Veterans representatives to visit Ottawa in June
Kansas Commission on Veterans' Affairs will send representatives to Ottawa City Hall Library on June 5 and June 19 at 1 p.m. to assist veterans and dependents with service work. No appointment required. For details call 785 843 5233.USD 290 funds Summer Food Service Program for children 1 to 18 in households on welfare or food stamps. program runs June 4-29 at Ottawa Middle School with breakfast 7:45-8:45 a.m. and lunch 11:00 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Call 229-8010 for guidelines.
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Veterans
Ottawa
Kansas Commission On Veterans’ Affairs
City Hall
Hickory
USD 290
Call Teresa Power
Ottawa Middle School
OU Grant Writing Seminar On Campus
Ottawa University will host an 830 a.m. grant writing seminar in New Hall with Bruce Sliger of Mercer University speaking on funding opportunities and proposal preparation. OU development head Matt Aschenbrener says the event aims to share broad information. The seminar is free and open to the public. call 229-1034 for details.
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Ottawa University
New Hall
Matt Aschenbrener
Bruce Sliger
Mercer University
Atlanta
Aschenbrener
Sliger
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Police News
Multiple admissions and births in Ottawa and surrounding towns. A son born to Katrena Wolken and Jim Bunch in Ottawa. another to Zelta Fishback and William Fishback in Garnett. Sheriff reports James Léé'Fermyn, 36, jailed on domestic battery charge with $750 bond. Police list numerous arrests for driving while suspended, no insurance, disorderly conduct, battery, and minor liquor offenses. Also reports thefts in Wellsville and Lane, and vandalism on Tremont Ave with $250 damage. Ambulance calls include sick for 9:01 a.m., medical emergency at 1:54 p.m., and additional sick calls later.
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Katrena Wolken
Vicki Jacoby
Tasha Kneller
Mary Koilwalewski
Joanne Carlson
Charley Roehl
Ottawa
Zelta Fishback
Garnett
Skylar Lipson
Williamsburg
June Schulz
Rantoul
Jim Bunch
Zelta
William Fishback
Sheriff's News
James Léé'Fermyn
Lane
S. Main
Wellsville
Shelly Ann Speer
Vassar
Beech
Coffey County
Carl W. Sorrells
N. Cleveland
Charles W. Green Jr
Indiana Terrace
Brian S. Franklin
Ash
N. Main
Sara R. Wooten
Pomona
S. Hickory
Juvenile Detention Center
Vashon S. Perryman
S. Olive
Grandview
Kansas Highway Patrol
Post
Myers
Farris
Record corn crop forecast for Kansas as wheat yield slips
Kansas farmers may harvest the largest corn crop on record, with an estimated 525 million bushels for 2001 based on 3.54 million planted acres and an August yield of 148.3 bushels per acre, per Kansas State University economist Bill Tierney. Wheat harvest is projected around 277 million, while drought and fungal issues reduced winter wheat stands, prompting more corn planting across the state.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Corn Growers Association
Bill Tierney
Kansas State University
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas Wheat Quality Council
Jere White
Unlicensed Drivers Rise On Southwest Kansas Roads
Kansas Highway Patrol reports more drivers on southwest Kansas highways lack licenses and insurance due to a residency proof requirement for licenses. Officials say untrained, unlicensed drivers raise safety concerns as lawmakers debate repeal and ID options for undocumented residents. Law enforcement notes more false licenses and uninsured motorists.
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Sarah Kessinger
Harris News Service
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Mark Engholm
U.S
Engholm
Tina DeLaRoga
Kansas Advisory Committee On
DeLaRosa
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Salina
Denver
Colorado
Internal Revenue Service
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Ford County
James Lane
Town begins recovery from tornado in Hoisington Kansas
Hoisington residents enter recovery after the April 21 tornado that killed one person and caused about 43 million dollars in damage. City Manager Allen Dinkel notes plans to rebuild and influx of manufactured housing as crews replace roofs and walls. The Polzins begin rebuilding their home after work started May 15, as the town reorganizes in the wake of the disaster.
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Hosington
Kansas
Allen Dinkel
Dinkel
Duane
Patty Polzin
Hoisington
Ottawa school board debates elementary facilities plan
The Ottawa school board weighs teaching methods and facility options for elementary schools. Looping is being piloted at one school as planners discuss attendance centers versus centralized buildings. Population growth on Ottawa’s north side prompts concern over future districts and committee makeup.
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Ing
Collins
Ottawa
Cummings
School board weighs crisis plans amid Baldwin incident
Baldwin school crisis response dominated a work session after a student was seriously injured in a shop classroom and airlifted to KU Med Center. Trustees debated lessons from OMS and Lincoln threats, discussed a potential district office move to Apple Market site, and reflected on the demolition vote for the old middle school.
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Coen
Jean McCally
OMS
Collins
Lincoln Elementary
Ket
Kathi Brougham
Brougham
W. Fourth St
Allegre
Juvenile inmate numbers drop as prevention program expands
The state reports a 25 percent decline in youths sent to correctional facilities since 1997 as the Juvenile Justice Authority expands crime prevention and early intervention. Abby Coleman of Olathe, 21, joins Healthy Families America, an effort targeting at risk mothers, with the aim of supporting her and her 18 month old son Jonathan James Coleman and preventing child abuse through coping strategies taught to first-time mothers.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Juvenile Justice Authority
Abby Coleman
Olathe
Coleman
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