Community events bulletin for Ottawa area
Country Oaks opens at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Ottawa Senior Center with meal reservations by calling 242-7440. Rep Tom Holland to host a town hall 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Wellsville Library with refreshments. Screenings include Left Behind It at Ottawa Church of the Brethren 7 p.m. Friday March 7. A PTSD workshop for Vietnam veterans spouses begins March 12 at Ransom Memorial Hospital, led by Shannon Musgrave and Diane Kuhn, limited to six participants, lasting 90 minutes each month for six months. Contact Kuhn at 785 608 6920 or shydi45 swhell.net.
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Otawa Senior Center
Ottawa
Church of the Brethren
Ninth
Cloud Ten Pictures
Rick Cook
Christian Discipleship Ministries
Sammy
Venkatsammy
Ottawa Church of the Brethren
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Shannon Musgrave
Diane Kuhn
Associates of
Vietnam Veterans of America
Kuhn
Swhell
Woman killed in crash on U S 59 in Douglas County
A Baldwin woman Jeannie M Eye aged 40 died in a head on collision Saturday on U S 59 about half a mile north of the Franklin County line. Colt Daniels 18 of Long Lane Mo was injured and an air ambulance took him to St. Josephs Hospital in Kansas City Mo in critical condition. Eves daughter Danielle Eye sustained serious injuries and was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City Mo. Daniels crossing the center line caused the crash according to the Kansas Highway Patrol and the stretch of road has a high accident rate. Plans to build a $201.3 million four lane highway about 300 feet east of the present road are under way with expected completion in 2009. Douglas County and Franklin County agencies assisted at the scene.
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Baldwin
U.S. 59
Douglas County
Franklin County
Jeannie M. Eye
Colt S. Daniels
Long Lane
Kansas Highway Patrol
Daniels
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kansas City
Eve
Danielle Eye
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Eye
Chrysler
Monery Patrol
Kansas Department of Transportation
Lawrence
Ottawa
RHP
Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical and
Willow Springs Township
Franklin County Sheriff's
Douglas County Sheriff’s
Hospital Admissions and Jail Bookings Report
Admissions list includes Andrew Mietchen Gerry Getty Donna Ferguson and others with Ottawa origin. Births note a son for Scott and Dana White in Ottawa at Olathe Medical Center. Franklin County Jail booking and arrest records list numerous individuals with times, charges, and bond details.
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Andrew Mietchen
Ottawa
Gerry Getty
Donna Ferguson
William Ogle
Scott
Dana White
Olathe Medical Center
Franklin County
Curtis Mitchell Sand
Overbrook
Leslie Dwayne Barrett
Rantoul
Earnest Herbert Herring
Kincaid
Steven Allen Herman
Jeremy Lee Whited
Basehor
Stewart Damon Couch
Westphalia
Janet Ann Robertson
Quenemo
Leonard Vance Baskett Jr
S. Sycamore
Kansans debate tax exemptions and immigrant drivers licenses
The committee declined to alter tax exemptions despite hearings and faces little chance of new exemptions. Lawmakers criticized a bill to grant drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, noting consequences for auto insurance and public safety. Feuilleton quotes on enforcement, federal inaction, and potential broadband and Internet tax debates frame a broader session.
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Mittee
Edmonds
Feuerborn
House
Kansas
Tyson
Citi
Kansas Commemorative Quarter Designs Open to Students
Tyson notes ongoing property theft concerns with repeat offenders evading jail. Students may choose from several Kansas commemorative quarter designs set for minting in 2005. The state continues funding cuts affecting KDOT projects, delaying or scaling back plans. A coffee broadcast will air on Cable Channel 20 at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.
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Kansas
Tyson
U.S. 59
Obituary notices for Annita Caruso Grant and Keith W Paine
Annita Caruso Grant died recently after a long career in hospitality and cake decorating. She married Richard Grant in 1991 and is survived by family including seven grandchildren. Burial was at Beagle Cemetery and memorials fund support education for Carrie and Nicholas Grant. Keith W Paine 84 of Ottawa died February 26 2003. Graveside services were held at Highland Cemetery. He served in World War II and owned Paine's Bootery in Ottawa. He is survived by a son and two siblings. Memorials were directed to Midland Hospice.
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Girl Scouts
American Cancer Society
Kansas City
Tara Grant
Annita
Tara
Carrie
Nicholas Grant
Beagle Cemetery
Beagle
Carrie and
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Highland Cemetery
Winfield
Leon Bryce
Mabel (Leach) Paine
Grenola
Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Tulsa
Okla
Troy
Ohio
Stearman
U.S. Army Air Corps
Democrats pick new chairman for Kansas party
In Topeka the Democratic State Committee chose Larry Gates of Overland Park as chairman for 2003-05 with no opposition from unions and broad harmony at the Washington Days convention. Governor Kathleen Sebelius backs Gates, avoiding the bloodletting seen two years ago. Dan Lykins, re-elected treasurer, hailed the peaceful outcome.
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Tic State Committee
Gates
Dan Lykins
Topeka
Heart Surgery Ties to Personal Loss Prompt AMA Fundraising
A wife learns her husband needs open heart surgery and emphasizes the personal link to heart disease. The AMA funds cardiovascular research in Kansas since 1949, reporting over $2 billion in grants fueling CPR, bypass surgery, artificial valves, and heart defect repairs as heart disease claims about 960,000 American lives annually.
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AMA
Kansas
High speed chase ends as Bronco rammed patrol car near Pomona
Deputy Brad Owen halted a 1989 Ford Bronco II travelling at nearly 100 mph on K-68. The vehicle struck the patrol car twice and fled into fields before stopping on Idaho Road near Ottawa where the driver was captured. James Jay Elston, 27, was arrested at 4:49 am on multiple charges. The Bronco was stolen from David Buchler. Andy Baer’s 1978 Ford pickup was also recovered after a gas drive-off incident.
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Franklin County
Brad Owen
Pomona
Sheriff’s Department
Owen
Idaho Road
Ottawa
Louisiana
James Jay Elston
Ment
Bond
David Buchler
Labette Terrace
Andy
Glenn A
Andy” Baer
Wingert’s
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Kansas Mission of Mercy
Finney County Fairgrounds
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University of Kansas
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First Presbeterian Church
Johnson County Community College
National Dietary Managers Association
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Great Kansas City Gorilla Club
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