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A school for babies guides new parents in three districts
Kelly Jorgensen leads the Parents as Teachers program serving West Franklin Ottawa and Wellsville. She visits 74 families every six to eight weeks offering activities and information to boost development in children under 3. The free program spans 228 Kansas districts and celebrates a decade of support.
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Ezra Sykes
Kelly Jorgensen
West Franklin
Ottawa
Wellsville
Jorgensen
Kansas
Ottawa Board of Education
Early-learning bill clears first hurdle in House
The Kansas House tentatively approved a bipartisan 29.4 million package to boost reading writing and math by third grade. The 93-14 vote funds tests teacher training and readiness in 2002 and expands learning time through third grade in 2003.
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Topeka
House
Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Senate
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
Sue Storm
D-Prairie Village
Ink.org
Two arrested after bomb threat called in to jail
Two inmates is named Erwin Lee Cook and Stephen Kelly Sassaman are jailed on criminal threats and telephone harassment after a bomb threat to the Franklin County jail. They were arrested at 305 S Main. no inmates were evacuated. a jail exterior search was conducted.
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Erwin Lee Cook
Poplar
Stephen Kelly Sassaman
Linwood
Franklin County
Ottawa
Ron Puterbaugh
Jeff Herrman
S. Main
Cook
Sassaman
Herrman
Kansas author Florence Smith visits Williamsburg for book talk
Florence B. Smith of Overland Park addressed Williamsburg readers about her 41 historical novels, many set in Kansas. She discussed Franklin County settings, including The Devil Comes to Franklin County, and noted her publishing venture Prickly Press. Her works span murder mysteries and romances, with 22 titles set in Kansas.
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Williamsburg
Florence B. Smith
Overland Park
Smith
Franklin County
Tony Jones
Ottawa
Kansas
Lecompton
Chase
Doniphan
Prickly Press
Missouri
Piroto
Row Bishop
Kalan
Kansas Territory
Fort Scott
Jessie Herring
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Cynthia Silva
Jersey
Ron Bishop
Silva
Storm
Glasscock
Herald Staff
Johnson County
Readwest.com
Darrin Peschka
Dpeschka
Ottawaherald