Country Oaks to play at Senior Center
Country Oaks performs at Ottawa Senior Center during the noon lunch on Wednesday. Reservations via 242-7440 by noon Tuesday. Stroke Support Group meets 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Court House Square Apartments. Glenda Young will discuss low mood and answer questions. Spouses and caregivers welcome. Call Ransom Memorial Hospital Rehab for information. African violets sale event at The Malls in Lawrence 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Country Oaks
Ottawa
Glenda Young
Franklin County Mental Health
Courthouse Square
S. Main
Young
Ransom Memorial Hospital Rehabilitation Department
Lawrence
African Violet Club
23Rd
Louisiana
Daily Report Hospital Notes And Sheriff News Brief
Admissions include Lorene Hinze John Service both of Garnett and Veronica Garcia Pomona. Dismissals Wilma Slane Melba Tull both of Ottawa Billy Leonard Richmond. Thefts total 131 dollars missing between Dec 29 and Thursday in Richmond. Arrests include Harold Bechtle Shelly Speer Ronald Kennedy Jr Marjorie Gehrke Jeremy Penland Dustin Crawford. Accidents report nondamage and vehicle backs into another. Medical emergencies noted in several blocks.
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Lorene Hinze
John Service
Garnett
Veronica Garcia
Pomona
Wilma Slane
Melba Tull
Ottawa
Billy Leonard
Richmond
Sheriff's
Harold James Bechtle Jr
N. Cherry
Bourbon County
Vernon County
Shelly Ann Speer
Quenemo
Osage County
Burlington
Lyon County
Ronald W. Kennedy Jr
Waverly
Marjorie A. Gehrke
S. Main
Jeremy M. Penland
Princeton
Dustin C. Crawford
S. Oak
Juvenile Detention Center
Edward A. Kocka
Cleveland
Ohio
Kocka
Vernon L. Stewart
Osborne Terrace
Vicki S. Dowdy
Danae E
W. 15Th
Indiana Road
Davis Ave
Senate tax bill sparks House clash over final version
On Wednesday the Senate passed a tax bill by 22 to 18 and sent it back to the House. The House balked at the plan when shown on Thursday, tabling the bill by voice vote. The measure would raise the sales tax to 5.3 percent on June 1 and increase cigarette taxes by 76 cents per pack to 1.00. Inheritance taxes would rise by 15 million dollars and wholesale taxes on beer wine and liquor by 6.7 million.
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House
Senate
GOP
Rep
Doug Spangler
Kansas City
Bethlehem Basilica Siege Ends as Activists Withdrawn
Foreign activists were removed from the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem after Israeli police, in riot gear, cleared the church on May 2. The Vatican called the end of the standoff happy, while President Bush hailed it as a positive development toward peace talks. Nearby, Israeli forces massed near Gaza and a Beersheba bank bombing injured 91 people.
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Vatican
Shimon Peres
Basilica of the Nativity of Bethlehem
Washington
Bush
Bethlehem
Beersheba
Gifted students showcase final projects at two schools
At Eisenhower Elementary and Ottawa Middle School Parents' Day featured Vyceum student projects. Seventh and eighth graders work all year in self directed tasks while sixth graders complete a six week middle school program. Evan Daugharthy presented Mathopoly and Evaine Daugharthy shared veterinary science work.
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Eisenhower
Ottawa
Marietta Strano
Vyceum
Strano
OMS Lyceum
Evan Daugharthy
Evaine Daugharthy
Daugharthy
Mages Veterinary Clinic
DNA tests rule out link to Precious Doe in KC case
Kansas City police say saliva tests from Rilya Wilson's mother show no match to Precious Doe. DNA results complete after Florida caretaker case notes and palm-print results failed to tie the girl to the case. The city remains unsettled amid extensive public interest and prior leads nationwide.
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Kansas City
Precious Doe
Miami
Rilya Wilson
Cy Ritter
Associated Press
Ritter
Rilya
Florida
Department of Children and Families
DCF
FBI
Tacoma
Wash
Drought Tightens Controls as Western Kansas Stays Dry
Western Kansas remains drought struck as storms spare the region. Climatologist Mary Knapp warns no rapid rainfall is expected unless a system moves west within two weeks. Regulators tighten irrigation well controls along the Lower Republican River amid depleted groundwater.
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Harris News Service
Topeka
Kansas
Mary Knapp
Kansas State University
Republican River
Knapp
Bill Graves
Joe de la Torre
Graves
Lee Allison
Kansas Geological Survey
Colorado
Arkansas River
Kansas Water Office
U.S. Department of Agriculture
al LeDoux
USDA
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Bulletin Board
the Daily Report
Joaquin Navarro- Valls
Gaza Strip
Hamas
Ariel Sharon
Israel
Gaza
Laura Potter
Caitlin Smith
Garrett Wright
Wright
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Alyssa Paul
Hillsdale Elementary
Miami County
University of Kansas
Topeka and Shawnee County
Jay
Paul
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