Centropolis cookout Saturday at community building
The Centropolis Fire Department hosts a cookout at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Centropolis Community Building with porkburgers hamburgers hot dogs and sausages. donations accepted. Burleys' church anniversary to be feted at Carnegie Cultural Center 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Rev. Leon Burley and St. Paul AME Church celebrate 15th anniversary. guest speaker Rev. Kelvin Caloway and choir from Olathe St. Paul AME to perform.
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Hospital notes and police reports from Franklin County
Admissions include Elva Browning Richmond Robyn Spielman Ottawa and Kenneth Hyde Garnett. Dismissals include Kenneth Mille and Lucretia Johnson Ottawa. Birth a son to Misty and Eric Hempel Ottawa. Jail bookings Eddie Hernandez Garnett 6 05 a.m. Wednesday on court order. Arrests include John Senecal Windsor Vermont 44 drugs and DUI and Justin Stewart Harrisonville Missouri 18 for obstructing official duty. Thefts bicycle 149 loss. vandalism and vehicle incidents on I 35 and local streets. Road closure 4899 Arkansas Road due to water.
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Elva Browning
Richmond
Robyn Spielman
Ottawa
Kenneth Hyde
Garnett
Kenneth Mille
Lucretia Johnson
Misty
Eric Hempel
Franklin County
Eddie Michael Hernandez
Sheriff's Dept
John Car
Senecal
Windsor
Justin Matthew Stewart
Harrisonville
Christopher Brent Finney
Raymore
Police News
Ottawa man dies likely from drug overdose
Ottawa police report a 29 year old man Francisco Guerrero died after being found unresponsive at a West Fourth Street home. He was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police await autopsy results to confirm cause.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Police Department
Francisco Guerrero
West Fourth
Guerrero
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ron Puterbaugh
Widow to replace legislator in race in 65th District
Eight days after state Rep. Bill Levinson died of a heart attack Geary County Democrats chose his widow Inge to replace him on the November 5 ballot. Precinct members voted to back her as candidate in the 65th District, which includes most of Junction City and southeastern Geary County. Levinson, married 44 years, died Oct. 7 at age 76 while campaigning for a second term. He faced Republican Barbara Craft in the district that covers Junction City Alta Vista and parts of Wabaunsee County.
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Junction City
Bill Levinson
Geary County
Democratic Party
Levinson
Inge
Terry McGuire-Davis
McGuire-Davis
Barbara Craft
Wabaunsee County
Alta Vista
Ottawa BPW lunch promotes women contributions and equality
Working Women’s Luncheon sponsored by Ottawa Business and Professional Women featured Hamner and Reed. Reed, a BPW member since 1993, credited programs for public speaking and conflict resolution. Speakers highlighted progress toward equal pay and fair treatment, while urging support for women in Afghanistan and ongoing workplace equality.
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Haney
BPW
Reed
Ottawa Business and Professional Women
Health Facilities Group outlines five phase plan for hospital expansion
The Health Facilities Group presents a living five phase plan estimated at five to seven years. Phase I adds women's imaging, endoscopy, space, and records moves. Phase II adds in-house MRI and expands the outpatient clinic. Phase III covers public areas. Phase IV updates the ER and staff areas. Phase V adds operating rooms. Trustees place Phase I in the 2003 budget as auxiliary fundraising advances.
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Felix
Jody Lancaster
Local districts debate funding as a gap fills
South Haven superintendent James Sutton argues hiking local spending harms small districts while Hays and Chapman leaders call the measure a stopgap. State senators Wratil and Lee question equity between wealthy Johnson County schools and rural districts, while Rep. Light supports maintaining a strong local option budget.
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James Sutton
South Haven
Hays
Fred Kaufman
Eric Keating
Chapman School Board
John Wratil
R-Leawood
Johnson County
Janis Lee
D-Kensington
Bill Light
R-Rolla
Kansas
Possible bomb victim was to start job in KC
The American attorney reported missing after the Bali bombing was to begin a new job in Kansas City with Dickinson Financial Corp. James Jake Young, 34, a former Nebraska All American, had been due back in Kansas City Tuesday with his wife Laura and their 2 year old son. His family sent DNA and medical records to aid in identification and waited for news from Bali.
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Bali
Dickinson Financial Corp
Jake Young
Nebraska
Laura
Wilson
Jacob Young
Jake
Midland
Texas
Hong Kong
Jacob
Barbara Youngs
State Department
Indonesia
Young
Bob Fisher
Law
Fisher
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
New York
David Ladwig
Sonnenschein
Ladwig
Upriver states push for Missouri plan changes
North Dakota Governor John Hoeven says Army Corps of Engineers has not learned drought lessons in Missouri River management. He urges a modern plan after 13 years of basin cooperation, while the corps aims to balance upstream and downstream needs.
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N.D
John Hoeven
Army Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
North Dakota
Larry Cieslik
Sakakawea
Lake Oahe
Heeven
Corps
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