Cookbooks support Franklin County cancer foundation aims
The Franklin County Cancer Foundation offers cookbooks priced at ten dollars with over five hundred recipes from area contributors. Purchases available through Steve Norris at several local outlets or the foundation office. For details contact Karen McIIlvain or the foundation office. USD 290 Special Services schedules a free developmental screening for district children under five on November 6. call the Special Services office at 229-8110 for appointments.
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Franklin County Cancer Foundation
Steve Norris
American Family Insurance
New Traditions
Ottawa Paint
Butler’s Florist
Foundation
Karen McIilvain
USD 290
Special Services
Special Services Office
W. Fourth
Hospital Notes and Local Arrests in Franklin County
Admissions and dismissals list Ottawa residents with a new birth to Kristi and Chris Batten. Sheriff and police reports show multiple arrests in Ottawa and McAlester areas for warrants and driving offenses, plus incidents of explosives misuse and forged checks. Ambulance calls cover several medical emergencies and sick persons in Ottawa and nearby blocks.
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Kristi Batten
Ottawa
Doris Brown
Lawrence Memorial
Esther Collins
Guy Monroe
Desiree Woods
Silvia Diaz
Joanne Morrison
Kristi
Chris Batten
Franklin County
Sheriff's Dept
Richard Todd Stahl
Nebraska Road
Steven Dale Free
McAlester
Okla
Francisco Rodriguez Morales
Fernando Hernandez Jimenez
Harrisonville
Roger W. Coffman Jr
Olathe
Chad Curtis Kalousek
N. Oak
Aaron Daniel Zamora
San Antonio
Texas
Oregon Road
North Main
Former priest pleads innocent to molestation case
A former priest, Dennis Schmitz, 41, pleaded innocent to indecent liberties with a child involving a 15-year-old in Nemaha County. He faces trial Jan. 22 after a Dec. 13 pretrial hearing. Schmitz previously received 32 months in Douglas County for molesting the same boy in 1998.
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Seneca
Nemaha
Dennis Schmitz
Schmitz
Fred Jackson
Douglas County
Doy
Health Fair expands services at RMH site
Ottawa Health and Education Committee along with Drs Scott Soldier and Garrett White and Kansas Dialysis Services host a larger Health Fair at Ransom Memorial Hospital featuring booths on aquatic therapy organ donation parenting safety and more. Attendance is expected to rise due to broader presenter lineup and a pre holiday theme.
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Ottawa Area
Chamber of Commerce Health and Education Committee
Scott Soldier
M.D
Garrett White
Kansas Dialysis Services
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Republicans Seek Unity as GOP Fractures Show in Kansas
In Mankato three longtime Republicans mull party rifts as Karl Sebelius leads a strong Democratic push. Polls vary with Tim Shallenburger closing the gap while moderates urge a straight party vote. Figures like Lynn Jenkins and Sandy Praeger push for unity amid pledges to back primary winners.
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Harris News Service
Mankato
Red Rooster
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Tim Shallenburger
Shallenburger
Lynn Jenkins
Jewell County
Lynn Scarrow
State School Board
Sandy Praeger
Senate
Tim Emert
Independence
Sebelius
Clyde Graeber
Department of Health and Environment
Bill Graves
Phill Kline
Clay Aurand
Mark Parkinson
Elevator collapse damages aeration fans at farm facility
Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a Thursday morning collapse that wrecked the controls for the fans used for aeration. Owner Rick Grimmett near Midland Farm Store reported no immediate awareness of the fall, while Derousseau estimated 70 to 80 percent of spilled corn might be saved.
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Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Rick Grimmett
Midland Farm
Diagonal Road
Highway 24
Grimmett
Ottawa Co-op
Derousseau
Planning office considers looser use rules for residential areas
The planning commission discussed a text amendment to permit security and commodity, insurance, accounting and real estate offices in residential zones with special use permits. A site plan was approved for half of the area around a cul de sac on Beech Street near Arrowhead subdivision amid a long dispute with Charles Waymire that was resolved earlier this year. Two public hearings were set by the Board of Zoning Appeals for variances.
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Fifth and Cedar
Henningsen
Cal Lantis
Planning Commission
Hell
Beech Street
Arrowhead
Joe Moore
Darlene Moore
Married opponents eager for election
In Reno County Kansas Democratic candidate Sarah Sweet McKinnon accuses incumbent Steve Becker of lacking energy for the Division 3 bench race as the pair face off in the November 5 general election. Becker and Sweet McKinnon both anticipate a close contest with Becker noting voter choice would validate his tenure.
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Sweet McKinnon
South Central Kansas
Wichita
Becker
Reno County
Steve
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Health Fair
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Ottawa Middle School
RMTH
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Ottawaherald.com
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Dick Willmeth
Willmeth
Abilene
Bill Kassebaum
Bob Dole
House
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Kassebaum
Weber
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Main Street
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
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Moores
Yahl
Scott Bird
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