Ottawa American Legion baseball rainout and loss in doubleheader
In rain delayed second game Ottawa's America Legion team had a postponement while the first game ended 4-3 loss. Weather outlook notes partly cloudy tonight with a low around 64 and light variable winds. Tuesday expects partly cloudy skies with highs near 87.
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Ottawa
America Legion
County plans 2004 property tax hike to cover cuts
Franklin County commissioners said state budget cuts require higher property taxes for 2004. A six mill increase could raise the levy by about 11 percent, as $1.2 million in demand transfer aid was lost. Officials warned reserves are depleted and further cuts or revenue increases will be needed.
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Cleon Rickel
Taylor
Franklin County
Don Waymire
Waymire
Fred Ferguson
Don Stottlemire
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Amnesty charges U.S. detainee abuse in Iraq camps
Amnesty International says evidence suggests U S forces held hundreds of Iraqis in U S run camps and former government prisons under cruel and degrading conditions denying family access legal review or access to lawyers during a U N rights conference in Baghdad amid reports of looting suspects and political detainees including former officials.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Amnesty International
U.S
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County Leaders Consider County Administrator in Ottawa
County commissioners in Franklin County discussed adopting a county administrator. They see daily management benefits and potential cost savings, noting past opposition has softened as Don Hay and Fred Ferguson support the idea after joining the board.
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Waymire
Ottawa
Commission
Ed Taylor
Frist backs constitution ban on gay marriages
Senate leader Bill Frist said he supports a proposed constitutional amendment to ban homosexual marriage in the United States. He argued the Supreme Court's privacy rulings threaten the home and warned against criminal activity being condoned in private life.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Bill Frist
R-Tenn
Supreme Court
Texas
Frist
ABC
Former classmate to give OHS grad part of herself
At Ottawa High School class of 1973 reunion plans two friends Shirley Kramer and Clark Carey hope to share a slow dance after a kidney transplant. Kramer will donate a kidney to Carey, who has undergone years of dialysis since hepatitis C from a 1972 car accident. If the surgery succeeds they aim to attend the August reunion and celebrate with a dance.
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Ottawa
Shirley Kramer
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Abeuiiae
Clark Carey
Overland Park
OHS
Carey
National Kidney Foundation
Nout
Wellsville Floral
Kramer Drug
Main St
Ming
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