County grants nurses a four percent retroactive raise
Franklin County commissioners approved a four percent pay hike for health department nurses retroactive to January 1990. The increase follows prior raises from 3.09 to 3.5 percent and will be superseded by the new budget in August. Also approved was a lease financing bid from Peoples National Bank at eight percent for the former Alco building to house the health department and extension office. Owen Manson was appointed to the Franklin City County Planning Commission to fill a vacancy with a term through Sept. 30, 1992.
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Franklin County Commission
Charles Mavity Jr
Commission
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Peoples National Bank
Mavity
PNB
Owen Manson
Franklin City-County
Manson
James Peckham Manson
Wichita
Susan Wiley
Connie Hudson
Oaklawn
Cottage Grove
Sedgwick County
Kansas House Debates Property Tax Relief and Policy Bills
A Kansas House debate reveals support for property tax relief though the first measure only gained a simple majority and not the two thirds required for advance. The House passes an 852.6 million social services budget. the foster care time limit is reduced from two years to 18 months. a prevailing wage requirement for public works is tentatively approved. the speaker and governor offer no immediate help. The writer notes progress on taxes, pending leadership action, and provides contact details.
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Kansas
House
Senate
SRS
State wrestles with welfare funding amid tight finances
Kansas lawmakers debate 1991 welfare spending with an $852 million budget proposal, 6.5 percent higher than Governor Hayden’s plan, while keeping general assistance and MediKan alive. A committee-backed plan to have volunteers provide primary care for indigents could save money by making doctors state employees. A Senate panel endorsed parental notification for abortions on minors under 16 with limits on who must be notified and 72 hours before procedure.
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House
Senate
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Mike Hayden
Volunteera Peters
Senate State and Federal Affairs Committee
Factors linked to higher melanoma risk
A Daytona Beach report notes six characteristics raising melanoma risk. Melanoma will kill about 6,300 Americans and cause roughly 27,600 new cases this year due to sun exposure. Risk factors include blond or red hair, heavy freckling on the upper back, actinic keratoses, family history of melanoma, three or more blistering teenage sunburns, and three or more years in outdoor summer work as a teen.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
American Cancer Society
BEST PRIME RIB and community events in Ottawa this week
Town and Country ads promote Best Prime Rib dinners Friday and Saturday 5 to 9 PM at Country Kitchen. Other notices include Phone Friend service 3 6 PM, CHICKEN PIE lunch and dinner March 28 at First United Methodist Church, tickets $4 adults $2 under 12. Also Ottawa merchants extend nightly hours, onion sets sold, reconditioned sewing machines at Albright's, nail salon appointments at Charlotte's Chat & Curl, wallpaper borders at Markenbarry, Forti Second Straat play March 30 31, and cholesterol triglyceride testing at Franklin County Health Dept March 29.
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Er Mar
First United Methodist
Dth
Hickory
Franklin County Health Dept
Herald idles five workers at The Ottawa Herald
The Ottawa Herald will cut four full time and one part time position effective May 1, reducing the staff to 19 full time and 19 part time. Editor Jim Hitch cites rising costs and shrinking ad revenue as reasons and says efforts will help affected workers find new jobs despite the hardship.
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Ottawa Herald
Herald
Jim Hitch
Ottawa
Lotto America jackpot grows after no Saturday winner
Des Moines Iowa AP reports no winner for Saturday night’s 2 million Lotto America jackpot, leaving Wednesday’s estimated pot at 3.5 million. Fifty tickets hit five numbers for 1276 dollars, and over three thousand matched four numbers for 48 dollars. Winning numbers were 3 4 30 32 39 49. Kansas Cash Lotto drew 1 7 8 16 23 28 with an estimated 110000 jackpot.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Scattery
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates in Ottawa and Nearby Areas
The Ottawa Herald lists postage and subscription rates effective July 1989. Local carrier prices: one month 5.01 dollars, three months 14.09, six months 26.82, one year 51.37. Motor route: one month 5.27, three months 14.53, six months 28.07, one year 53.63. Mail in Franklin and adjacent counties: one month 5.27, three months 15.33, six months 29.57, one year 56.88. All other areas by mail: one month 6.26, three months 18.79, six months 36.08, one year 69.67.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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