Winners of Oak Haven Nursing Center Halloween Party
Oak Haven Nursing Center winners Edna Reeves, Bob Coleman, and Vista Keefer earned first to third place in the annual costume contest. The facility raised 273 dollars from ticket sales for residents’ activity funds. Funeral directors Bob and Elaine Roberts of Lamb-Roberts-Hesse attended the National Funeral Directors Association convention in Boston with Mort Crim, Thomas Lynch, Roger Blackwell, and Mrs. Colin Powell addressing over 4,000 members. The 1999 convention will be in the Kansas City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Haven Nursing Center
Edna Reeves
Bob Coleman
Vista Keefer
Oak Haven
Bob and
Elaine Roberts
Lamb-Roberts-Hesse Funeral Homes
Ottawa
Baldwin
Overbrook
National Funeral Directors Association
Boston
Mort Crim
Thomas Lynch
Roger Blackwell
Colin Powell
Kansas City
Areaman Receives NAMI Award for Mental Health Advocacy
West Franklin Superintendent James Cain of Quenemo was honored at the NAMI Kansas Annual Conference in Hutchinson for leadership and advocacy to improve lives of Kansans with serious mental and emotional disorders. Cain previously chaired the Governor's Mental Health Services Planning Council as part of NAMI Kansas efforts supporting families and service users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Alliance On Mental Illness
West Franklin
James Cain
Quenemo
Nami Kansas
Hutchinson
Cain
Franklin County polling places and hours for Tuesday voting
Franklin County voters will cast ballots Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Advance voting ends 4:30 p.m. Monday at the county clerk’s office in the Franklin County Courthouse. Call 229-3410 with questions. Polling locations include Appanoose Baptist Church, Centropolis Town ship Hall, Richter Church, Rantoul Fellowship Hall, Wellsville Library, Greenwood Community Hall, Harrison Town Hall, Hayes Township Hall, Homewood Christian Church Annex, Lincoln Township building, Princeton Community Building, Briles School House, Pomona Community Building, Richmond Fire Station, and Williamsburg Community Building. Ottawa City Precincts 1–8 list Trinity United Methodist Church, Franklin County Court, Faith Lutheran, Church of Brethren, Westminster Presbyterian, with addresses as given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Appanoose Township
Appanoose Baptist Church
North Centropolis
Centropolis
South Centropolis
Richter
Cutler Township
Rantoul Presbyterian Fellowship
Franklin Township
Wellsville
Greenwood Township
Greenwood
Harrison Township
Hayes Township
Williamsburg
Ottawa City
Trinity United Methodist Church
N. Cherry
S. Main
Faith Lutheran Church
E. 12Th
Flood rescue under way as Franklin County flood crests
Two men trapped atop a vehicle were rescued at daylight after alerts from Larry Parkhill of Bonner Springs. Rescue efforts expanded across Franklin and Anderson counties as floodwaters rose, prompting a local state of emergency and potential National Guard assistance. Roads closed, buses tipped, and water levels topped flood stages along Marais des Cygnes and its tributaries with forecasts of cresting near 38 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Parkhill
Bonner Springs
Radcliffe
Wellsville
Cutler Township
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Deanna Stonequist
Pomona
Rex Bowling
Franklin County
National Guard
Bowling
Marais Des Cygnes
Sheriff’s Department
Labette Road
J.B. Hall
Hall
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Neosho Road
Anderson County
David Vaughan
Old Seventh
Garnett
Westphalia
Vaughan
Geological Survey
Pottawatomie Creek
Garnett and
Lane
Marais Des Cyegnes
Salt Creek
Lyndon
Pomona Lake
110 Mile Creek
Dragoon Creek
Burlingame
Reading
Melvern Reservoir
Lyon County
Floods surge across Kansas forcing evacuations and state of emergency
In Augusta and western Wichita hundreds fled swamped homes as two dozen rivers rose. Officials estimated 900 displaced, with 300-400 in Augusta and 350 in nursing homes in Wichita. Gov Graves declared emergencies in multiple counties and toured flood zones as rainfall continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agusta
Kan
Kansas
Augusta
Wichita
Jim Schmidt
Butler County
Bill Graves
Sedgwick
Butler
Cowley
Sumner
Arkansas
Chase
Rails to Trails debate spurs Kansas measure
The Kansas senator criticizes current law as defective and aims to require due process and compensation for landowners when rail corridors become public trails. Communities like Lawrence and Manhattan have compensated owners or swapped land, while others push for return of corridors. A Missouri Katy Trail case and a Vermont appellate ruling shape ongoing legal questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Ryun
Supreme Court
Kansas
Lawrence
Manhattan
Anderson
Anderson County
U.S. Court of Claims
Vermont
Ottawa area hospital notes and sheriff police roundup
Admissions include Donna Stockton Wilma Stoffer Wes Cook and Doris Rosenberger with others listed from Ottawa Baldwin and Richmond. Arrests span Tony Criqui Cecil Raines Phillip Griffin and several juveniles with charges of suspended or revoked licenses possession of drugs or alcohol and battery theft and open container incidents. Numerous noninjury and injury road accidents as well as a gas nozzle theft and a car chase are documented along with medical emergencies and routine 911 calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Stockton
Wilma Stoffer
Wes Cook
Ottawa
Doris Rosenberger
Baldwin
Peggy Nichols
Dean Walburn
Linda Mattox
Dorothy Anderson
Stacy Vansickle
Richmond
Ernestine Fisher
Lori Fast
Daisy E. Bell
Gary Snyder
Sheriff’s News
Tony Ray Criqui Jr
N. Cherry
Kansas Highway Patrol
Cecil Bert Raines
Quenemo
Pawnee Road
Franklin County
Phillip Dean Griffin
Pomona
East C
Griffin
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Nursing Center
NAMI
Parsi
Ayty
Homewood Township
Homewood Christian Church
Lincoln Township
Ohio Township
Princeton
Ottawa Township
Peoria Township
Briles
Pomona Township
Pottawatomie Township
Pottawatomie
Richmond Township
Church of Brethren
W. 9Th
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. 13Th
Marais Des Cygnes Basin
Graves
Tom Sawyer
Sawyer
Arkansas City
Whitewater
Walnut
David Alfaro
Kim
Gary Smith
Jesus
Missouri
St. Charles County
Dorothy Moore
U.S
the Daily Report
Rantoul
McGinnis Avenue
USSC
Police News
Ronnie Lynn Campbell
N. Milner
Red Jacket
Sycamore
Elizabeth Rine
Osage Drive
Mercedes Lanes
S. Princeton
Aine
Wal- Mart Supercenter
Wal-Mart
Eric Dan Stone
Benjamin J. Gamblian
Michael Antonio Guerrero
Liberty
South Pecan
Guerrero
Ambre Elizabeth Jones
Ninth and
Cherry
Kimberly J. Hever
Melvern
Jones
Hever
Olathe Medical Center
Antonio Lamar Sibley
Akron
Ohio
West Second
Ninth
Nevada Terrace
Shane M. Farmer
Texas Road
Shawnee Road
Sheriff's Department
Farmer
Terry Lynn Lay
Belton
Miami County
Lay
Franklin County Public Works
Nolke’s
S. Poplar
Dollar General
S. Princeton Circle Drive
Lyle D. Black
S. Willow
Madjid Mosafryan
Martha M. House
Council Grove
Main
Logan
Casey’s
N. Main
South Maple
Ottawa Retirement Village
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