Bulletin Board Hope House Seeks Volunteers and Seminars
Hope House invites volunteers for its Clothes Closet and Food Pantry, call 242-4444 to help. A Vol pacer Training Class is at 12 15 p m Tuesday at 301 Walnut Health. Free March health and nutrition seminars occur March 30 and 31 at Whole Food Emporium 417 E 7th with Randy Grant of Optimal Health Systems. Personal health assessments are available for 20 dollars, call 242-8563 to arrange.
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Hope House
Walnut
Randy Grant
Optimal Health Systems
Baker students help build homes during spring break
Nearly 30 Baker University students spent part of their spring break on Habitat for Humanity projects in Foley Alabama. They worked on two houses including one for a woman whose home burned and claimed two children, and assisted moving a Foley food pantry. The group met Millard and Linda Fuller who thanked them for their effort. This marked BU students seventh year on a spring break project.
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Baker
Baldwin
Baker University
Habitat For Humanity
Foley
Ala
Millard
Linda Fuller
Farmland to sell pork plant to Smithfield Foods
Farmland Industries says it will sell its Dubuque Iowa pork processing plant to Smithfield Foods with a 60 day option to evaluate changes. The deal, expected finalized May 15, aims to strengthen Farmland pork operations while Smithfield plans possible expansion. Industry concerns about market concentration are raised by National Pork Producers president Craig Jarosimek.
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Dubuque, Iowa
Farmland Industries
Smithfield Foods
Dubuque
Kansas City
Fielding
Smithfield
National Pork Producers
Craig Jarosimek
U.S. Department of Justice
Kyle Whited
Melvin Maas
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 150A
Crete
Neb
Fontana Wins Rural Development Grant for Sewer System
Fontana receives a 657100 grant and a 274900 low cost loan from USDA Rural Development to build a new sanitary sewer collection system serving 88 residents. The project includes 16610 feet of eight inch mains 8880 feet of service lines 63 manholes a grinder lift station and a three cell lagoon. Tim Rogers notes funds may be used to improve rural water systems and target small communities.
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Fontana
U.S. Department of Agriculture
William M. Kirk
Rural Development
Tim Rogers
Lawrence
USDA
Kansas
Kirk
Two arrested in Colony drug raid
A Wednesday afternoon raid in Colony led to the seizure of marijuana and methamphetamine plus drug paraphernalia. Fred M. Church 20 and Heather D. Reeder 17 were charged with possession with intent to sell and related offenses. Church remains jailed on a $10,000 bond. Reeder, a juvenile, was released to her parents.
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Colony
Anderson County Sheriff's Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Alien County Sheriff's Department
Tola
Church
Reeder
Anderson County
Courtney M. Ambler
S. Sycamore
Brians. Franklin
Ash
Justin J. Richardson
Osage Dr. No. 1
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Princeton
Jennifer A. McGowen
S. Maple
S. Main
John H. Turner
Minneapolis
Minn
I-35
Denny Mart McCurdy
Quenemo
Wichita murder suspect captured in Las Vegas
Ronald D. Etheridge, sought since 1996 for the Wichita slaying of John E. Rees II, was arrested in Las Vegas on March 17 after a tip. He faces first degree murder charges in Kansas and could appear in court soon. He is also wanted in Illinois on related felonies.
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Wichita
Las Vegas
Kansas
Ronald D. Etheridge
Sedgwick County
Etheridge
John E. Rees II
Sinois
Law speakers urge overhaul of Missouri River rules
At the Law of the Missouri River Conference in Kansas City, speakers urge updated laws to treat the river as a public trust and as a complete ecosystem from Montana to Missouri. They warn current rules favor state and commercial uses, with compacts and lawsuits shaping a long path to new, flexible governance.
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Kansas City
John Ferrell
Alpha Omega
Omaha
Neb
Ferrell
Missouri River
Montana
Missouri
Sioux City
Iowa
John Davidson
University of South
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Davidson
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Sheriff Arrests
Admissions James Kinnaird Quenemo Thursday Dismissals Emory McKenzie Ottawa Sheriff News arrests Aurelio Olivares Pacheco 24 930 S Lincoln Wellsville 1 33 a.m. Obstruction of legal process Dayn Chavez 18 930 S Lincoln 1 33 a.m. obstruction of legal process no car insurance and traffic citations Bond amounts given. Multiple juvenile cases and battery and DUI arrests listed with locations. Accidents and incidents include forgery theft and vandalism reports plus several medical emergencies and a few vehicle collisions with damages noted.
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James Kinnaird
Quenemo
Emory McKenzie
Ottawa
Sheriff's News
Aurelio Olivares Pacheco
S. Lincoln No
Dayn Chavez
Harriet Cornelus Staffney
Indianapolis
S. Main
Franklin County
Rebecca Sue Starr
S. Elm
Drug Enforcement Unit
David Joseph Wheeler
Elm
Steve Criqui
Criqui Construction
Desoto meat market serves Muslims in Kansas City area
In eastern Kansas, Steve's Meat Market becomes a weekly hub for Muslims from Kansas and Missouri seeking halal slaughter of sheep, goats and cows under Islamic law. The practice, exempt from standard USDA stunning rules, peaks around Eid al Adha as Muslims from Somalia, Nigeria, India, Ethiopia and Jordan collect fresh meat for home use.
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Desoto
Kansas
Abdirashid Sharif
Somalia
U.S
Johnson County
Steve’s
Sharif
Missouri
United States
U.S Department of Agriculture
USDA
Dick Babs
Saudi Arabian
Mecca
Abraham
Allah
Steve's
Star Packing Co
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Wichita
Topeka
Manhattan
Telamic Society of Greater
Muhamed Hasic
Islamic Center of
International Institute of Saint
Beth Gaston
Mitch Prudden
Nigeria
India
Ethiopia
Jordan
Mike Morgan
Oak Grove
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Republican River
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Daily Report
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Wellsville
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Rock Creek Road
Stn
Peggy A. Roatch
S. Lincoln No. 2
N. Main
K-68 Hwy
East 8Th Street
Brandy Loretha Wagoner
Sheena J. Stahl
Parker
Kathy L. Youngberg
Chanute
Princeton Street
Richard D. Uht
Iowa Terrace
Louisiana Road
Sand Creek Road
Stanley L. Vickers
Pomona
John Brown Road
Georgia Road
James S. Watkins
Garnett
Christopher W. Kresgman
Oldsmobile
Jean P. Slemp
S. Locust
James L. Moseley
Caney
23Rd Street
U.S.59
Aaron L. Winkleman
Brandon J. Olson
Sarah Kathleen Walters
N. Oak
Dean Raymond
S. Princeton
South Main
15Th Street
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