State's Only Fireworks Factory Inactive In Kansas
The only Kansas federal licensed fireworks plant, Tempcon Inc. at 10211 Roe Avenue in Stanley, has been inactive for over a year, per ATF official Ray Winston. State officials doubt any Class C plants exist in Kansas. bottle rockets are stored by eight wholesalers, and sale of Class C fireworks is locally regulated with wide variance across counties and cities.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
Ray Winston
Tempcon Inc
Mid-America Fireworks Display Co
Roe Avenue
Stanley
Johnson County
Winston
Kansas City
At&f
Hallett
Okla
Feds
Marion L. Bartlett
China
Taiwan
Bartlett
Fire Marshal Office
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
Wichita
Ellinwood
Norwich
Arisas
Sedgwick
County reevaluates emergency shelter and county coordinator role
Franklin County officials discussed emergency preparedness citing lack of viable shelters and nearby hazards from Wolf Creek plant and waste routes. They warned of funding limits if the coordinator is elected and noted potential staffing impacts. The board postponed a formal decision while reviewing water district highway relocation costs and design timelines.
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Paget
McCracken
Wolf Creek
Franklin County
Henry
Water District No. 6
John Brown Highway
Public Works
Larry Larson
Water District
Ponzer, Sears
Budget Tensions Mark Last Board Meeting
During a tense session, School Board members argue over supply line items and a small overexpenditure at OHS. Nelson notes a January overspend belief, now reversed to underspending, while Bushman and Edwards warn the district to preserve teacher funding and improve communications. Three longtime directors—Beauchamp Beeman Andrews—receive plaques as John Edwards and others prepare to leave. July 8 marks annual reorganization.
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Nelson
Bushman
OHS
Almeda Edwards
Edwards
Edwards Cied
Jack Beauchamp
Bud Beeman
Dan Andrews
U.S.C
Harnden
Bud Gollier
Phil Gibson
Andrews
Fire damages shrub at Fourth and Main in Ottawa
DPS responded to a landscaping fire at the southeast corner of Fourth and Main at 1 09 p m Wednesday. A cigarette lit mulch and a shrub burned. optometrist Rodney McClay doused most of the fire before a DPS truck arrived. Shrub damage estimated at 50 dollars. Quotations read Wednesday afternoon at Ottawa Coop for hard wheat 3 00 corn 2 80 milo 4 50 soybeans 5 64 oats 1 70.
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KUMC
DPS
Fourth Arid Main
Rodney McClay
Ottawa Coop
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Donald E. Philgreen
Don Sellers
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Sellers
Philgreen
Ottawa
Light House
Daily Report
S.E. Corner
Davis
Wilson Rds
Frank and
Marilyn Whitley
Lowucuse
Lorner
Davis & Wilson Roads
Lodge
Retta
Letha Fanning
W.C
Thelma Waymire
Sec
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
Box
FR. CO
Overbrook Fairgrounds
the Family Circus
By Bil Keane
Coppi
Casi
Woodstock
Break
Dad
Old Fishi Hole
Hagar the
Horries
Beetle Bailey
Rufus
ALLI
Mary’s Ceramics
Princeton
Duncan
Church of the Brethren
South Cherry
South Hickory
Wellsville
Hwy
Willow Lane
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