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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 2016
Page
3
State fire marshal urges Kansans to change smoke detector batteries as clocks spring forward this weekend. The release notes 39 percent of home fire deaths involve nonworking detectors and advises installation in every bedroom outside sleeping areas and on each level, with annual battery replacement and tests.
Ingrid Pearson starts as state coordinator for Kansas Main Street in a relaunch of the program once housed in the Kansas Department of Commerce. A series of meet and greets kicks off with Ottawa on March 21 at the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce, part of a public-private partnership plan backed by a $185,875 USDA grant from 2015.
Ben Hanson begun as Franklin County Farm Service Agency county executive director on January 25. He previously served as a program technician in Clay County and trained in Dickinson County, bringing business management degree from Emporia State and ranching experience. Hanson succeeds interim Rachel Roberts after David Hornung’s retirement in 2015. He and his wife Katy operate a cattle ranch in Riley County with two children.
Daily Report lists admissions and dismissals in Ottawa and Chanute with names Wanda Attic Stacy Dur land Shirley Corbin Ollie McGill Robbie Sallee. Sheriff and Police arrests include Lazarus Flack 23 Ottawa on a warrant and a 15-year-old on arrest authorization. Walmart thefts involve Sharon Blomquist Aaron Cole and Eayle Bunyard. An accident on Eisenhower Road damaged a power pole. no injuries. Thefts and incidents cover multiple blocks in Ottawa plus welfare checks property damage and public assists. Ottawa Fire Dept handled nine medical calls.
Franklin County Historical Society hosts John Pultz associate professor of art history at the University of Kansas to view J B Muecke’s early to mid 1940s home front photographs. The February 20 program at Neosho County Community College Ottawa invites locals to share memories and help identify people in the images.
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