Tower plan fades on Pork Chop Hill site
Franklin County moves to withdraw the special use permit for a 140 foot emergency communications tower on Pork Chop Hill near Wellsville after zoning concerns. The county plans to seek a zoning change at the July planning meeting, while the four-tower program for filling radio dead spots continues with grant funding intact.
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Pork Chop Hill
Wellsville
Blaine Finch
Radio Communications Task Force
Franklin County
Ryburn
Kenneth Coffman
Finch
Hay
Craig Davis
Dispatch
Brad Gilges
Ted McCurdy
Jason Parks
Alan Radcliffe
Larry Walrod
Cancer: Benefit coming to aid patient in medical battle
The article chronicles a woman’s cancer fight touching family member Sylvester and friends who organize a benefit. After initial remission, a new tumor grows in her back prompting care at Olathe Medical Center, MD Anderson in Houston, and a Feb surgery to replace a vertebra with rods.
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Robertson
Neosho
Olathe Medical Center
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston
Golf for Ashley Benefit Set At Ottawa Country Club
A fund named Golf for Ashley at People's Bank supports Ashley Robertson. The Ottawa Country Club hosts a four person scramble this Saturday with dinner and auction after a 7 am start. Participants paid 200 dollars per team. non players asked for 15 dollar donations. Robertson undergoes radiation and chemo as doctors search for tumors in the pelvis shoulder blade and lung.
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People’s Bank
Ottawa Country Club
Robertson
Houston
Olathe Medical Center
Travel safety tips from Ottawa police and agents
Ottawa police urge travelers to secure personal data while away. Stop mail, limit cards, lock documents, and use a safe. Travel agent John Novotny adds copies of IDs and passports kept separate from originals to prevent trouble.
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Geist
Ottawa Police Department
John Novotny
Travellers Inc
Lawrence
Novotny
First commission evening meeting draws standing room crowd
More than 30 residents filled the county courthouse chambers for the first evening County Commission meeting. Arguments for a five member board and calls to cut salaries surfaced while speakers urged transparency and later time was added for public comment. Regular meetings run 8:30 a.m. with a 6:30 p.m. session the third Wednesday.
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Rhiannon Ross Herald
County Commission
Ron Henrickson
Freone Hollinger
Ottawa
Farmer's Market
Doug Morgan
Roy Dunn
Henrickson
Commission
Don Stottlemire
Ed Taylor
City moves traffic study to review with 30 day decision
City planners approved subdivision rules adding a public green space requirement. A park fund will finance and equip new parks, with fees based on subdivision lots. Compliance waives payments. partial credits possible for extra green space. Final commission approval pending.
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Ers
Lee
Park Fund
City Commission
Ottawa approves large housing development plan in southeast area
planners authorized a preliminary plat for a development seven to eight times bigger than typical projects in Ottawa. the site near davis road and logan street at a t intersection may extend davis road south and create a future major intersection with signals. the project will span eight phases and includes a housing opportunity overlay to allow smaller lots for lower and middle income buyers. eight acres in the southwest will become a city park, with street name changes to avoid confusion.
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Ottawa
Cal Lantis
Planning Commission
Davis Road
Logan Street
Tom Yahl
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