Weather Outlook Shows Cloudy Night and Colder Tuesday
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness with overnight lows in the upper 20s. Tuesday will be colder and cloudy with a 30 percent chance of light rain in the morning, followed by light rain and light snow by late afternoon. Highs around 40, then falling to the lower 30s. Weather, Page 10
Mental Health moving kids services to new Ottawa facility
Franklin County Mental Health relocates its children’s services to a 26.5 acre former Venico site at I-35 and Eisenhower Road. The move follows a 60 percent caseload rise and a 218 percent jump in visits over five years, with 25 of 82 staff moved to the new center to expand preschool age programs, family therapy, and school attendance support.
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Laurie Sisk
Venico Enterprises
Eisenhower Road
Franklin County Mental Health
FCMH
Diane Drake
Drake
Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Ottawa
Stan Lantis
Fcmh Board of
Teacher and volunteer Eunice Hoover dies at 104
Eunice Hoover, 104, dies Friday at Ottawa Retirement Village two days before 105th birthday. A former teacher from Valley View School, she was a Red Cross Gray Lady for 25 years and active in First United Methodist Church and Oasis Club. Survived by two sons, Robert and Herbert. remembered for wit, travel, and ability to connect with children. Her obituary appears on page 2.
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Hoover
Ottawa
Ottawa Academy
Ottawa University
Valley View Country School
Alva Hoover
Robert Hoover
Herbert
California
Kansas
Red Cross
Ransom Memorial Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Dorcas Circle
Sunshine
Oasis Club
Nancy Hoover
Robert
Cardiac Arrest Fundraiser Brings Local Figures Under Fire
The annual Cardiac Arrest event sponsored by the American Heart Association and Volunteer Cardiac Arrest Parole Board comes to Franklin County Courthouse 11 30 a m to 1 p m Thursday. Ginger Millbern says the fun fundraiser pairs entertainment with philanthropy as 150 local figures post 100 bail each to support AHA research education and community services. Judge Lou Atherton will preside, and the goal is 8000 for cardiovascular programs benefiting area banks businesses and health care groups.
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Vickie Moss
Herald
American Heart Association
Cardiac Arrest Parole Board
Franklin County
Ginger Millbern
Ottawa
Millbern
AHA
Lou Atherton
Chamber of Commerce
Turnaround week spurs bigger Legislature blizzard in Kansas
In Ottawa, lawmakers called turnaround time a panic inducer as both houses churned through 20 to 30 bills daily during a mid session rush. Rep. Bull Feuerborn and Sen. Derek Schmitt noted the frenzy will wane after the deadline, with bills facing further scrutiny in the opposite chamber. The event attracted over 40 attendees including Reps. Feuerborn Holland Hamerickhouse Dreher Tyson and Sen. Schmitt. The discussion touched on delayed school aid payments, potential tax increases, and the need to balance cuts and revenues amid a weak economy and corporate layoffs.
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Ottawa
Mother Nature
Bull Feuerborn
D-Garnett
Derek Schmitt
R-Independence
Feuerborn
Senate
Tom Holland
D-Baldwin
Joe Hamerickhouse
R-Osage City
Stanley Dreher
R-Iola
Bob Tyson
R-Parker
Schmitt
Franklin County
Hamerickhouse
Boeing
Sprint
Bill Graves
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Agassaway
Ottawaherald.com
Cleon Rickel
Herald News
Tyson
Kathleen Sebelius
Holland
John Edmonds
House Taxation Com