Habitat hosts visiting volunteers and Philmont popcorn sale
The Franklin County Habitat for Humanity hosts a 5 p.m. Sunday potluck at First Baptist Church for Care-A-Wanners who will travel to Ottawa to work Oct 17. Four couples start Monday and work daily except Sunday on the home at 613 N Hickory St for Renee VanderPal and her children. Ottawa Scouts from Troop 118 sell popcorn Saturday at Town and Country parking lot to fund a Philmont trip, with online orders at iGive.com/BSA118. Gift help is offered at Future Visions, and contact numbers are 242-7903 and 242-7058. Volunteers also cover a Garnett Chili-Soup Supper Friday at the National Guard Armory, tickets 5 and 3 dollars. An aerial derring-do segment enhances Ottawa Library’s Wright Brothers centennial event Saturday with Tom Wilson’s radio controlled plane around 11 a.m. and related contests. registration is 242-3080.
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Franklin County
Habitat For Humanity
First Baptist Church
Fourth
Hickory Streets
Habitat
Ottawa
Care-A-Wanners
Hickory St
Renee VanderPal
Philmont
Boy Scout Troop
S. Princeton Road
Darlene Armstrong
Ken Nelson
Garnett
National Guard Armory
North Lake Park
Tom Wilson
Wilson
Shannon Leonard
Wright Brothers
Daily Report: multiple traffic, theft, medical calls and arrests
A Daily Report summary details a two-vehicle collision at Cedar Street and Ninth, thefts including a wallet, license tag, and counterfeiting, plus numerous medical emergencies and vandalism notes across Franklin County. Arrests include Ryan Richeson on domestic battery and a listed suspect, with various ambulance responses and one noninjury accident.
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Ellis Road
Richmond
Franklin County
Ryan Scott Richeson
S. Main St
Raymond J.cook
Princeton St
Barnes Streets
East Fourth Street
Stafford Road
Pine Street
South Princeton Street
South Hickory Street
South Cedar
South Elm Street
South Main Street
KFC in Ottawa Reopens After Drain Chemical Incident
Ottawa KFC reopened after a Monday drain cleaner and bleach mishap sent five people to hospital. Shift manager Jesse Fugate said the restaurant was thoroughly cleaned, drains flushed, and ventilation restored. No health inspection was required as officials deemed the issue resolved.
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KFC
Jesse Fugate
Fugate
Homecoming Parade Link Sparks Ottawa Campus Blend
Ottawa High School seniors Brian Felix and Mark Didde wear togas during Toga Day. OHS will join Ottawa University for a homecoming parade for the first time in years. Jeremiah Dean, an Ottawa University junior, wowed the crowd with a lip-sync performance earning him Mr Brave during the annual homecoming event.
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Ottawa High School
Brian Felix
Mark Didde
OHS
Ottawa University
Jeremiah Dean
Brave
Dean
Mr. Brave
Richmond Votes Yes on 2004 Budget Amid Revisions
Richmond approved the 2004 city budget totaling $825,081, a rise from 2003, with a net tax drop for a $100,000 home to about $450. The final budget, approved Sept 19 after delays, reclassifies the police fund under the general fund and uses surplus from prior years to cover costs.
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Richmond
Bill Wood
Wond
Garnett ethanol plant push aims to raise 8 to 9 million
Eastern Kansas Agri-Energy seeks 8 to 9 million more from area investors by year end to complete a 36 million dollar ethanol plant in Garnett. The project, with 20 million gallons per year capacity, would involve Fagen Inc and ICM designs, creating about 30 jobs and boosting regional grain prices while expanding use of ethanol for oxygenation.
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Eastern Kansas Agri- Energy
Bill Pracht
Westphalia
Agri-Energy Board
Pracht
Agri-Energy
Franklin County
EKAE
Anderson County
Congress
Fagen, Inc
Granite Falls
Minn
Fagen
ICM
Kansas
Plainview
Neb
Nebraska
Husker Ag Energy
Fast Kansas Agri- Energy
Husker
Allen Sievertsen
Walter Kittrell
Kittrell
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