Shared housing offers social and financial benefits statewide
Today begins a two part article highlighting many benefits of homesharing for older adults and communities. The piece notes over half a million people share homes, outlines reasons such as companionship security and service exchanges, and includes personal quotes about living with others. It ends with a question about the number of public housing complexes in Franklin County.
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LHA
State of
Kansas
Franklin County
Commodity Costs Near Record Farm Program Price Tag
Washington AP reports rising costs for U S farm support programs as exports fall and grain crops rise. Agriculture official Robert Thompson warns 1986 costs may reach 17 to 18 billion, near 1983's record, with futures influenced by Soviet crop prospects. Senate Agriculture Committee discusses farm bill pace, rejects two producer-control proposals, and sets a July 15 deadline for bill completion.
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Washington
U.S
Reagan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Robert Thompson
Congressional Budget Office
Thompson
Soviet Union
Robert Dole
Byan
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Edward Zorinsky
Nebraska
Dole
Block
Senate
Congress
Thad Cochran
R-Miss
KDOT Forum Set for July 9 in Ottawa University
The Kansas Department of Transportation will hold a 7:30 p.m. forum on July 9 in Ottawa University’s Administration Building Auditorium to discuss rehabilitation of eight miles of K-68 and 15 miles of I-35 from the Miami Johnson County line northeast to I-435. C Price Berryman will preside, representing district four. The session is open to the public as the second of 12 EDOT forums this year.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Ottawa University
Miami-Johnson County
C. Price Berryman
Highway Advisory Committee
District Four
Franklin, Miami
Coffey, Anderson, Linn
Greenwood
Woodson
Allen,Hourbon
Elk, Wilson
Neosho
Crawford
Chautauqua
Montgomery
Labette
Cherokee Counties
Community Info Center answers from the library calendar
This week the library offers help via its Community Information Center at 5th and Main. Readers learn how ERA is calculated, origins of In God We Trust on coins, Silver Dollar City admission prices, booth rental for Franklin County Fair, and local bicycle laws and a Shrine parade schedule as outlined by Rosemary Honn.
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5Th and Main
Community classifieds brief montage at Wellsville area
A collage of local ads includes Margie’s Menagerie at 1130 N Main with phone 242-8462, Elks Lodge steak night June 29 reservations by 5pm, Johnson grass weed dept units 7am to 1pm Mon to Fri, honey bee pollen contact Leonard Humphrey and Ron Atchison, Drake Jewelry ear piercing and 40 50 percent off summer merchandise at Young Place 2308 Main, Bud’s dance venue featuring Gimme 3, OTASCO Sunday open 12 to 6 pm with prize drawings, country BBQ at Wellsville Methodist Church Saturday 5 to 7 20 pm.
Margaret Clark obituary and local incidents summary
Visitation for 87 year old Margaret Marge Clark set for Sunday at her 745 S Hickory apartment instead of Lamb Roberts Funeral Home. Reports include vandalism to a loader tractor and theft from a vehicle, plus several local arrests, divorces, and civil suits. Also covers Kansas City cattle and hog market trends with price changes and slaughter data.
Ottawa Chamber Plans Busy Week Of Events And Parades
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce releases a packed schedule with a Shriners parade at 11 30 a m from City Park to First Street and back. Franklin County Agricultural Society hosts Forest Park competitions to raise funds for the July 24 27 Fair. PRIDE meets at 6 p m at the Chamber. Chautauqua Days arrive Thursday at Forest Park as businesses close for Independence Day. Aerobatics contest set for July 18 21 at the Ottawa Municipal Airport open to spectators. Summer Sidewalk Sale July 24 features an Arts and Crafts show in South Main blocks. Reynolds Real Estate to replace Burroughs Real Estate office at 4275 Main.
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Franklin County Agricultural Society
Forest Park
Chamber
Ottawa
South Main
Charley
Nellie Jo Reynolds
Burroughs Real
Memorial Notices for Clark and Nutt in Houston
Memorial records note Miss Margaret E. Clark died Thursday in Houston and will be buried at Highland Cemetery with a 1 a.m. Monday graveside service led by Rev. Henry Roberts Jr. The family will host visits at 745 S Hickory St Sunday 4 to 5 PM. Memorials to Westminster Presbyterian Church. Alice O. Nutt funeral services to be held at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home 2 PM Monday with internment at Highland Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 8 PM. memorials to Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Home Care Support Group.
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Arthur H. Wiswell
Arthur H. “Art” Wiswell
Dengel & Son
David Petersen
Evergreen Mound Cemetery
Mortuary Mill
Nutt
Alicn
Houston
Texas
Lamb-Roberts Funeral
Highland Cemetery
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Home
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KDOT
George Sullivan
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Mobil Travel Guide
Missouri
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Brad Shoemaker
Delaware
Lawrence
Federal Writers Project
WPA
Steve Janson
Douglas County
Main Street
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Rosemary Honn
Ad Briefs
Margie's Menagerie
N. Main
Elks Lodge
Franklin Co
Leonard Humphrey
Ron Atchison
Drake Jewelry
Young Place
Bud’s
Main
Otasco
Wellsville Methodist Church
Hamiston & Spratt Liquor Store
Princeton
Memoriam
Joe Pavlacic
Athens
Texa
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Ouawa
the Daily Report
Margaret E. Clark
Margaret
Marge” Clark
S. Hickory
Lamb-Roberts
Public Safety News
Raymond R. Carey
Rockwood Drive
Dale
Thornburg
Waverly
Wal-Mart
Gary Davis
Williamsburg
United Parcel Service
W. Wilson
District Court News
Gerald Alan Smith
Legal
Sandra M. Ewan
Rebecca L
Willard D. Mitchell
Kay
Ralph E. Shaffer
Joanne D
William H. Espinosa
William Iselin & Company Inc
Marilyn Teter
Anthony Kolody
Gary D
Sandra
Carl Hornbuckle
Kathryn H. Walter
Walter
Kevin D. Oakes
N. Cherry
Hickory Street
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Midwest
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St. Louis
Indianapolis
Peoria
Iowa-Se. Minn
Indiana
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Omaha
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Indianapelis
Mid-West
Larry Powell
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Shriners
City Park
First Street
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Turner
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Subaru
Funeral Home
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