Alzheimer Support Group meets May 31 in Franklin County
The Franklin County Alzheimer Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. May 31 in the Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Room. For information, call 242-1972. Williamsburg programs include a summer reading drive for children through Grade 5 with a 25-book prize and a noon July 5 music program at the Williamsburg Community Building. The Franklin County Cancer Foundation hosts its third annual Celebration June 3 at Forrest Park with a Survivors Ceremony at 8:30 p.m. Bring a lawn chair.
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Franklin County
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Williamsburg
Franklin County Commission approves office moves and zoning seats
The Franklin County Commission approved moving the motor vehicle department to the commissioner's room in the basement and shifting offices on two floors of the courthouse. They also appointed four to the Board of Zoning Appeals, left one vacancy, and received two bids for a fingerprint ID system for the sheriff. The panel will discuss the bids at today's meeting. They accepted KDOT grant money for the Midland Railway extension from Norwood to Ottawa and approved two Neighborhood Revitalization Program residences. A flexible benefit plan was adopted for county employees.
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Franklin County Commission
Motor Vehicle Department
Ecean
Register of Deeds Office
Don Johnson
Jim Ferguson
Floyd Elliott
Vernon Stewart
Franklin County Board of Zoning
Sheriff's Department
Kansas Department of Transportation
Midland Railway
Norwood
Ottawa
S. Main
Sycamore
American Family Life Assurance of Columbia of
Topeka
Tax clash marks Topeka GOP bid in 3rd District
In Topeka, Greg Musil critics faulted Rep. Phill Kline for backing steep tax cuts that could drain schools of funds. Kline dismissed the charge as rhetoric while Gary Marsch urged unity between conservative and moderate Republicans. The trio vies for the Republican nomination to face Democrat Dennis Moore in November.
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Topeka
Greg Musil
Musil
Phill Kline
Kline
City Commission backs Cedar Street and CIP projects
Ottawa city officials discussed Cedar Street overhaul and storm drainage funded largely by state and federal grants with about 150000 of city money, plus a 1 million dollar sewage plant upgrade tied to KDHE terms. They also considered levee riprap, a southern Ottawa substation, a north of 23rd Street lift station, and annexation ideas while praising Rep. Moran for a 450000 airport grant and debating citizen input.
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Ottawa ‘City Commission
Scott Lambers
Cedar Street
CIP
Lambers
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Marais Des Cygnes
Feds
Ottawa
23Rd Street
Jerry Moran
Kansas
Moran
U.S
Jim Ryan
Gene Ramsey
Rocky Fleer
Richard Jackson
Commission
Blaine Finch
City Commission
Ramsey
Wal-Mart
Jackson
District schools to add 16 classrooms with bond funds
Keep Improving District Schools formed to advise on education needs as enrollments rise from 494 in 1986 to 615 this year. Plans by Howard & Helmer include new classrooms, with bids expected June 12 and construction slated for 2001 to 2003 weather permitting.
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Conrad
Lebo
Emporia
North
Ottawa area hospital notes and police report items
Admissions list several Ottawa residents including Alice Atchison Tanya Williams and Dewayne Springer with others on Tuesday. Dismissals include Nancy Dunkin and Katherine Weber and son. Arrests feature Bret Morelet for probation violation with warrants from Douglas County and North Carolina and Aaron Stottlemire on a Franklin County warrant. Police news covers a teen suspected of aggravated indecent liberties and other traffic, theft, and vandalism cases with local addresses and outcomes. Ambulance calls report multiple medical emergencies and transports in Richmond and Weilsville.
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Alice Atchison
Tanya Williams
Ottawa
Dewayne Springer
Richmond
Chase Crawley
Mary Hoyt
Viola Ferns
Barbara Brewer
Osage City
Nancy Dunkin
Katherine Weber and Son
Williamsburg
Henry Wittman
Garnett
Tanya Ptr
Tuesy
Bret Eugene Morelet
Pomona
Coffey County
Franklin County
Douglas County
North Carolina
Aaron Dean Stottlemire
Rantoul
Drug Enforcement Unit
Correc
Main
North Oak
Ottawa woman wins Kansas Harley second chance drawing
Christine Kirkland of Ottawa was one of three winners in the Kansas Lottery Harley-Davidson second-chance drawing. She may choose a Harley or $15,000 cash and has 45 days to claim. More than 130,000 entries were received. eligibility required sending a non winning ticket. Kirkland bought her ticket at Stop & Save on 1621 South Main Street. Other winners include Robert Blubaugh of Wichita and Chester L Saunders Jr of Concordia.
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Ottawa
Christine Kirkland
Kansas
Kirkland
Stop & Save
S. Main St
Harley
Robert Blubaugh
Chester L. Saunders Jr
Concor
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Ali Brimblecom
Toby Darrah
Habitat For Humanity
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Eer Tle
Waverly
Howard & Helmer Architects
Wichita
Daily Report
Sheriff's News
West Second Dam
Rickey L. Beardsley
E. Logan
Russell B. Benjamin
Marshal Road
Logan and
Mulberry
Beardsley
Overland Park Medical Center
Benjamin
Chad Smith
Quenemoim
Georgia Road
Trent Lancaster
Sally
Hendershot
North Main
Powhattan
Alphonso Lewis
Dallas
Jane Lee
Central Heights
Ellis, Road
Bungalow Avenue
East Second
Weilsville
Courthouse Square Apartments
Rock Creek Road
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