Resources Board Receives Expanded Water Powers in Kansas
In Topeka the Kansas Water Resources Board is set to become the chief agency for water conservation and management under a draft bill. The measure seeks to centralize duties from the Agriculture Department and related agencies, with debate expected over restructuring options and local district authority remaining intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Water Resources Board
Water Resources Board
Water Resources Division
State Department of Agriculture
Kansas Geological Survey
Department of Health and Environment
Miller
Water Resources of
Kansas
County Attorney Struck At Club In Altercation
County Attorney Jim Clark showed facial injuries after a Thursday night altercation at the Coach Club near the US-50 interchange. Donald L. McGinness, 39, of rural Rantoul, was charged with battery and released on a $250 personal recognizance bond. A Nov. 5 trial was scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
Jim Clark
Coach Club
Donald L. McGinness
Rantoul
Donald L. White
McGinness
Clark
Local notices and traffic reports from Ottawa area
Admissions listings show Mrs Virgil Henry and others in various addresses with dates noted. Dismissals include multiple residents and a listed theft from a vehicle near Homewood with $110 loss. A long string of traffic citations and incidents follows, including speeding and disobeying signals, plus two marriage licenses for Jimmy Bass Jr. and Charlene Brecheisen. Also reported are farm price quotations and Kansas cattle market summaries.
Scrooge Musical Auditions Scheduled For Next Friday
Ottawa will form a community theatre group and begin auditions for Scrooge a musical based on A Christmas Carol at Municipal Auditorium starting at 7 p m next Friday Nine singing roles and 24 speaking parts are offered Directors are Janice Ford and Wes Wilson The auditorium support committee backs the production Proceeds will aid a new sound system for the venue Auditions provide access to scripts scores and materials all Featuring characters Scrooge Tiny Tim Marley s Ghost and more including Bob Cratchitt and family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Municipal Auditorium
George Jaworski
Janice Ford
Wes Wilson
U.S.C
Jaworski
David Beatty Stereo
Kansas City
Scrooge
Scrooge Stooges
Fred
Marley
Tiny Tim
Bob Cratchitt
Mrs. Cratchitt
Osawatomie Man Pleads Guilty At Hospital Incident
Ronald Castleberry 28 of Osawatomie pleaded guilty to taking indecent liberties with a teenage patient at Osawatomie State Hospital. He faces sentencing November 6 in Miami County District Court, released on $3000 bond. One charge, involving a state ward, is a Class B felony. another for a 14 or 15 year old was a Class C felony and dropped due to no prior record. Castleberry worked at the hospital from November 1978 until his arrest in mid August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Johnson
McGinness
The
Johnsons
Clark
White
Paola
Kan
Osawatomie State Hospital
Miami County
Ronald Castleberry
Osawatomie
Castleberry
County Officials Rally For No-Fund Warrants Approval
Commissioner Leroy Wasmund said Franklin County’s State Board of Tax Appeals hearing on issuing $200,000 in no-fund warrants went well. He and Albert Coffman reported the presentation expressed the county’s needs clearly and was well received. The funds would aid the road and bridge department short on cash after last winter’s heavy snow removal costs, with results expected in about 10 days.
