Quenemo Students Join Kansas Kids Fitness Day
A group of Quenemo elementary students will join Gov Sam Brownback Friday for Kansas Kids Fitness Day at MacLennan Park Cedar Crest Topeka. About 700 third graders from a dozen Kansas schools will participate at 10 a.m. with remarks by Brownback and health secretary Robert Moser. The program promotes noncompetitive activities and injury prevention at 24 sites statewide, with no events planned in Franklin County.
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Sam Brownback
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Old school chums alumni gathering at Wellsville High
Franklin County VHS class of 2003 hosts an alumni gathering at Wellsville High School gym May 18 with doors at 4 pm and a banquet at 6 30 pm. Organizers Jeanine Berrier and Mary Ball urge RSVP and offer paid registration including meals activities and speeches.
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Franklin County
Wellsville High School
Jeanine Berrier
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Berrier
Mary Ball
Garnett Band Plans Spring Weekend Concert
Garnett Area Community Band led by Jeff Russell will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Anderson County Junior Senior High School auditorium. The program includes National Emblem March, Irish Tune from County Derry, Holst Second Suite in F Major, Mozart YorkshTe Ballad, Broadway tunes like Memory from Cats, and features musicians from several nearby towns.
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Anderson County Junior Senior High
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Gustav Holst
Cats
Lawrence
Olathe
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Lane
Mound City
LaCygne
Richmond
Welda
Westphalia
Pomona City Council Set for Monday Meeting
Pomona plans a 7 p.m. city council session Monday at the Pomona Community Building 219 Jefferson St. Residents who wish to speak must register beforehand and the building opens at 6:30 p.m. April showers frame the lead into May plans in Franklin County.
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Pomona
Franklin County
Jefferson St
Federal disaster aid OKed for Kansas counties
FEMA announced federal disaster aid for a February 20 to 23 winter storm across multiple Kansas counties including Franklin Barber Barton Dickinson Ellis Harper Harvey Hodgeman Kingman Marion McPherson Ness Osage Osborne Pawnee Phillips Pratt Rice Rooks Rush Russell Smith Stafford. Assistance covers emergency work repairs and hazard mitigation with 48 to 72 hour windows as specified.
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Pratt, Rice
Russell, Smith
Barber County
Ottawa area daily incident report summary
Daily Report lists admissions and dismissals for Ottawa and surrounding areas with names Cheryl Beyer Barbara Evans Fallyn O Malley and Fannie Ainsworth. It also notes arrests at 9 15 p m Tuesday for Douglas Farrell 48 Pomona on suspicion of property damage and a 3 10 p m Monday arrest for Elijah Woods-Trainer 23 Rantoul on a city warrant along with multiple thefts assaults and a vehicle fire and medical calls across Monday and Tuesday.
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Ottawa
Elizabeth Smith
Fannie Ainsworth
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Hoover St
Pomona
Douglas Farrell
Police Department
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Elijah Woods-Trainer
Rantoul
City of Ottawa
Ottawa Fire Department
S. Burrough St
Tourism week events spotlight Franklin County travel
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce and Franklin County Visitors Bureau host a Friday coffee at the Visitor Information Center in Ottawa with donuts and travel info. An open house May 10 showcases the Blockheads quilt project Road Across Kansas while highlighting tourism’s economic impact, including 5.8 billion statewide output in 2011 and 3.86 million in Franklin County hotel direct spending.
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Kansas
Franklin County
Ottawa
Lee
The
Blockheads
Chris Campbell
Campbell
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