Genealogy Workshop in Garnett Set For May 20
The 6th annual Genealogy Workshop runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 20 at Town Hall Center 125 W. St. Garnett. Admission is 5.00 in advance or 7.50 at the door, sponsored by the Anderson County Genealogical Society. Call Suzanne Quinn at 785 489-2395 for details. A second item notes Allan Bray Memorial Kids Fishing Derby at Pomona State Park from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday for ages 1 to 15, with three age divisions. Pomona State Park Office at 785 828-4933 for information.
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Garnett
Town Hall Center
W. St. St
Anderson County Genealogical Society
Suzanne Quinn
Pomona State Park
Allan Bray
OU honors couple reflect on decades of service
Alice Jo and Stanley DeFries, longtime OU educators, recall teaching foreign students from 1968 to 1996, directing the traveling choir, and organizing festivals. They describe trips to Europe, the Holyland, and Asia, and note continued ties with students abroad and with Ottawa community groups.
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University
Winchester
OU Women’s Club
OU Education Society
ELI
Ottawa First Baptist Church
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Alice Jo
Stanley DeFries
DeFries
Stanley
Aaron Copland
Europe
Holyland
Puerto Rico
Singapore
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Japan
First Baptist Church
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa Public Library Board
RMH
Franklin County Historical Society
United Way
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Ottawa Suzuki Strings, Inc
Municipal Auditorium Board
Pomona man sentenced after sexual battery conviction
Christopher Scott Rogers, 31, was ordered to serve one year in Franklin County jail after suggesting prosecutors and the magistrate were influenced by the victim. The bench trial on April 26 heard the assault claim by a married 29 year old woman who testified she was groped after drinking. Rogers must pay restitution and register as a sex offender.
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Pomona
Franklin County
Edwin Smith
Christopher Scott Rogers
Rogers
Smith
Pollution advisory near Payne Creek warns against swimming
KDHE warns residents of Payne Creek pollution from swine waste near Homewood in Franklin County. Officials discourage swimming, wading, boating, fishing, and livestock watering while awaiting water test results.
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KDHE
Payne Creek
Topeka
Hns
Franklin County
Homewood
Middle Creek
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Haskell Powwow Draws Large Midwest Attendance
Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence hosts its annual Commencement Powwow from today through Sunday. The event expects one of the largest turnouts in years with vendors from across the United States offering jewelry and fry bread. Top dancers will compete for prize money, and the powwow attracts hundreds of participants including thousands of alumni at an all school reunion. Graduates from Carlisle api School are noted as attendees.
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Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence
United States
Haskell
Midwest
Carlisle API School
Teen helps mother earn college diploma in Hutchinson
Heidi Stanfill, a seventh grader, helped her mother Ginger Redd complete a Hutchinson Community College criminal justice associate degree. The mother plans a four year Friends University program while Heidi maintains strong grades and participates in sports and student government.
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Mother
The
Hutchinson News
Hutchinson
Heidi Stanfill
South Hutchinson
Heidi
Ginger Redd
Hutchinson Community College
Holly
Mary Treaster
Treaster
Linda Henderson
Henderson
Redd
Navy
Friends University
Wal Mart
Daily Report Highlights Local Sheriff and Police Actions
Ottawa area records show admissions Sylvester Lutz and Kathy Hird with other dismissals, plus multiple arrests for thefts and DUIs. Police logged DUI, theft, criminal damage, and marijuana possession incidents alongside numerous medical emergencies and ambulance calls across several blocks and times.
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Sylvester Lutz
Kathy Hird
Ottawa
Kimberly Peters
Son
Pomona
Sheriff's News
Public hears call for aging home care in Kansas
At a Department on Aging hearing in Topeka advocates urged higher pay for workers and better agency coordination to help seniors stay at home. Barbara Witke praised legislation funding prescriptions but urged flexible, accessible plans. Susan Weidenbach shared a case of an 89 year old who left a nursing home due to restrictions and now may move to Nebraska. Advocates stressed home help, meals, nutrition, medical access, and rural transport as vital and economical.
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Topeka
Department On Aging
Barbara Witke
American Association of Retired Persons
Theyg
Susan Weidenbach
East Topeka
Jim
Nebraska
Weidenbach
Pam Phillimore
Kansas
Glendia Henley
Corporation For National Service
Public input sought on mental health programs in Kansas
Barbara Bohm, 48, spoke at a Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services meeting in Topeka urging support for programs helping mentally ill people stay in homes and communities. Bohm, diagnosed in 1979, described past hospitalizations and treatment gaps and urged officials to address mental health needs.
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Topeka
Barbara Bohm
Bohm
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Americas
SRS
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Ron Bishop
Daily Report
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Osage County
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Utah Road
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Police Department
Fritts
South Elm
Charles Underwood
Jackson Road
U.S
Municil Court
Nigelle Elaine Hutchings
Centropolis
South Main
Donald R. Caruthers
N. Sycamore
Cherry and Enterprise
Brandi Hull
Kentucky Road
Kansas Highway Patrol
Joseph Earl Swank
Waverly
Linda Darlene Sink
N. Main
Main
Eleanor F. Cole
N. Poplar
Jennifer L. Galatia
Willow Lane
Toni J. Manna
Richard W. Guilfoyle
S. Poplar
Amanda B. Thompson
Cristina A. Baldwin
S. Hickory Apt
Jason L. Seaman
Tennessee Road
North Main
Wellsville
Fall
East B. Pomona
Weilsville Manor
W. 7Th
Courthouse Square Apartments
S. Main
East Red Jacket
North Locust
Sand Creek Road
Dept
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