In-service for Child Care Providers and Art Guild Meeting
Franklin County Child Care Providers Organization offers an nutrition in service from 7 to 9 p.m. at TeamBank with a 6:30 p.m. public business meeting. Ottawa Area Art Guild meets March 10 at Carnegie Cultural Center with Ed Baldridge speaking on Main Street Unlimited.
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Franklin County
TeamBank
S. Hickory
Sherry L. Engelbert
Isengelh
Swbellnet
Ed Baldridge
Art Guild
Ottawa Area Art Guild
Carnegie Cultural Center
Baldridge
Main Street, Unlimited, Inc
Country Kitchen
Mary Hall
Lawrence
South Africa
Jayhawk Audubon Society
Lawrence Senior Center
8Th and
Vermont Streets
David
Judy Brzoska
David Brzoska
Graves May Consider Bonds For More School Aid
Gov. Bill Graves signals a new school finance plan with a larger base budget, possible bond funding, and changes to the distribution formula for more than 2.26 billion across 304 districts. He plans to unveil the proposal March 12 or 13 as lawmakers eye funding options including a sales tax hike and bond issuance.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Statehouse
Graves
Glasscock
Sen
Jim Barnett
Ramporia
Old Middle School Debate Led to Demolition Bid and Sale
A long running dispute from 1996 over an unsafe old middle school ended with a 3 1 vote to demolish the Fifth and Main building despite a divided turnout. The plan to sell to Pioneer Group of Topeka aimed to convert the site into offices after environmental studies and tax exempt bond work.
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Franklin County
James Smith
State Historical Society
Fifth and Main
Mattie Perry
Bob Marsh
Pioneer Group, Inc
Pioneer
Old Middle School
Bugs Bar Sparks Taste Debate In Backyards
Exterminator Greg Beck and his family weigh in on eating insects as a protein option. Norton and Deering explain FDA insect fragment allowances in chocolate and peanut butter while promoting mass produced insects from bait and pet shops as safe sources.
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Greg Beck
Jacob
Norton
Food and Drug Administration
Deering
Insects Featured In No Bones About It Exhibit
Chesterfield MO AP reports on the No Bones About It exhibit at Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House detailing human insect consumption. Recipes include mealworm tacos pizza cricketini and tempura crickets with guidance on sourcing keeping dispatching and safety.
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Chesterfield
Sophia M. Sachs
Butterfly House
Mark Deering
Deering
Associated Press
Forfeiture rules outlined for drugs and property in Kansas
County officials describe how drug related seizures become civil or criminal forfeitures. Cell phones and cars may be forfeited if profitable, with tax stamps under the Kansas Drug Tax Stamp act adding penalties if stamps are missing. The Alcohol Beverage Control may levy taxes and seize property if funds cannot be paid. A forfeiture requires notice to potential claimants and a hearing. Laura Potter can be reached at spotter ottawaherald.com.
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Cgilges
Gilges
ABC
Alcohol Beverage Control
Laura Potter
Spotter
Olttawaherald.com
Beef plant workers to meet on workers camp
Kansas workers from southwest beef plants plan a March 28 meeting with the Kansas Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation. The gathering, requested by Teamsters rep Bill Moore, will discuss compensation issues as injuries in the beef-packing industry drive claims. The council, including business and labor members, advises on law changes for the Legislature. Kansas pays among the lowest worker compensation benefits in the country per the Labor Research Association.
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Haris
Topeka
Southwest Kansas
Kansas Advisory Council On
Phil Harness
Kansas Division of Workers Compensation
Bill Moore
Teamsters Labor Union
Teamsters
ConAgra
Garden City
Harness
Kansas
Labor Research Association
Glasscock pushes green proposal for Kansas future
House Speaker Kent Glasscock backs a plan to form the Kansas Natural Resource Legacy Alliance, a publicly appointed panel to hold statewide hearings on economic development natural resource protection environmental education and quality of life. The bill, passed by the House and now in the Senate, aims to set clear goals amid water system upgrades and stricter water quality rules for streams.
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Harris News Service
Topeka
House
Kent Glasscock
Kansas
Kansas Natural Resource,Legacy Alliance
Glasscock
Senate
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Bulletin Board
American Heart Association
Mary Lou Clark
AHA
Senate Education Committee
Republicans
Mittee
Manhattan
Ink.org
Freeman
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com
Ron Bishop
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Kansas Highway Patrol
Baldwin Junction
Ottawa
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