County hears tax appeals from residents
Franklin County commission acting as Board of Equalization heard eight property tax appeals this year, versus 18 last year and more than 40 in 1990. Appeals include Warren McGill's three Olive Street duplexes and Norm Wooge's 80 acre farmland tract, with final action due after state review. The panel also weighs a $500,000 grant request for Ransom Memorial Hospital and potential grant administrator duties and fees.
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Bill Tellier
Franklin County Commission
County Board of Equalization
Laura Sutton
Warren McGill
Olive
McGill
Norm Wooge
Pawnee Road
Wooge
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Wendell Barker
Former teacher gets probation for sexual battery in Kansas
Arthur Elwin Powell, 55, of rural Allen, was placed on two years probation and given an 18 month suspended prison term after being convicted of fondling two 17 year old students during the 1980s. He was ordered to pay 5,000 dollars restitution for counseling. Powell previously sponsored the National Honor Society at Northern Heights High School.
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Emporia
Arthur Elwin Powell
Allen
Lyon County
William J. Dick
Powell
Northern Heights
National Honor Society
Family plans return home in Topeka Kansas
John and Nada Encisco, part of Practical Ministries, returned to Kansas after removing their malnourished 1-year-old Ellen from St Francis Hospital. They say they will return to Topeka with Attorney George Gomez visiting rights and plan to resume business and home life. They defend their beliefs and insist parents know what's best for their child.
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Topeka. Kan
Kansas
John
Nada Encisco
Practical Ministries
The
Topeka Capital-Journal
Encisco
Ellen
St. Francis Hospital
Topeka
Shawnee County
George Gomez
AT&T talks resume on expired contract with unions
Negotiators for AT&T and unions representing 125,000 workers were set to resume talks on an expired contract. Union officials said they would keep talking without a strike while workers seek higher pay and job protections. Weekly wages for long distance workers range from 379 to 727 dollars, with an undisclosed increase over three years replacing the original 8 percent raise.
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Washington
At&t
Herb Linnen
Communications Workers of America
The
International
Airline Tickets Half Price Offer for Summer Travel
Ad briefs list a 1/2 price airline tickets sale with purchase by June 5 and travel by September 15. The offer is through Arrowhead Hills Travel in New Strawn Kansas with contact 1-800-628-5330, open Monday to Friday 9 to 5:30.
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Arrowhead Hills Travel
New Strawn
Weather forecast overview for tonight and midweek
Cloudy tonight with a 40 percent chance of showers and dense fog. Low temperatures in the mid-50s, east wind 5 to 10 mph. Extended outlook through Friday: Wednesday and early Thursday carry showers in the east, then drying Friday with highs in the 70s and lows from the upper 40s to mid-50s, winds shifting northwest to southeast.
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Kansas
Incomes and Spending Rise Modestly in April
U S incomes and spending edged higher in April, with the Commerce Department reporting a 0.1 percent rise in personal income to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.99 trillion and a 0.3 percent gain in consumer spending to 4.04 trillion. Economists saw the gains as fitting the slow post recession recovery. Mike Foster of the Franklin County Mental Health Clinic will discuss mood and cancer links at a Tuesday 7:30 p.m. gathering at Ransom Memorial Hospital in the Franklin County Support Group conference room.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Mike Foster
Franklin County Mental Health Clinic
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Suppon
Brief ceremony to precede City Band concert
A brief dedication will occur before the season opening City Band concert at City Park on Wednesday. The band will perform the National Anthem, followed by remarks from Mayor Joan Tyson and Bob Hill, chair of the board at Kansas State Bank. The concert starts at 7 30 p.m.
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City Band
City Park
Joan Tyson
Bob Hill
Kansas State Bank
Senior Center Hosts Open Dance Night in Burlington
The Burlington Senior Center will hold a dance for all ages from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on June 10. Dances occur on the second Wednesday of each month and are open to everyone.
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Burlington
Ottawa Herald USPS rates and delivery terms listed
The Ottawa Herald publishes March 16 1992 subscription rates for Ottawa carriers rural towns by carrier motor route and mail, with prices for 1 month 3 months 6 months and 1 year in county state and out of state. Rates include state sales tax and are payable in advance.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
A. Hitch
Carrer
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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Kansas University Endowment Association
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