Retirement reception for OMS teacher McClaran slated
Ottawa Middle School hosts a 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday retirement reception in the library for Sue McClaran a social studies teacher with more than 25 years at the school. Also planned Ottawa Planning Commission hearings on a city electrical substation a county storage building rezones and a 48 acre western Ottawa residential rezoning.
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OMS
McClaran
Sue McClaran
Ottawa
Records Center
Ottawa Planning Commission
Highland Cemetery
Ottawa notes admit and birth wrap in local briefs
Friday through Monday notes list admissions and dismissals at Ottawa including Keith Shumway and Rebecca Roehl. A birth is recorded for Rebecca Roehl and Johnny Roehl with a daughter born in Ottawa. Local thefts, vandalism and alarmingly specific incidents are reported across Pomona and Wellsville area roads with several vehicles and tools affected. Fire and medical calls round out the public safety briefings with multiple EMS cases and a grass fire on Georgia Road.
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Keith Shumway
Ottawa
Rebecca Roehl
Susan Skiles
Dorothy Harris
Kincaid
Fern Millington
Richmond
Lewis Allen
Betty Shaffer
Verna Mitchell
Daphne Goodspeed
Debra Thomas
Garnett
Ottawa Blood Drive Appeals for O Negative Shortage
Red Cross organizers urge first time and regular donors to give Wednesday at the Franklin County Annex in Ottawa. O negative and O positive supplies are low across Central Plains Blood Services Region serving over 100 hospitals in Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. About 500 pints are needed daily in the region as May shows a drop in volunteers.
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Red Cross
Ottawa
Franklin County
American Red Cross
Central Plains
Community Blood Center
Kansas City
Head
Local Blood Drive Seeks Donors In Ottawa
A blood drive runs noon to 6 pm Wednesday at the Franklin County Annex 1418 S Main St Ottawa. Donors aged 17 or older in good health and weighing at least 110 pounds are welcome with or without an appointment by calling 800 GIVE LIFE 448-2643. Donors receive a free T shirt and one hour can aid three hospital patients. as little as seven minutes to donate. O negative and all blood types are needed, especially O negative and O positive.
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Ottawa
Thursdny
Courthouse Square
Main St
Itawa
Bret Nicholaus
Paul Lowrie
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County Annex
S. Main St
Blood drive aims to boost Ottawa donations at reduce shortage
Blood makes up about 7 percent of body weight and one in ten hospital patients needs blood. About every three seconds someone requires blood. There is no substitute for human blood. Head urged 95 percent of people to donate to support regular and first time donors. The Red Cross drive seeks 100 donors on Wednesday to save lives.
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Head
Red Cross
Local nursing home week brings fun and Senior Olympiads
Local facilities plan daily events for National Nursing Home Week May 11 to 17. Activities director Rateanna Barnhart of Wellsville Manor notes residents enjoy varied plans from Western Day to miniature horse visits and watermelon feeds. Nine area homes will send residents to the Senior Olympiads in Garnett featuring hog calling, wheelchair races and other competitions. 77 residents are registered.
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Teresa Chambers
Richmond Care Center
South St
Ottawa Retirement Village
15Th. St
Lisa Pope
JoAnne Highberger
Golden Heights Living Center
Garnett
Barnhart
Chambers
Wellsville party arrests after loud gathering downtown
Two Lawrence residents were arrested following a Wellsville party weekend night. Driver David Casey Cox Jr., 18, faced forgery obstruction driving while intoxicated and minor alcohol charges after giving a false identity. a 16-year-old passenger was charged with minor in possession of alcohol.
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Herald
Lawrence
Wellsville
David Casey Cox Jr
Cox
Franklin County Adult Detention Center
Mike Reed
Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center
City contemplates tax sale impact on county lots
City officials discussed a corner lot at First and Cedar with over 15000 dollars in county back taxes that failed to draw city bids. The county tax sale could redeem properties within 120 days by federal lien law, while a rush of owners paid up to avoid sale and raised about 350000 dollars for the county.
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Cedar Streets
Herek
Internal Revenue Service
Weldon Padgett
County to upgrade roads funded by state and railroads
Franklin County commissioners approve road projects funded mainly by the state and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads with about 20 percent paid by the railroads crossing arms will be added at Ohio Terrace. Another project upgrades 1000 feet of road to full maintenance for access to a measurement facility near 3243 Nebraska Road. The panel also approved bond financing of 808000 to Kansas Police and Fire for retirement funds, paying off in 2019 at 5.2 percent through Country Club Bank.
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Herald
Franklin County Commission
Shaun Perry
Ohio Terrace
Shawnee Road
Riley Road
Wellsville
Burlington Northern
Santa Fe
Kansas Department of Transportation
Nebraska Road
Ottawa
Kansas Police and Fire
Perry
Kansas City
Country Club Bank
Dentists See Rural Practice Program Gaps and One Doctor's Contentment
The KDA runs two week programs to pair dental students with rural practitioners but offers no incentives or loan forgiveness for choosing rural locations. Gislar, who has not taken new patients for years, says Ottawa has been good to him and plans to stay. Net resource at healthamerica.org.
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KDA
Gislar
Ottawa
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