Ottawa commissioners weigh recreation task force report and utilities project
Ottawa City Commissioners meet at 3 30 p m Monday at City Hall to discuss the new recreation task force findings and a plan to build a second substation and power lines. They also note An Easter Journey events for parents and children at First Baptist Church on April 2 and 9. Mine Creek Battlefield Foundation calls for volunteers for the fourth annual Park Day on March 29 with multiple cleanup projects and a provided lunch and shirts.
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Ottawa
City Hall
Deb Slenningsen
Jesus
First Baptist Church
Elliott Hall
Mine Creek
Civil War Preservation Trust
Mine Creek Battlefield Foundation
Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site
Pleasanton
K-54
Kshs.org
County Commission Schedule at Courthouse Meetings
Franklin County commissioners set sessions with Jason Parks IT director at 8 30 a.m. Monday to discuss the county computer and telephone system. The board will also meet corrections director Ethel Wallace at 10 a.m. and Extension’s Ellen Arnold at 10 30 a.m.
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Franklin County Commission
Jason Parks
Ethel Wallace
toEllen Arnold
Theft and property crimes report and court judgments
Theft identity theft and fraud reported near South Cedar. Equipment stolen on Augusta Lane Lass. Police log notes ambulances and medical emergencies on West Ninth and West Sixth. Several family court judgments and protective orders filed from February to March including parentage acts, protections from abuse and stalking orders.
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South Cedar
Lynch Construction
Linwood
Augusta Lane
Lass
West Ninth
Aim
West Sixth
Local Girl Scouts Earn National Silver Award in Missouri
Two Ottawa girls Carla Gorby and Brandi Smith received the Girl Scout Silver Award at the Honors Ceremony on March 2 in Independence Missouri. The Mid-Continent Council noted 299 girls earned the Silver Award and highlighted rising numbers in the Gold and Silver Awards alongside a surge in high school volunteerism during Girl Scout Week.
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Herald
Carla Gorby
Brandi Smith
Ottawa
Community of Christ Auditorium
Independence
Kansas City
Mid-Continent Council
Ottawa Native Retires After 22 Years in Navy Seabees
Ottawa native First Class Charles A Bien USN retires after 22 years of active duty. A 1981 Ottawa High School graduate, he trained at Great Lakes and Port Hueneme and served with NMCB 4 and 3 in locations including Puerto Rico Bermuda Sasebo Okinawa Crete Guam Sigonella Sicily Diego Garcia Mare Island Everett Pearl Harbor and Bangor. He plans to live in Sacramento with wife Frida and daughter Arianne Nicole.
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USN
Seabees
Leroy
Jeanett Bien
Ottawa
U.S. Navy
Bien
Great Lakes
Port Hueneme
Calif
Pacific Seabees
Bieu
Puerto Rico
Bermuda
Sasebo
Japan
Okinawa
Neamakin
Greece
Souda Bay
Crete
Guam
Germany
Sigonella
Sicily
Diego Garcia
Bay Area
CRU-421
Mare Island
Everett
Wash
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Public Works Center
Suchase Bangor
Silverdale
Sacramento
Frida
Arianne Nicole
County gives man six months to clean area
County commissioners grant Ben Hooten six months to clean a 40 acre Haskell Road parcel used as a salvage yard. Debris totals nearly 634 tons with a $23,000 project cost funded by a $10,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and $13,000 county funds for equipment and help. Commissioner Hay urged action while Hooten offered to finish. county will step back and allow time.
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Bob Thompson
Haskell Road
Ben Hooten
Hooten
Larry Walrod
Lavernon Lohman
Tennessee Road
Don Stottlemire
Thompson
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Don Hay
Houghton
Hay
Springfield
John Dowell
State Drug Enforcement Unit
DEA
Dowell
Franklin County
Nevada Terrace
Commission
Taylor
Southeast
Kansas
Fredonia
Andy Gassaway
Agassaway
Ottawaherald
Lawmakers urged to remember elderly
Ottawa resident Wuanita Riemer, 62, relies on Kansas Senior Care Act in-home help for cleaning and personal care. The program, funded by state funds and administered by the Department on Aging, serves about 5,500 people statewide and faces potential budget cuts as lawmakers seek to balance finances. Local agencies warn reductions could reduce services or delay new enrollments, risking nursing home placements for some elderly residents.
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Carl Manning
Associated Press
Ottawa
Wuanita Riemer
Department On Aging
Kathleen Sebelius
Riemer
Elizabeth Maxwell
East Central Kansas Area
Maxwell
Sebelius
Franklin County Commission
Ed Taylor
Taylor
Kansas leans on Wyoming coal for power future
Experts told the House Utilities Committee that Kansas relies on coal for 73 percent of its electricity, with 91 percent of that coal from Wyoming. Eight local coal plants operate in Kansas, including Sunflower State plant Jeffrey Energy Center in St Marys. Powder River Basin coal from Wyoming has surged to about 40 percent of U S supply, with Gillette trains delivering vast tons daily. Kansas reserves exist but Wyoming coal is cleaner and cheaper.
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Carol Crapper
Harris News
Topeka
Kansas
Wyoming
House Utilities Committee
Lee Allison
Lawrence
Kansas Geological Survey
Jeffrey Energy
St. Marys
Westar Energy
Randy Rahm
Westar
Powder River
Gillette
Wyo
Allison
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Brooke L. Hartley
Audra R. Hartley
Joshua J. Powell
Jeri L. Lambert
Wayne M. Lambert
Jennie L. Kingsolver
Michael W. Hays
Jerry J. Hoke
Candace J. Hoke
JoAnne D. Worthington
Gregory A. Worthington
Darold Lee Worthington
Vicki Lynn Worthington
Mary Kay Hampson
Cletus Gene Hampson
Sabrina L. Hines
Richard Alan Hines
Susan Brumett
Laura Searing
Carcel McCain
Michael McCain
Girl
Navy
Andy Galsaway
Laurie Sisk
Jochen Jahn
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Orlis Cox Field
Ottawa High
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