City Officials Say Elm Street Paving Petition Valid
The Ottawa city clerk and attorney concluded the petition to stop Elm Street paving between Eighth and Ninth streets is valid. Four signatures from seven resident owners meet the required threshold, halting a project valued at about $129,489 with $40,562 billed to neighboring landowners. Marion Smith opposed the plan citing cost and location behind his house.
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Ottawa
Elm Street
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Pete Smith
Marion Smith
S. Locust
John Richeson
County Road Dept Adopts Four Day Week Plan
Franklin County Road Department will switch to four ten hour days per week starting Monday following approval by the county commission. Engineer Craig Santarpia cites time and fuel savings and greater productivity, with review every 30 days while daylight saving time lasts. Office remains on five day week.
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Kansas State Highway Department
Franklin County Road Department
Santarpia
Local Tavern Seeks Stay On License Revocation
A temporary restraining order was filed in District Court to keep Great Plains Tavern at 110 N. Main open after Ottawa City Commission ordered its beer license revoked. Associate District Court Judge Donald White set a hearing on the appeal for Wednesday morning after informally hearing that a 16 year old drank beer at the tavern on March 7. The license holder Kevin Fernandez and staff were not accused of selling to the boy, but the law holds the establishment responsible for all in its premises.
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Great Plains
N. Main
Ottawa City Commission
Donald White
Kevin Fernandez
Joyce Fackler Hendrix
Tom Gleason Jr
Fernandez
Hendrix
Fernandez license revocation sparks city vote clash
The Daily Report notes a 3-1 commission vote to revoke Fernandez's license amid disputes over open meetings. Mayor Larson refused to disclose who voted no, while City Manager Mills said the action did not violate the Kansas Open Meetings Law. Gleason vows appeal, calling the move arbitrary and harmful to Fernandez’s business.
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Fernandez
Leonard Larson
Robert Mills
Kansas
Quenemo Ladies Aid Penny Supper and Local Sales
Community notices list a Quenemo Ladies Aid penny supper at Annex May 3 at 5 30 p m, various local shops advertising sales and services including Litwin's dresses carpeting and silk flowers, VFW dance May 3, Mother’s Day specials, and several events at clubs and churches with contact numbers and times. The itemizing captures a flood of local promotions, events and sales across Ottawa area venues.
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Quenemo Ladies Aid
Annex
Capper Seeks Fourth Term as Franklin County Register of Deeds
Sherrie A. Capper, 57, Republican, filed Thursday to run for a fourth term as Franklin County Register of Deeds. The Ottawa resident has held the office since 1969 after five years in probate court and manages real estate deeds mortgages oil and gas leases and consumer loans. Capper lives at 218 W 4th and is the sole candidate filed so far.
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Franklin County Register of Deeds
Sherrie A. Capper
Capper
Probate
Ottawa
W. 4Th
SRS Seeks Volunteers to Aid Disadvantaged and Elderly
The local Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services seeks volunteers to promote self sufficiency protect vulnerable adults and children and provide home and community services to reduce institutional care. Nancy Bruington says groups or individuals are welcome and calls for help with transportation neighborly visits and short term projects. Call 242 5500 for details.
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Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Nancy Bruington
SRS
Bruington
Carrie
Louie Ruby
Contempt Bid Looms Over Willie Cammisano Testimony
A Senate subcommittee weighs a contempt citation against mob figure William Cammisano for defying a federal order to testify on Kansas City and Las Vegas mob activities. Witnesses, including G R Dickerson of ATF, discuss explosives and violence linked to a Rochester crime syndicate feud. Cammisano, jailed in Missouri, invoked the Fifth Amendment after answering only his name and address.
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Senate
William
Willie the
Cammisano
Kansas City
Las Vegas
G. R. Dickerson
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Rochester, N.Y
Sammisano
Bruce Hodek
Congress
Steinberg
Nunn
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