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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 2005
Page
6
Franklin County shows progress in child welfare with gains in services but ongoing concerns persist over immunization uptake youth drug use and the number of children living in out of home care across the region.
The 2005 Kids Count survey rates Kansas overall highlight immunization shortfalls with 62.4 percent of kindergartners immunized by age two, below the state average of 79.3 percent. Franklin County health officials host a health fair offering free immunizations while the county works on several ongoing concerns.
AP reports author Robert Beattie altered his BTK case book ending after Dennis Rader’s arrest on March 1. Rader is charged with 10 counts of first degree murder, held on 10 million dollars bond, with a preliminary hearing set for April 19 in Sedgwick County. The book, Nightmare in Wichita, includes new material and an epilogue written as events unfolded.
Timisha Walls, 5, searches amid a crowd of children for candy at Forest Park. More than 1,100 eggs were prepared by Franklin County Independent Bikers and Ottawa Jaycees, sponsors of the event. Jeffery Wallace, 4, waited to dive into his finds as volunteers spent over two hours filling the eggs and children quickly ripped them open.
Abortion opponents press for stricter regulation of Kansas clinics after Gov. Sebelius vetoed a similar bill two years ago. Momentum appears tied to a Texas patient's January death at Dr George Tillers Wichita clinic, sanctions against a Kansas City clinic doctor, and AG Klines records fight with Tiller and Planned Parenthood in Overland Park.
The measure requires clinics to hold a KDHE license, employ a medical director who is a licensed surgeon, and have at least one doctor with privileges at an accredited hospital. It mandates on site lifesaving capability, incident reporting within 10 days, and death reporting within 24 hours, plus on duty nursing or physician assistance during abortions and trained surgical assistants. It also targets ultrasound use after week 12, patient discharge instructions, prompt health follow up within 24 hours, and a post abortion visit within four weeks.
In Pinellas Park Florida Terri Schiavo's parents Bob and Mary Schindler ask a federal judge in Tampa to reinstate their daughter's feeding tube. An emergency injunction was filed amid a daylong political clash that drew Congress into the dispute and prompted the president to return to the White House.
The 203 58 roll call shows House passage of a bill allowing Terri Schiavo's parents to file suit in federal court over the withdrawal of life sustaining food and medical treatment. Yes Jim Ryan Topeka Todd Tiahrt R Goddard Not voting Dennis Moore Lenexa Jerry Moran Hays
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