Downtown Baldwin Stays Alcohol Free For Now
Baldwin City Council approved special use permits for alcohol sales downtown last week amid protests. Mike Hercules withdrew his permit application for the Wildcat Cafe citing opposition, while plans to open a bar in a properly zoned area continue. Regulations bar alcohol within 500 feet of churches or schools, affecting most of downtown. The council will continue accepting permit applications for downtown venues.
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Dowttown Baldwin
Baldwin
Mike Hercules
Brother’s heart yields kidney for operation
Randy Hughes donates a kidney to his brother Russell Hughes after a long kidney disease battle. Russell’s condition worsened recently, with frequent doctor visits and a strict renal diet. Both brothers grew up in Ottawa area and work in local careers, with families at home. Russell will need 10 to 14 days in hospital post transplant, while Randy recovers from surgery.
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Randy
Russell
Tom Crouch
St. Luke’s Hospital
Paula Hughes
Paula
Randy and
Ottawa
Victor
Freda Hughes
Pomona
Bob
Colin
Fort Scott
Patricia
Ashley
County considers code fixes and break room box upgrade
County commissioners discuss 3000-dollar code compliance options with builder and electrician. They plan to fix a circuit breaker in the NCSC break room as various machines are added. Wright to verify facts with the builder before proceeding. Bids open for mowing primary county roads. equipment needs for varying widths queried.
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DeJulio
Larry Wright
Earl Devore
NCSC
Charles Mavity Jr
Wright
Pipe dream proper material continuation
In Jefferson City Missouri Welborn Sales of Salina submitted the sole bid for culvert pipe, facing a specification mandating spot welding. West Pipe Company argued locked seam is sufficient though welds offer greater strength, prompting the commission to rebid and reset specs while avoiding publication of bids. Gardner Hayden will be available Wednesday in the meeting room.
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Welborn
Salina
Larry West
West Pipe Company
West
Kansas
Miller
Dennis Brown
Welbom Sales
Brown
Tom Weigand
Charles Mavity Jr
County Commission
Gardner Hayden
911 outage hits Wellsville and Centropolis in Franklin County
An outage disrupted long distance lines after a fiber break at a ramp project west of Lawrence and another cut in Topeka halted automatic 911 address and phone-number delivery. Sheriff Capt. Brad Gilges urged repeated attempts and advised contacting rural first responders via radios if 911 fails.
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Wellsville
Centropolis
Brad Gilges
911
Gilges
Kansas Turnpike
South Lawrence
Lawrence
Southwestern Bell
Larry Plautsch
10Th and Fairlawn
Topeka
Plautsch
Ottawa
Garnett
Richmond
Rantoul
City weighs self sufficient golf plan amid quarry site debate
Flatt suggests a golf complex at Fogle Quarry would need city subsidies due to Ottawa’s market size. Three options range from grading and stabilization to private operation of a driving range or an 18 hole course. Commissioners insist the venture must cover its costs, while a youth oriented project is favored. An engineering study on a south Liberty to Funston sewer line was approved, sharing costs between the city and benefit properties.
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Olathe
Flatt
Fogle
Ottawa
Gene Ramsey
Vicki Cummiskey
Liberty Street
Funston
Liberty
All Night Skate and Community Ads
All Night Skate runs Friday March 22 from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. with afternoon hours 2 to 4 during spring break. Roll-A-Way Skate Center at 242-1191 hosts an all day skate Thursday March 26 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. FR. CO. Recycling operates Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2038 S. Main with 242-1176. Cornerstone Bookstore features new titles. Stan Shisler again owns and manages Stan's Cleaning Service at 242-5719 for carpet upholstery tile office cleaning water and fire restoration. Women’s Pap Smear Clinic offered by Fr. Co. Health Dept with appointment numbers 913-229-3530 or 1-800-427-1873.
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Stan Shisler
Stan
Women's
Fr. Co. Health Dept
Franklin building plan eyed for Sears relocation project
Higgins pursues city county and Ottawa school district tax rebates for a new 8000 square foot store on the former Penney site with a 100 percent property tax rebate for five years and stepped reductions through year 11. a city loan proposal for land purchase is debated alongside a strengthened traffic ordinance raising fines and adding careless driving while parking penalties rise.
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Sears
J.C. Penney
Ottawa
Penney’s
Joan Tyson
Richard Jackson
Gene Ramsey
Clinton Budget Proposals Spark Rift With Republicans
President Clinton unveils a 1.647 trillion plan aiming to protect favored programs like environment and education while pursuing a middle class tax cut of 100 billion. Republicans counter with a larger tax cut agenda, calling the plan a sham and pledging a budget fight into the next term. House Speaker Newt Gingrich frames the balanced budget as a major fall campaign issue as Clinton releases a six volume, 2,196 page program-by-program outline.
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Newt Gingrich
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1995 pricing table
The Ottawa Herald lists advertising and subscription rates effective October 1 1995 for Ottawa and surrounding counties. Rates cover carrier delivery in Ottawa rural routes motor routes and mail in Franklin County Miami Douglas Osage Anderson counties and statewide mail options with various monthly quarterly biannual and yearly terms all prepaid and subject to state sales tax.
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Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
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Ottawa Herald
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