Kansan 74-Year-Old Leads Nursing Home Reform Effort
Petey Cerf, 74, heads Kansans for Improvement of Nursing Homes in Lawrence, pressing for immediate action to end nursing home suffering. As longtime president since 1975, she lobbies state officials, overlooking grand plans for a nationwide fix and focusing on direct testimonies from residents and families.
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Lawrence
Kan
Petey Cerf
Kansans For Improvement of Nursing Homes Inc
Wichita
Bob Moody
State Department of Health and Environment
Littlejohn
League of Women Voters
Family history quest reveals long-lost photos and ties
A Franklin County genealogist traces descendants of Jennie McCrumb to Otto Strowig through letters over twenty years. She recovers old photo albums of Thomas and Sarah Barker and notes how a missing link would have hidden priceless archives. A workshop on First Families of Franklin County is announced for Ottawa Library.
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Charlemagne
Yorkshire
England
Wabaunsee County
Jane Ann
Jennie’ McCrumb
Strowig
Salina
Otto
Nellie
California
A.A. Bauer
Jennie McCrumb
Thomas
Sarah Barker
Mr. Baver
Alma
Dean Berlin
Ottawa
Mr. Berlin
Franklin County
John Mark Lambertson
The
Historical Society
Barbara Dew
Harriett Jane (Bundy) Grewell
Henry David Grewell
Fulton County
Ill
Lucas County
Iowa
Kansas
Miami County
Henry
A.T. Andreas
State of
Christopher R. Heck
Germany
Northampton County
Wayne County
Leavenworth
Kansas State Home Guards
Mr. Heck
Elizabeth Coleman
Angeline Coleman
Library Line answers from Ottawa library help desk
The Ottawa library offers help by phone or in person at Fifth and Main. Notable queries cover Frank Carlson’s death date and career, Social Security teacher requirements in Kansas, the legal term praecipe, the Mound City arts and crafts fair timing, and RCA Electronics Division address. Additional vacuum cleaner service info from Rainbow and Filter Queen provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Fifth and Main
Frank Carlson
U.S
Mound City
Rainbow
Filter Queen
Dave Bales
Lawrence
Pyramid scheme toppled in Garden City Kansas
Kansas Securities Commission subpoenas 14 people tied to an airplane pyramid scheme affecting over 1,000 in southwestern Kansas. Eleven from Garden City and three from Kinsley will testify in Wichita late this month and in November as investigators note the scheme collapses after attracting many participants and typical losses for about 90 percent.
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Garden City
Kan
Kansas Securities Commission
Kansas
M. Douglas Mays
Kansas Securities Commissioner
Kinsley
Wichita
Dole to Announce Presidential Candidacy in Russell
Russell residents prepare for Sen. Bob Dole to declare his candidacy on November 9 at 9 am. The pre announcement show begins around 8 am with home grown entertainment. Russell High band will perform patriotic tunes and students will carry out routines as locals accommodate visitors.
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Russell
HNL
Bob Dole
Peter Williams
Russell Committee
Dole
Cole
William Avery
America
Sentencings include probation for habitual violator in Kansas case
The Daily Report notes John H. Spears Jr. of Leavenworth received one to two years custody suspended to two years probation for felony driving as a habitual violator after a September 8 guilty plea, with conditions to pay court costs and fines, abstain from drugs or alcohol, and perform community service. Also listed are Luellen M. Wood’s forgery sentence suspended to one year probation with stated restitution and fees, Randall V. Stevens facing terroristic threats with $3,000 bond, and multiple marriage licenses and divorces.
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John H. Spears Jr
Leavenworth
Secretary of Corrections
Luellen M. Wood
Pomona
J.B. Anderson
Preston
Country Grocery
Williamsburg
Randall V. Stevens
Ottawa
Stevens
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Kansan
Moody
Marvin Littlejohn
Phillipsburg
House Public Health and Welfare Committee
Lois Garrison
Reno
Nev
Martha Ann Tull
Rueben Hillard
Clark County
Missouri
Carrie
Orval Hillard
Reuben
Elmer Eldridge
Oregon
Klamath Falls
Ore
Robert Courtright
Martha
Nona Ruel
Clarks Ford
Idaho
Ottawa Herald
Deborah Barker
State Library
Kansas Department of Education
State Social Security Office
RCA Electronics Division
Standard and Poor
RCA
RCA Consumer Electronics Division
N. Sherman Drive
Indianapolis
Ind
Mays
Dants
Colorado
Grace Wise
Lamb Roberts
Henry Roberts
Highland Cemetery
American Heart Assn
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
the Daily Report
District Court News
George R. Rivera
Verna Lee Wagoner
Stanley Linden Rasmussen
Denyer
Teresa Jane Kramer
James R. Montgomery
Cheryl J. English
Sandra K
Frank J. Scott
Max J
Gladys V. Kiefer
U.S.D
Sacred Heart
Public Safety News
M&m
RED 4
Fifth
Willow Streets
Charles H. Cody
Olathe
Judy B. Foster
S. Poplar
Kansas City
Midwest
Finois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Texas- Oklahoma
Midwest Terminal
Ransom Memorial Hospital
RMH
BRAVE
Rawleigh Products
Charlotte's
Elm
Drake
K of C
Sarah A. Cook
Dengel & Son
William Weber
Mt. Hope Cemetery
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