Recertification and community events listed for ECKAN and local groups
Bulletin notes Domming and Atune will perform Sunday at 6 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church as ECKAN announces April recertification for clients, with application starting April 3 at 205 W. Lar from 9 to noon and 1 to 4. Bring income, residency and Social Security proof for all household members. Also scheduled are a revival at Bethany Chapel March 27 29 led by Rev Kim Gladney, Literacy Day at Lincoln School with Gary Dulabaum and Bill Wallace, Ottawa board work session on social studies PE and tech, LAST group evaluation, and Wellsville BOE meeting with donations and grant discussions.
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Domming
Atune
Trinity United Methodist Church
ECKAN
W. Lar
Moday
Gladys McDonald
Bethany Chapel
Bethany Chapel Baptist Church
Kim Gladney
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Kansas City
Lincoln School
Lincoln Elementary
Gary Dulabaum
Bill Wallace
Wallace
Dulabaum
Ottawa
Ottawa Board of Education
Rex Cummings
Pierson Wins BPW Young Careerist Scholarship 2000 01
Amy Pierson Ottawa University Kansas City student in a Master of Arts in Human Resources and director of alumni activities won the Sharon Wiber Young Careerist Scholarship from the Kansas BPW Loan and Scholarship Fund. Ottawa hosts BPW spring meeting attendees listed. Givens deployed to Bosnia as Army Sgt. David T. Givens joins Operation Join Force with Task Force Eagle. Kipper Wolken hospitalized in ICU at KU Med Center after neck surgery.
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Pierson
BPW
Amy Pierson
Ottawa Business and Professional Women's Organization
Sharon Wiber
Kansas Bpw
Ottawa University
Kansas City
Givens
Bosnia
David T. Givens
Tuzla
Clay Richmond
Osage City
Sonia Baker
Zenda
Wolken
KU Med Center
Kipper Wolken
Ottawa
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas counties agree to store meth lab waste
Barton, Franklin and Sedgwick counties reached agreements with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to house hazardous waste from illegal methamphetamine labs. An airtight prefabricated storage shed will be placed at each site in May for temporary containment before a disposal company burns flammable liquids and neutralizes caustic liquids.
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Great Bend
Kansas
Barton
Franklin
Sedgwick
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Mike Heideman
Poh
Heideman
Storms spawn two twisters in Kansas
A wide storm system in western Kansas spawned two small tornadoes in Edwards and Stafford counties. Meteorologist Jeff Horton of the Dodge City NWS said the twisters traveled about 10 miles, causing minimal damage aside from overturned irrigation rigs and downed power poles. A few homes briefly lost power while a small greenhouse was impacted between St John and Seward.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Edwards
Stafford
Jeff Horton
Dodge City
National Weather Service
Nicedie
John Frances
St. John and
Seward
Ed McLeish
Stafford County
Volunteer Osterman Helps Franklin County Homeless at Hope House
Jane Osterman, 57, of Baldwin, balances a full-time job at Hallmark Cards with weekly service at Ottawa Hope House. Since 1992 she has packed groceries, sorted clothes, and recruited volunteers, inspiring husband Jack to organize food drives and Hallmark to donate twice yearly. Osterman also volunteered with 4-H and Scouting and finds time for family and gardening, while praising the community support that sustains the Hope House mission.
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Herald
Franklin County
Jane Osterman
Baldwin
Ottawa
Hope House
Mary Lois Yates
Osterman
First Christian Church
S. Walnut
Hallmark Cards
Lawrence
Jack
Jack Osterman
Lenexa
Julie
Joe
Tyler. Osterman
Ottawa Herald
ECEAN
Ottawa Volunteer Center
Ron Bishop
Radio station origin and tech woes in Ottawa
The Front Page RADIO notes that Ottawa University's ally alliance started its own station at KORO after the university station began. A satellite link was cut by a severed cable, possibly by an animal, and heavy snow requires dish clearing. Backup gear exists, with about 5 percent of Franklin County households listening to KRBW. Continuous operation hinges on weather and transmitter tweaks.
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The
Ministerial Alliance
Ottawa University
Koro
Iediatary
Schaeffer
Topeka EAA pilots eye Young Eagle flights and events
A native returner from Topeka joins EAA Chapter 313 in Topeka as pilots potential volunteers for Young Eagles. Snodgrass invites area EAA members to join, with liability coverage arranged. contact 785 746 8878. Free flights run 8:30 a.m. to noon for ages 8 to 17 at the Topeka Forbes Field, with events also planned in Lawrence on May 6 and Topeka June 10.
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Topeka
EAA
Ottawa Eagle
Snodgrass
Young Eagle
Lawrence
Forbes Field
Forbes
Open records bill amended on burden of proof and meetings tapes
Rep. Mike O Neal won a amendment lowering the denial standard to a preponderance of evidence for records requests. Rep. Ralph Tanner pushed to bar tape recording of closed meetings, while an O Neal bid to scrap all 44 exemptions to the Kansas Open Records Act failed 30 to 88.
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Mike O'Neal
O'Neal
Ralph Tanner
Tanner
Baldwin City
House
R-Hutchinson
Northstar Arctic Oil Project Faces Environmental Risk Amid Pipeline Plan
BP aims to produce nearly 200 million barrels of oil from Northstar with buried heavy-gauge pipelines under Arctic seas. Greenpeace protests continue as Inupiat communities and environmentalists warn of spill risks and ice gouging, while construction proceeds on the ice with a moving factory workflow.
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Dan Ritzman
Greenpeace
Northstar
Ritzman
Arctic
Alaska
Mont Reaidente
Twoipelines
Nee Ee
Wml
Bryce
Amoco
Bpanico
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Bulletin Board
Wellsville Boe
Wellsville
Wellsville Board of Education
Abilene
Cathy Skeet
Donna Swearingen
PBW
Kathy Niehoff
June Butler
Avis Jacob
Barb Gibson
Meth
RADIO
Franklinounty Househeird l
Lsten
KRBW
Peter Bryce
Maggie Ahmaogak
Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
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