Coffee event at Mid America site and ribbon cutting planned
Business Beat notes Coffee at Mid America Nutrition Program hosting Chamber of Commerce on Thursday at 1538 Industrial Ave to tour remodeling progress. Cutie will be served at 8 am followed by a ribbon cutting. Debra Clutz of Courthouse Square Apartments earns Rural Rental Housing Association award. Astro West raises wages and benefits to attract scarce job applicants. Sonic Corp named to Investor's Business Daily 200 Best Stocks list. CEO Clifford Hudson cites remodeling and marketing as growth drivers.
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Mid America Nutrition Program
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Ave
Clutz
Debra Clutz
Courthouse Square
Main
Lawrence
Rural Rental Housing Association of
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Sonic
Business Daily
Sonic Corp
United States
IBC
Oklahoma City
Ottawa
Baldwin
Clifford Hudson
Ottawa area hospital notes and county sheriff reports
Admissions include Rusty Franklin Lonnie Smith Gladys Ledomr Donna Cannady of Ottawa and Dale Feeback of Vassar. Arrests include Dennis Leo Morgan of Osawatomie and Brandon Paul Clary of Pomona. Thefts reported at Central Heights school. multiple juvenile offenses and battery incidents in Ottawa. Vehicle crash near Main and Keokuk. several EMS and fire calls logged in Franklin County area.
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Donna Cannady
Ottawa
Dale Feeback
Vassar
Sheriff's News
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Osawatomie
Princeton
Linn County
Franklin County
Brandon Paul Clary
Pomona
Sheriff's Department
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Ellis Road
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Hickory
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Main
Penny Lynn Fawl
Sycamore
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Birl
Franklin County Educational
Sara Marie Short
S. Mulberry No. 22
Daniel A. Goodell
Cypress
Kansas toy antitrust settlements total 473000
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall announced settlements with Toys R Us Mattel Inc and Little Tikes Co totaling 473,098 in cash and toys. The agreements resolve an antitrust lawsuit and will supply thousands of needy children with toys over the next three holiday seasons. Toys R Us pays 382,000. Mattel 78528. Little Tikes 12570.
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Topeka
Carla Stovall
Toys R Us
Mattel Inc
Little Tikes Co
Toys
Stovall
Kansas
Mattel
Little Tikes
India and Pakistan clash widens as infiltrators breach lines
The article reports cross border attacks in Kashmir with 600 infiltrators, 12,000 Indian troops moved into Dras and Batalik, 160 killed, and calls for defense retakes. Aziz denies knowledge of infiltrators while officials warn of escalation and possible airstrikes. Richard Celeste and George Fernandes meet amid growing tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad.
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Sartaj Aziz
India
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Himalayan
Defense Ministry
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U.S
Richard Celeste
George Fernandes
Britain
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Kashmir
Quereshi
Joginder Jaswant Singh
Dras
Batalik
Kaksar
Mashkok
Srinagar
Accers
Mohan Bhandari
County commission debate on donations and parking plan
County officials continued discussion from page 1A about a $15,000 cash donation from local businesses and budget information before a decision. The panel also decided to allow Blue Sky Liquors customers to use the adjacent County Annex parking until the store’s own lot is ready.
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Commission
Blue Sky Liquors
County Annex
Store near ready to open with parking plan in place
Co owner Bryce Young says the store is ready to open but the parking lot will not be finished until next week. County parking use is limited to two weeks from Pa. A fence will be erected between the two parking lots to keep county parking away from store customers. Ottawa Sanitation bid $198.50 per month for trash service is accepted.
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Bryce Young
Ottawa Sanitation
Twisters Invest in Weather Radio Upgrade
Twisters invest in a weather radio as the National Weather Service migrated to a digital alert system using Specific Area Message Encoding. The shift enhances targeted warnings for communities and outcomes depend on regional reception and device accessibility.
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National Weather Service
Coding Tech Explains State and County Codes
An official states that each state and county has a code. Kansas is 020 and Franklin County is 059. The combined code 020059 activates a radio warning only when Franklin County is affected.
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Kansas
Franklin County
District defends LOB extension amid funding concerns
In 1994 the district passed a local option budget promising a four year duration but residents fear extended costs as fixed incomes rise. The board extended the LOB to 1998 and now debates spending control while seeking candidates for industrial arts programs in Williamsburg and Pomona to avoid losing the program.
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Williamsburg
Pomona
Myers
Katie Erikson
Parks Warn of Campground Rules and Fees at Two Lakes
Bender explains parks require attendees to watch vehicles and stresses limited reservable sites. Despite abundant primitive camping and trailer sites, demand is high and fills last Friday night. Federal parks now require reservations. state sites unchanged with only ten reservable spaces at Pomona.
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Two Lakes
Bender
Viet Bender
Pomona
Costume stunt may have caused Owen Hart fall
Professional wrestler Owen Hart died after a planned 90 foot descent into the ring using a cable at Kemper Arena. Police say his elaborate feathered costume possibly snagged a quick release, causing a deadly 70 foot plunge and head injury. Hart, 34, known as the Blue Blazer, had warned about unsafe stunts. His father Stu Hart urged improved safety and equipment.
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Kansas City
Owen Hart
Hart
Stu Hart
the Blue Blazer
Floyd Mitchell
World Wrestling Federation
Kemper Arena
Lawmakers to study county jail crowding and reforms
Kansas legislators on the Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee will study jail crowding and community corrections after The Hutchinson News highlighted no statewide jail standards. They consider alternatives to incarceration, including community corrections and sentencing reforms, amid rising prison populations and local facility strains.
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Hutchinson News
Kansas
Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee
Department of Corrections
Stuart Little
T Hey
Jan Pauls
D-Hutchinson
Pauls
Reno County
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Oleen
Marge Petty
D-Fopeka
Rep
Shari Weber
R-Herington
House
Senate
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