OU Students to Tickle Steinway Pianos at OU
Ottawa University will loan 10 Steinway pianos from Schmitt Music at no cost. The instruments, valued around 500000, will be delivered today for immediate use. The university plans to buy six grand pianos and four uprights after five years to meet growing demand in the music department.
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Ottawa University
Roger Kugler
Schmitt Music
Overland Park
Steinway & Sons
Boston
Kugler
KDOT 2011 2016 Projects Could Affect Franklin County Roads
Kansas Department of Transportation outlines 56 new projects from 2011 to 2016, with several on U.S. 59 from the Franklin County line into Douglas County and a 7 mile resurfacing north from the county line. Costs run about 28 million for the U.S. 59 work, while U.S. 169 near Anderson County carries about 4.2 million in 2013 pavement rehab that largely avoids Franklin County.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas
Franklin County
City Public Works
Andy Haney
U.S. 59
Douglas County
KDOT
Anderson County
Miami County
Haney
Forum candidates set for major races forum
The chamber committee will host a candidate forum with audience questions and a few organizer prompts. Jeff Richards is slated as moderator and biographies will be available. the event airs on Government Access Channel ahead of the November 2 general election with attendees including Biggs Estes McKinney Gregory Brown Prescott Hudspeth Stottlemire Johnson and others.
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Chamber
Lund
Carey remembered as passionate Franklin County leader and family man
Former Franklin County commissioner Carey, appointed by Governor Bill Graves after a 1999 expansion of the board, was noted for his dedication and community service. He helped establish a county administrator position, improved roads, and remained active in local groups and church life. He battled pancreatic cancer in his later years, leaving a legacy through his family and close community ties.
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Carey
Franklin County
Bill Graves
Board of Commissioners
Herald Archives
Shaun Perry
Don Waymire
Waymire
First United Methodist Church of Ottawa
Ottawa Junior Wrangler
Plumbing Board of
Ottawa
Uniform Plumbing Board of Appeal
Ottawa Planning Commission
Perry
Topeka Dismisses Pit Bull Cases Under New Rules
Topeka will stop prosecuting pit bull owners unless pets are licensed and microchipped after a city ordinance enacted Monday. The change overturns a prior ban on owning certain pit bulls without city licensing and microchips and shifts focus to dogs running loose and unlicensed cases while requiring dangerous dogs to be microchipped and kept in secure enclosures.
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Topeka
Jackie Williams
Williams
Topeka Capital-Journal
Review of KSU Reactor After Radiation Incident
Federal inspectors concluded review of Kansas State University TRIGA Mark II reactor after a faculty member received a minor radiation exposure during a routine experiment at 7 45 a m on September 22. Radiation safety officer Ronald Bridges said the exposure was less than a CT scan one few reports and no health risks noted. NRC investigators said the university handled reporting properly and a final official report will follow in about a month. The reactor remains shut down pending completion of reviews with no reopening date given.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Kansas State
Ronald Bridges
Manhattan Mercury
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mike Morlang
NRC
Bridges
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Chris Biggs
Dennis McKinney
Ron Estes
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Terri Lois Gregory
House of Representatives
Tony Brown
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William Prescott
Don Stottlemire
Terry Johnson
Jeip On
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