Kansas Lottery Takes Shape In Topeka
In a large open room at the Docking Building Kansas Lottery planners organize security staff, job applicants, legal counsel, and retailers. Director Larry Montgomery aims to start instant-winner sales by late September or October with a target of September 30, while enforcing thorough security checks and solid retailer readiness. A Revenue Department team builds a model to project revenue and study games used in other states as the project progresses toward launch.
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Topeka
Kan
Docking
Capitol
Kansas Lottery
Allen Rush
Kansas Highway Patrol
Rush
Lottery
Norman Hanson
Kansas
Larry Montgomery
Dan Walstrom
Montgomery
Mike Hayden
Revenue Department
Ottawa Board of Education seeks 1987 88 budget items
Ottawa Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at 420 S Main to discuss permanent art projects adult education and next year calendar. The agenda includes Special Education Advisory Council activities council appointments health careers class municipal auditorium contract next year Ottawa Middle School handbook capital outlay budget furniture and AV bids auditing contract personnel report Kansas min competency test energy management and a 30 minute closed door session on teacher contract negotiations.
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Ottawa Board of Education
S. Main
Brad Jessop
Alice Jo DeFries
Betty Norwood
Special Education Advisory Council
Carolyn Newmaster
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Ottawa
Annual Skunk Run Book Sale and Arts Fair in Ottawa
Friends of the Ottawa Library remind residents of Sun day Skunk Run Book Sale from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in City Park with donated books and items for sale. The Ottawa Community Arts Council hosts its annual Art Fair. Quilters Guilds display quilts in Ottawa Middle School from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Friends of the Ottawa Library
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Ottawa Quilters’ Guild
Sunflower Piecemakers’ Guild
Ottawa
Commission DPS Panel Meet Monday
The Ottawa City Commission will hold a Monday study session at 3 p.m. in City Hall basement to discuss a panel’s report on Allegations against the Department of Public Safety. The commission has questions after reviewing the report and will meet the panel for a second time.
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Ottawa City Commission
Department of Public Safety
City Hall
Lee Leads Local Employment Hike
Local jobs rose by about 265 since January, with H D Lee accounting for 207 of them. Lee plans to reh ire about 100 of more than 300 laid off when the plant closed in December 1986, but staff say the gains are temporary through September or October. Ottawa Truck added 24 workers for two new production lines and related drafting work, while Killough Inc. added about 20 seasonal workers tied to quarry shifts and Kansas City contracts. Beacon Plastics cited continued hiring, with details continued on page.
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Melissa Bauman
H.D. Lee
Lee
Duane Medley
Medley
Ottawa
Joe Hastert
Killough Inc
Killough
Kim Emery
Gary Meyer
Kansas City
al Seeger
Beacon Plastics
Page
Cowboys Go To School Too In Sanky Rodeo Camp
15 cowboys from Colorado Missouri Texas joined Lyle Sanky’s rodeo school in Rantoul Illinois to learn rough stock fundamentals at the McGinnis Indoor Arena. Students, including several first timers, receive ground work, video analysis, and practice on 1600 pound bulls.
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Peggy Mayhugh
Rantoul
Dave Hooks
Granby
Colo
Sam Doney
St. Joe
Texas
Lyle Sanky
McGinnis
Doney
Sanky
Rod McGinnis
Fort Scott
Lyle
Lanky
Abbyville
Kan
The Wary Warriors By Dave Ranney
Seals, a 42 year old Vietnam veteran, battles post traumatic stress as he undergoes treatment at the Colmery O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. He recalls a buddy's facial wound, explains dream disturbances, and notes difficulty adjusting to civilian life after 13 months of combat.
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Dave Ranney
Harris News Service
Seals
Vietnam
Colmery-O'Neil Veterans Administration Medical Center
Topeka
Post
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U.S.C
Nancy Hale
Hale
Harold Smith
Ottawa High School
Commission
DPS
David Woods
Rolla
St. Joseph
Steve Zuk
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