeather
Colby
Iberall
Salina
Flurrie
Wichita
Pittsbural
aphicsNet
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Clinton
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Melvern
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