Franklin's Law profiles Kansas law officers and their careers
Edwin F. Amrein 28 of 535 Willow Lane joins the Kansas Highway Patrol after 12 weeks at the academy with awards for stolen car recovery. Dennis K. Sams 24 of 708 S Cherry is a public safety officer with DPS training and a new family. Ronald R. Orton 34 of Wellsville joins Franklin County Sheriff's Department after leading Wellsville Police with prior service in California and the Air Force. Bob Moore of the public works department delays Forest Park street patching to next week, with park access limited to evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin F. Amrein
Willow Lane
Kansas Highway Patrol
KHP
Amrein
Salina
Dennis K. Sams
S. Cherry
Department of Public Safety
Sams
DPS
Kansas Law Enforcement Academy
University of Kansas Fire Training School
Olathe
Ku-Kansas Firefighters Association
Topeka
Debra
Ronald R. Orton
Wellsville
Franklin County
Gilmore Police Service
Yuba City
Calif
U.S. Air Force
American River College
Sacramento
Sacramento State College
Yuba City Community College
Hutchinson
Judy
Bob Moore
Public Works Department
Forest Park
Death notices and civic notices from Franklin County
Obituaries for Florence Evelyn Collins of Osawatomie and Josephine Bertha Lash of Ottawa report funeral details, burial places, birth dates, and survivors. The column includes hospital death notices, admissions and dismissals, births, juvenile referrals to court, and local traffic accidents handled by the Franklin County Sheriff and Department of Public Safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence E. Collins
Osawatomie
Florence Evelyn Collins
Miami County Hospital
Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home
Collins
Harry
Mamie (van Horm) Spears
Ottawa
Mamie Mallory
S. Elm
David Spring
Independence
Richard Spring
Dianne Barber
S. Cedar
Thurman Spear
Corrections Debate Pushes Community Programs And Costs
Winter and Swall discuss corrections reform moving away from prisons toward community options. Winter notes $2,250 per person costs and political pitfalls in prison proposals. A Tuesday arrest for simple assault and a missing 15-year-old Ottawa boy with a distinct description are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter
Swall
Department of Public Safety
Robert M. ‘Turner
S. Poplar
Martha J. Jacobs
N. King
Ottawa
South Cedar Street
Cindy Hopkins
SILK FLOWER workshop and music events around town
A collection of local notices announces a free Silk Flower workshop with two session times, a Marvin Ross and the Country Gentlemen show at the VFW, a sophomore paper drive, a Mother’s Day prime rib event at Ottawa Country Club with reservations, and a Blue Room Tavern music night with the Sidekicks. Also advertised are a new Budge's Sport Center location, a Lely-Roterra equipment demo, a correction to a police report, a water district notice, a KU scholarship award, daily theatre showtimes, a Mother’s Day sale, a regional ecumenical prayer service, Hedgewood Restaurant hours, a pitching machine demonstration, plant chemical availability, and other local listings.
Ottawa High Prom to Feature Stairway to Heaven Theme
Ottawa High School announces its annual Junior-Senior Prom this Saturday with the theme Stairway To Heaven. Juniors begin decorating the Cyclone Room at 3 p.m. Friday, open house for the public 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, and the prom runs from 8 p.m. to midnight with band Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa High
OHS
Justice
Ottawa Junior High
GTC
Barbara Girard
Girard
Power Outage Cuts Richmond Area After Lightning Strike
A severe outage hit Richmond and surrounding areas when a lightning strike damaged an insulator at the Rock Creek substation south of Ottawa. Dispatcher William R. Kessler of Kansas City Power and Light said power was off for about 90 minutes to two hours, with the Ransomville substation also affected. Scattered issues occurred in Paola and Wellsville, typical storm-related trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Rock Creek
Ottawa
William R. Kessler
Kansas City Power and Light
Paola
Ransomville
Kcp&l
Wellsville
Kessler
Wellsville Council Updates Water Plans and City Finances
Wellsville city officials faced a snag as Farmers Home Administration questions the need for a 12 inch water line from Baldwin to US-56, risking funding. The council approved a May 1 raise to $100 per councilor and mayor, eyed street repairs, ambulance service talks, a liquor license change, and re-bid on firehouse firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Farmers Home Administration
Duane Yonquist
Fmha
Baldwin
Mike Latimer
Topeka
South Main Street
al Brandt
Franklin County Ambulance Service
Metropolitan Ambulance Service
Craig Hughes
Shirley Hughes
Ottawa
Hughes
Also Mentioned on This Page
ED Amrein
Dennis Sams
Ronald
Orton
the Daily Report
Josephine B. Lash
Josephine Bertha Lash
Shawnee Mission
Robson-Towner Funeral
Highland Cemetery
al Polen
Lash
Glasco
William and
Phoebe
Alexander) Bray
E. V. Lash
Concordia
First United Methodist Church
Billy Bray Lash
Sepulveda
Leva Stafford
Laramie
Edyth Powell
Phoebe Schatz
Rockford Ml
Otis
Abe” Brock
Johnny Neil
Sharon Raby
N. Cedar
Eric Lindsey
Ash
Loretta Dodd
Lauretta Vinson
Canterbury Court
Ray Sweany
Burroughs
James Wallace
Kenneth Morton
Robert J. Rossman
Princeton
Public Safety News
District Court News
John J. Edelman
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Judy L. Porter
Ottawa Red 4
THE
Harold S. Crawford
Cedar
Nadine M. Gremminger
Sonic Drive-In
Kenneth E. Mille
S. Sycamore
Robert K. Leach
Pomona
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Ad Briefs
Turner’s
VFW
Marvin Ross
Country Gentlemen
Herald
Ottawa Country Club
Blue Room
Underwood
Kansas
James E. Berry
Kathleen Shull
Frank Shull
S. Oak
Endowment Association For
Miss Shull
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Plaza Theatre
McIntire's
Kaw
Sacred Heart Church
Hedgewood
Pomona Dam
Budge’s Sports Center
S. Main
Franklin County Chemical Barn
W. 19Th Street
Mentire
Alan's
Robson
Towner
North Main
Josephine Bertha (Bray) Lash
E. 7Th Street
Shawnee Mission Hospital
Kan
Robson-Towner
Jerry Robson
David Bunch
Joe Ferns
Violet Robson Reno Towner
Dorothy Reams
Carl Koehler
Oklahoma
Becky Gray
Sixth and
Main
City Park
Franklin County Commission
Franklin Township
LeLoup
I-35
Bob Fiehler
Fiehler
KODAK
Bots
Lamb-Roberts
Funeral Home
Mom
Clairol
Revlon
Kranena Drug Store
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