Head Start trainer earns CPR and first aid certification
Grant-funded program led by Inda Corcoran earns certification to teach CPR and first aid to Head Start parents and providers across seven counties served by ECKAN. A $1,732 Kansas Health Foundation Recognition Grant funds equipment and training, with classes aimed to start in August.
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Inda Corcoran
East Central
Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
ECKAN
Kansas Health Foundation
Kansas
Shirley Long
Head Start
Corcoran
Long
Retirement reception for Luella Stiffler in Ottawa
A retirement reception for Luella Stiffler, after 11 years with county and state government, will be held Friday 2 4 p.m. at the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services office in Ottawa. The public is invited, and she will retire to a Pomona farm with her husband.
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Stiffier
Luella Stiffler
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
S. Main
Ottawa
Stiffler
Pomona
Agency On Aging
East Central Kansas Area
Elizabeth Maxwell
Court Briefs Man gets prison in car burglary
A Franklin County judge sentenced Thomas James Yohe Jr. to consecutive prison terms totaling at least four years eight months for burglaries at Creason-Tawney and South Star Chrysler. Yohe pleaded guilty to the November and March break-ins and restitution was ordered for another case.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Thomas H. Sachse
Thomas James Yohe Jr
Yohe
Creason- Tawney
South Star Chrysler
Jason Flores
Paul Adam Dunlap
Pinellas County
Fla
Creason-Tawney
Alan Campbell
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Employer Overcomes Reading Struggles to Lead Firm
Thiessens, head of B and J Precision, revealed a reading difficulty to peers in an executive committee. He began tutoring, completed books on employee relations, and now aims to read mail faster. His wife stresses there is no shame in learning to read.
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Doug Damon
Damon Industries
Yost
Thiessens
Festival sampler highlights Ottawa past with touring event
Penner says moving the festival across Kansas broadens reach and lets hosts stamp their mark. McGee notes Forest Park era Chau tauqua ties Ottawa history to the Sampler festival. Ottawa won the bid but work begins with 100 volunteers and pledges from locals and businesses, to support Pratt visit in October.
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Kansas
Penner
Forest Park
Ottawa
McGee
Pratt
Kansas economy edges past state growth averages in 1997
Commerce Department data show Kansas up 5 percent in 1997 with inflation-adjusted output of $64.6 billion. Oregon led growth at 7.6 percent, while Hawaii shrank 0.2 percent amid Asian crisis. California remained the largest economy at $1.03 trillion.
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Oregon
Hawaii
Commerce Department
Department
U.S
New Hampshire
Texas
Arizona
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Midwest
Iowa
Kentucky
Illinois
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Nebraska
Alaska
North Dakota
West Virginia
South Dakota
California
City studies late-fee policy and CIP budget plans
Ottawa city officials reviewed a study comparing late-fee schedules with similar sized cities. They requested delinquency data and a composite of the average customer. Lambers said the late fee reduced delinquencies while noting two main customer groups. The CIP budget shows a rising mill levy for five years funding projects already committed, including a US-59 23rd Street intersection overhaul and levee repairs, with potential additions like a new police center and recreation complex.
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Ottawa
Lambers
City Commission
CIP
Us-59
23Rd Street
Ottawa man charged after tool theft burglary arrest
Ron E. Larios, 32, was arrested in the 100 block of South Main on suspicion of felony possession of stolen property from a May 31 to June 1 burglary at 1120 1/2 N. Main, with $6420 in hand and power tools missing. Crime Stoppers offered up to $500 for tips leading to arrest or conviction. Local law enforcement noted prior tips have aided multiple arrests in 1998.
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Ottawa
Ron E. Larios
S. Poplar
S. Lincoln
South Main
Charlie Bowling
Larios
Jon D. Warkentine
N. Main
Alan Radcliffe
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Timothy W. Rodgers
N. Oak
Elda R. Campbell
Ninth and Cedar
Rodgers
Ernest P. Mustain Jr
S. Ash
Victoria R. Nicholson
Pomona
Robert W. Bender
Margaret L. Welcher
Main
Second
Christopher W. Hermreck
Apple
Teen Arrested in Ottawa Sex Report
A 17 year old Ottawa boy named Jason D. Gragg was arrested near Park and Main after weeks of search on suspicion of aggravated indecent liberties with a 14 year old girl in early May. He was released to juvenile detention. The 14 year old's mother reported the incident on May 5. Under Kansas law, those under 16 cannot give sexual consent.
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Ottawa
Jason D
Gragg
S. Oak
Park and Main
Kansas
Ottawa area hospital notes and police briefs
Admissions include Brandy Dodson Barbara Brewer and Cynthia Ware with a birth noted for a daughter to Cynthia and Roy Ware. Theft and arrests reported in Ottawa with losses, a 23-year-old woman’s city and county warrants, and multiple vehicle thefts, vandalism and accidents in the Ottawa area.
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Ottawa
Barbara Brewer
Osage City
Cynthia Ware
Lane
Cynthia
Roy Ware
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