Finney doles drug monies
Gov. Joan Finney announced 1.04 million dollars in discretionary grants for drug abuse prevention in Kansas. Funds from the Drug Free Schools and Communities program support the Kansas Family Initiatives, to strengthen families and prevent drug use among youth, with allocations to Mainstream Inc, Wichita-Sedgwick County Regional Prevent Center, 12 regional prevention centers, Topeka Public Schools, Hays district, Project DREAM in Hays, Wyandotte County center, the Administration Department, and KU for the Governor's Conference on Multicultural Substance Abuse.
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Topeka
Kan
Joan Finney
U.S. Department of Education
Kansas Family Initiatives
Mainstream Inc
Wichita-Sedgwick County
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Hays
Jayhawker Day draws crowds with bed races gunfighter show
Fans gathered as Dole visited the town during Jayhawker Day. Bed races drew laughs while Mae Kesner posed for photos. the Desperado Gang of Tonganoxie performed bluegrass, skits, and gun safety talks. Most events drew participants though softball and volleyball were canceled and 600 danced to East B Street Band.
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Russell
Tonganoxie
National Association of Old West Gunfighter Teams
Williamsburg
East B Street
Obituary for Bill L Dietrich of Carbon dale Die at 54
Funeral services for Bill L. Dietrich 54 of Carbon dale will be at 10 30 a m Wednesday at Greenwood Roberts Funeral Home with burial at Carbondale Cemetery He was born September 5 1937 in St Joseph Missouri and died June 20 1992 He was married to Betty J Figgins and survived by four daughters two sons a sister and seven grandchildren Also surviving are two daughters in law and one son in law Memorials may go to Midland Hospice of Osage County Friends may call Tuesday at the funeral home The family will meet with friends that evening Dorothy C Bell aged 77 of Olathe Medical Center died June 22 1992 Her funeral will be announced later by Dengel and Son Mortuary
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Bill L. Dietrich
Overbrook
Carbondale
Greenwood-Roberts
Carbondale Cemetery
St. Joseph
Elden C
Nellie M. (Hickman) Dietrich
Betty J. Figgins
Clinton, Mo
Scranton High School
U.S. Army
Germany
Operating Engineers Union
Topeka
Amy Dietrich
Deborah Neff
Lesa Hite
Susan Keeling
Helena
Mont
Michael Keeting
Warrensburg
Gerald Keeting
Barbara Enochs
Clathe
Pat Hanson
Belleview
Fla
Greenwood- Roberts Funeral Home
Dorothy C. Bell
E. 7Th
Olathe Medical Center
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Jury finds man guilty of murder in Kansas case
Lawrence, Kan. A Douglas County jury convicted Donald Bruce, 30, of first degree murder for the February death of 23 month old Eric Brewer. The verdict carries a mandatory life sentence and included a felony child abuse conviction for the same incident.
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Lawrence, Kan
Douglas County
Donald Bruce
Bruce
Eric Brewer
Fishers bitten by copperhead in thorny Marais des Cygnes outing
Nichols and Larios fished near I-35 when a copperhead bite struck Nichols on her right foot. Treated in hospital with vitals checks, heart monitoring, tetanus shot, and blood tests, doctors withheld antivenom due to lack of nausea. Nichols recovered, vowing not to quit fishing despite new fear of snakes.
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Nichols
Larios
Copperhead
Ron
Marais Des Cygnes
15Th Street
I-35
Ottawa area hospital notes and sheriff reports
Admissions and dismissals list in Ottawa with names including Shondi Nichols Dorcus Bowen and Roy Dunlop births noting a son for Danny Yarbo and Sherry Brown. Sheriff arrests include Alan D. Smith and David Perez-Rubalcaba with warrants and a 14 year old injured in an accidental shooting at a friend’s home. Burglary thefts, police reports about DUIs, car thefts, and fires in Ottawa area.
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Shondi Nichols
Ottawa
Dorcus Bowen
Roy Dunlop
Teri George
Alan D. Smith
Richmond
Hickory
Franklin County
David Perez-Rubalcaba
Pomona
Timothy L. Toumberlin, Jr
N. Mulberry
Sheriffs Department
Baldwin
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Jon R. Dempsey
Woodson Road
Sheriff's Office
Dempsey
George F. Allman
Oronogo
E. Franklin
Police News
15Th Street
James A. Perry
Long Branch
Kansas Department of Transportation
Perry
Hannelore Perry
Capilla T. Sanchez
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Gardner Gravel Company
Plank Sand and Gravel Co
Gardner
Hanes Drive
Margaret J. McClay
Rockwood Drive
Ronald T. Thompson
South Elm
Jeannia Pruitt
S. Locust
David L. Ralston
S. Cherry
Stafford Road
Here
Kelly A. Meyer
S. Poplar
Ottawa Fire Department
Olive
OFD
Market slides as Dow sinks to 3257.53 at noon
The New York stock market fell sharply extending a two week slide. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 27.82 points to 3,257.53 by noon on Wall Street. The Nikkei index tumbled 3.62 percent to another 50 year low, signaling renewed pressure in Asia.
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New York
Wall Street
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Finney Doles
Wyandotte County
State Department of Administration
University of Kansas
Ralph Young
Forest Park
Hot Expectations Balloon Co
Olathe
Wilbur
Ellen Ann Wheaton
Bill Smiley
Wheatons
Ottawa University
Cole
The
Herald
Dole
H. Ross Perot
Mae Kesner
Guy's and Mae's
Swerth Report
Steven D. Free
South Cedar
Country Mart
Princeton Circle
Diane M. Talady
Scott W. Payne
S. Elm
Casey's
Tim O'Dea
W. Tacumseh
Farm Bureau Insurance
Radio Shack
S. Main
Sonic Burgers
Sidiule
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