Habitat seeks families for affordable homes meetings
Habitat for Humanity of Franklin County invites men to information sessions on April 3 at 7 p.m. and April 7 at 10 a.m. at the Franklin County Annex to explain the application and home-building process for families seeking affordable housing.
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Habitat
Habitat For Humanity
Franklin County
S. Main
Habitat For Humanity Family Selection Committee
Midge Ransom
Family Selection Committee
Newby paper presented at APTA meeting in San Antonio
Scott Newby of Ottawa with Byron Russell and Brett Daniel presented a paper at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in San Antonio in February. Dr Janelle O Connell served as advisor for the project.
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Newby
Scott Newby
Ottawa
Byron Russell
Brett Daniel
American Physical Therapy Association
San Antonio
Janelle O’connell
Barefoot teens nabbed in multi-city car theft ring
In Leawood two barefoot 14 and 15 year old girls tried to flee police while a stolen 1993 Nissan Sentra was pursued from Prairie Village to Leawood. Officers linked the pair to four stolen cars in Johnson County and Kansas City and were pursuing three teenage boys and a 19 year old man as part of a broader theft ring.
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Seawood
Mother Nature
Kansas City
Leawood
Prairie Village
Overland Park
Johnson County
Kansas ‘City
Kansas
Wes Lovett
Lovett
John Freeman
Legislation Extends Oz Theme Park Groundbreaking Deadline
Kansas House approved a bill 70 to 51 to extend the deadline for Johnson County to break ground on the $861 million Wonderful World of Oz project. The measure, now moving to the Senate, would push the deadline to July 1, 2002 to allow a county feasibility study.
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Topeka
House
Johnson County
Senate
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
DeSoto
Johnson County Commission
Lawmakers clash over Kansas environmental alliance bill
Kansas Senate challenges House proposals to form the Kansas Natural Resource Legacy Alliance. Speaker Glasscock backs hearings on enviro needs to guide funding, while Sen. Tyson cites landowner concerns and private property rights. Backers include Kansas Audubon Society and Farm Bureau. Tyson plans to shelve the measure.
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Topeka
House
Kent Glasscock
Kansas
Senate
Environment
Robert Tyson
Tyson
Glasscock
Manhattan
Kansas Natural Resource Legacy Alliance
Senate Natural Resources Committee
R-Parker
Kansas Audubon Society
Kansas Farm Bureau
State Department of Wildlife and Parks
Alliance
House Environment
Joann Freeborn
Concordia
Ayers
Ottawa Middle School Building Purchases Debated
Front Page notes no strong interest from board members in buying the old city hall. Discussions cover lease terms, raising drivers education class fees from 75 to 90 or 100, and calculating true costs. Track surface deterioration at the high school prompts plans to contact the manufacturer for repairs and possible warranty coverage. Paul Gump delivers a second report on neighborhood elementary school value with a presentation planned.
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Old City Hall
Allegre
Jan (Collins
Cummings
Collins
David Ribeau
David Grover
Texas
Grover
County votes on full time administrator question
New county commissioner Ed Taylor said support for a full time administrator is lacking among commissioners and interviews showed hesitancy from applicants. The issue will go to a ballot vote, with all commissioners pledging to honor the voters' decision even if the answer is no. Darrin Peschka.
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Carey
Ed Taylor
Taylor
City tackles sludge drying with haul-off option
The city weighed contracting to haul liquid sludge to landfills at an estimated $250,000 to $400,000 yearly as staff reviews the proposal. Officials stress the need to act and fix the sludge issue, while continuing zoning and area code transition coverage and budget planning in the same edition.
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Finch
Foreman
Garden City
Lanzmann
Kansans account for most Kansas abortions in state
State health data show 12,323 induced abortions last year, 6,352 to Kansas residents and 5,971 from other states. Missouri residents totaled 5,124 and Oklahoma 200. Late-term cases sketched a division over Dr. George Tiller and his Wichita clinic as a key factor.
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Topeka
Kansas
George Tiller
Wichita
Tiller
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Tony Powell
Sandy Praeger
R-Lawrence
Oregon
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Osage County
Burlingame
Carbondale
Osage City
Overbrook
Betty Boss
OMS Drama Club
Ottawa Middle School Drama Club
OMS
Tyson Deep-Sixes
Environmental Study
By Sarah Kessinger
Harris News Service
Ottawa Middle School
Paul Gump
Gump
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com
Darrin Peschka
Dpeschka
Ottawaherald
Carol Crapper
Harris News Ser
Kansans
David Lunzmann
Lewis, Hooper and Dick
Chanute
Bob McGill
Ashley Clinic
Rosemary Foreman
Kansas Corporation Commission
Parsons Sun
California
Arizona
Kentucky
Robert K. Smith
Willow
Planning Commission
Chuck Crawford
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