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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 2009
Page
7
Franklin County commissioners will discuss department budgets at study sessions Monday and Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the Franklin County Office Annex, 14th and Main. Budgets are on a half hour schedule. check the online agenda at ottawaherald.com Local News for timing.
The Pomona City Council will hold a regular session at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Pomona City Hall and Community Building located at 219 West A Street.
The Chautauqua Youth Camp for grades 4-8 moves to the second floor courtroom of the old Franklin County Courthouse at 315 8 S. Main St. Ottawa, running 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Parents can register for this free historical reenactment by calling (785) 242-1232.
Bernadette Gray-Little of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will become the University of Kansas chancellor on August 15, replacing Robert Hemenway. The state Board of Regents cited her strong academic and administrative credentials after a closed search.
The Mid-States Port Authority, formed to save rail service across 14 Kansas counties, will hand over ownership of over 400 miles of short-line track to Kyle Railroad, a RailAmerica subsidiary. The authority bought the line for 19 million dollars in 1984 with a mix of private funds and a federal loan, and leased to Kyle with an option to buy for a nominal sum on June 1, 2009.
TOPEKA AP The state’s top social services official outlined $44 million in budget reductions and warned further cuts. Social and Rehabilitation Services Secretary Don Jordan told advocates the steps address the fiscal year starting July 1 and include trimming state aid to groups serving the developmentally disabled and lowering grants to community mental health centers. Foster care and cash assistance for the disabled would fall while revenues remained below expectations, signaling more reductions ahead.
Pvt Tony Tremayne Lewis, 19, is charged in Geary County with three counts of aggravated kidnapping two counts of rape two counts of aggravated robbery two counts of aggravated sodomy one count of aggravated burglary and one count of criminal threat in connection with at least three rapes and five abductions across Junction City and Manhattan begun in late March.
A local car wash discussion notes that rain prompts less washing while many teens still wash cars regardless. Friends vary in routines as Jenalea Myers encourages email feedback and readers can comment online.
An official says light rain earlier this week provided a beneficial seed bed for area farmers in Franklin County. Soybean planting is on schedule with about 45 percent of beans in the ground while corn remains about a month behind, possibly shifting harvest to September unless timely rains come in late summer. Franklin County fields produced 2.3 million bushels of corn in 2007 and 2.2 million bushels of soybeans in 2008, valued around $35.2 million at current prices.
McGrath Tribune News Service reports wheat outlook shows regional variation with expected head scab across Kansas. Kansas State agronomist Doug Shoup notes differing conditions, while southeast areas face heavy water and flood damage and northern to central regions endure drought and freeze effects, leaving Wichita area relatively sound.
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