Hog roast and community events in Ottawa area
The Order of the Eastern Star hosts a whole hog roast at Wal-Mart Seeds lot starting 11 a.m. Saturday with adults 5.50 and children 3.50, while Saturday Night Special meets 7:30 p.m. at Ottawa Assembly of God Church for the season finale. Additional notices cover volunteer sessions for Womens Transitional Care Services, a Garnett Senior Center dance, memorial committee meeting, Sunflower Piecemakers gathering, Crime Stoppers open house, ECKAN food distribution, Maple Leaf Quilters program, Baker University commencement, Baldwin Art Walk, Ottawa Quilters Guild workshop, Brownback academy nominees, and related community events across Franklin County.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Ottawa Union Chapter No. 15
Wal-Mart Seeds
Ottawa
Pair arrested in drug probe near Idaho Road
Local, state, and federal investigators recovered methamphetamine and marijuana from the Allenders' property after a suspected meth lab was found. Carol Allender and Darrell Allender, both of 3746 Idaho Road, were arrested on numerous drug charges after a search followed a tip and a deputy’s earlier marijuana seizure. Cleanup crews from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and DEA were to assist with hazardous chemical cleanup.
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Omona
Idaho Road
Carol Dean Allender
Darrell Eugene Allender
Allender
Darrell Allender
Franklin County
Indiana Road
Drug Enforcement Unit
DEA
Allenders
Brad Gilges
Kansas Bureau of Investigations and Drug Enforcement Agency
Train hits stalled GMC pickup near county line in Kansas
No injuries reported after a Union Pacific freight train struck a 1984 GMC pickup stuck on the Utah Road crossing south of the Anderson Franklin County line Thursday night. The truck occupants Jason Wright 26 and Nicole Thompson 25 Richmond residents fled as the train approached. engineer Brad Walstrom led the incident. Damage to the truck exceeded the reported amount.
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Union Pacific
Utah Road
Anderson
Franklin County
Kansas Highway Patrol
Jason Wright
Nicole Thompson
Richmond
Thompson
Wright
Anderson County
Brad Walstrom
Jail stay lengthened for Ottawa boy in sex case
A Franklin County judge ordered 17 year old Daniel L Hartpence of 739 S Willow to remain in juvenile detention until his adult certification hearing on June 1. He was arrested April 14 the same day the alleged rape and aggravated criminal sodomy occurred against a 7 year old girl in a southwest Ottawa apartment.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Daniel L. Hartpence
S. Willow
Graves discusses abortion law and tax board reform
Graves defends signing a bill limiting abortions and supports a clause requiring clinics to report procedures. He cites no political gain and notes uncertainty in parts of the law, predicting suits from both sides. He also discusses a first step to overhaul the state Board of Tax Appeals amid concerns over property valuations and tax structures.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Graves
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Carla Stovall
State Board of Tax Appeals
BOTA
David Miller
Miller
Legislature rushes bill amid veto clash in 1998 session
The Legislature quickly passed a controversial bill after a veto message from Graves objected to its handling. Senate committee convened informally in the Capitol rotunda as House Speaker Tim Shallenburger criticized the last hour move. An override of the veto is unlikely before ceremonial adjournment on May 26.
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Senate
Capitol Rotunda
Graves
House
Tim Shallenburger
Baxter Springs
Beate
Shallenburger
Sinatra Classic Years and Legacy Across Stage Screen
Frank Sinatra rose to fame with From Here to Eternity earning an Oscar in a supporting role. He retired in 1971 but returned to the microphone, never mastering reading music yet delivering flawless phrasing in late performances. His signature songs span Night and Day to New York, New York, with collaborations like Somethin Stupid with daughter Nancy. He earned Kennedy Center honors in 1983 and the Medal of Freedom in 1985 from President Reagan.
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Here To
Eternity
New York
With
Nancy
Twyla Tharp
President Reagan
Ottawa Cable Franchise Transfer Talks Hint at Concessions
Ottawa faces a franchise transfer from TCI to Multimedia for local systems. City Manager Scott Lambers says staff will meet TCI and Multimedia to discuss the transfer. He also proposes negotiating concessions such as equipment for the local government access channel. June 1 price increases target basic service to 10.52 and other rates for expanded basic, trips, installations, and equipment.
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Multimedia
TCI
Ottawa
Scott Lambers
Lambers
City Commission
Ottawa area hospital notes show widespread admissions and arrests
The Daily Report records admissions for Mary Finch Dean Walburn Rosalie Carson Carolyn Ecord and Corina Alexander from Ottawa and Pomona, dismissals, a transfer to Olathe Medical Center, multiple births, and a series of Thursday arrests including Jeremie King Jonathan Ingram Bret Morelet Shirley Hile Arlie Stewart and related incidents such as threats fights thefts and property damage.
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Mary Finch
Dean Walburn
Rosalie Carson
Ottawa
Carolyn Ecord
Pomona
Corina Alexander
Lane
Helen Buffington
Lori Smith
Roy Heckman
Mildred Steward
Waverly
Geneva Bruner
Rantoul
Doris Swank
Olathe Medical Center
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ITC Intery Ae
Women’s Services
Lawrence
Women’s Transitional Care Services Inc
United Way
Ridge Court
Garnett Senior Center
Garnett
Franklin County Veterans Memorial Committee
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Crime Stoppers Board of Directors
ECKAN
Eckan Center
W. 3Rd
Walnut Plaza
Wellsville
Gladys MacDonald
Maple Leaf Quilters
Baldwin
Maple Leaf Quilters Guild
Baldwin Senior Center
Anita Neuenswander
Linda Michael
Mary Clark
Baker University
Collins Sports and Convention Center
Jared Grantham
Baker
University of Kansas Medical Center
Dave Michael
Ottawa Quilters Guild
First Baptist Church
Winnie Fields
Brownback
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
U.S
West 95Th St
Ste. 245
Overland Park
Blake Spurney
Steve Morse
Dana Hopkins
Sunflower Plaza Retirement Home
Hopkins
Sunflower
Dorothy Fiskus
Mary Goward
Zola Sand
Thelma Mosher
Irene Klink
Mary Larkin
Lou Scott
Pymae Atet
Sinatra
Mances
Joey
von Ryan
the Daily Report
Carolyn
Randy Eeord
Rosalie Carlson
John Hegg
Police News
Jeremie Dale King
Princeton Circle Drive
Jonathan J. Ingram
Williamsburg
North Cherry
Bret Eugene Morelet
E. 7Th
East Seventh
Shirley A. Hile
S. Oak
Cle
Arlie Lavern Stewart
Linwood Ave
N. Poplar
Edna Kay Sypher
North Sycamore
Heartland Lanes
S. Princeton
Barbara Ann Evans
Kentucky Terrace
South Main
Wellsville Middle School
S. Locust
Michael J. McCoy
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