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Franklin County
State Board of Tax Appeals
Leroy Wasmund
Wasmund
Albert Coffman
VICA Officers Chosen for 1978 80 Chapter
East Central Vocational Cooperative students selected officers for the 1978 80 CIT VICA chapter. Bill Close of Ottawa was named president, Kim Dye of Baldwin vice president, Sandy McTaggart of Baldwin secretary, Cathleen Morgan of Central Heights treasurer, and Julie Bloomer of Ottawa historian and reporter. Kenna DeWald of Ottawa was installed as state VICA president. New members in the local chapter were initiated recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central Vocational Cooperative Students
Cooperative Industrial Training, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
CIT Vica
Bill Close
Ottawa
Kim Dye
Baldwin
Sandy McTaggart
Cathleen Morgan
Central Heights
Julie Bloomer
Kenna DeWald
VICA
Horticulture Class Sets Six Week Landscape View
An Adult Education Center program offers Landscape Horticulture every Wednesday from Nov 7 to Dec 12. The $10 course runs 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and covers horticultural practices landscape design and tree shrub and lawn care for homeowners nurserymen and educators. Call Bob Becker at 242-6719 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regents
Bob Becker
Nuclear Plants Shut Down Over Threats And Pump Failure
An AP report says a Dresden reactor in Morris Illinois shut after an employee tripped a safety device during a bomb threat search. Reactor No 3 to restart later. other units partially affected. In Ohio, Davis Besse will be offline about 12 days due to a coolant pump malfunction. no radiation release occurred.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Ohio
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Dresden
Morris
Ill
Mick McShane
Commonwealth Edison
Fort Clinton
Davis-Besse
Roger Buehrer
Buehrer
Libel Dismissal Upheld in Knight v. News and Editors
The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of libel claims by Rev. Harold H. Knight against the Iola Register Hutchinson News Harris News Service and four editors and publishers. Knight sought 75 million dollars over coverage of his 1978 gubernatorial bid, saying editors abused press quality. The court ruled there is no cause of action for press abuse based on dissatisfaction with coverage.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Court of Appeals
Neosho County
Harold H. Knight
Knight
Iola Register
Hutchinson News
the Register
Harris News Service
Emerson Lynn
Stuart Awbrey
the News
John Marshall
Fred Harris
Chanute Tribune
Leighton A. Fossey
Appeals Court
J. Richard Foth
Corwin C. Spencer
Marvin Meyer
Williamsburg Lions Club Pancake Supper Ad
Community notices list many local events in Williamsburg Ottawa and surrounding areas including a Lions Club pancake supper October 29 at 5 30 adults two dollars children dollar twenty five, a Lyndon Carnegie Library book sale October 29 to November 2 open weekdays 1 30 to 5, a New Life Crusade hear Dr Jerry Brock October 28 to 31 7 30 p m at North Baptist Church nursery provided, a calf sale October 28 at 1 p m sale barn one mile north of Ottawa sponsored by Franklin County Livestock Association, plus various sales and classes and shop events with addresses and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Brock
New Life Crusade
North Baptist Church
Wilson and Oak
Sun
Sale Barn
Ottawa
Franklin County Livestock Association
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Resources Board
Committee On Water Resources
Agriculture Department
Robert Miller
Wellington
MacGinness
Lane
Fred Kuhnen
Wellsville
Karen Johnson Lane
Jerry Lee Johnson
Jerry
Kuhnen
Jerry Johnson
Robert L. Pinet
Pinet
Virgil Henry
Dorothy
Malburg
Williamsburg
Mary Ellen Ackerman
N. Mulberry
Mary Neill
Maple Hill
James Ryssemus
S. Main
Raymond G. Linde
Pomona
Carroll Phillips
N. Main
William Ewert
Parker
Robert Wills
Lucille Hopkins
Pomona Rfc
Cornia Alexander
Sheriff’s News
Robert V. Hamilton
Ottawa Red 3
Homewood
Randall Ryssemus
Ottawa Red
L. Hays
Sycamore
Duane V. Sammons
Poplar
Theresa J. Gordon
Mulberry
Richard Spring
S. Locust
Kevin J. Schulz
Dennis BD. Ewing
Michael P. Franano
Daniel L. Salsbury
Stan
Jocelyn Marconette
Michael R. Conner
S. Poplar
Robert F. Collins
Barry L. Gorton
E. Wilson
Robert V. Browning
Lawrence
David W. King
Richard D. Skillman
Oak
Vernell Horn
Connie
Wadking
S. Mann
Edward L. Carpenter
Marcella A. Daugharthy
the Daily Report
Joseph M. Burns
W. 10Th
Stephanie J. Reese
Debra N. Fletcher
Canterbury Court
Robert W. Douthat
S. Cedar
Winston A. McKee
Princeton
Wayne Young
Pamela J. Nitcher
Ronald E. Criqui
Olive
Richard T. Allen
Ottawa Rfc
Christopher OQ
McKenzie
Imegal
Flora Trump
Ottawa Co-Op
Dale Swank
Tecumseh and Main
Charles D. Foster
Tola
Northwest Corner
Cedar
Lael J. Likes
W. Lrd
Bradley C. Penner
Willow
District Court News
Jimmy Ray Bass Jr
Charlene Annette Brecheisen
Lyndon
Kansas City, Mo
Wall Street
New York
Grundy County Sheriff's
Chicago
Ad Briefs
Lyndon Carnegie Library
Park Antiques
Metzger Salvage
Bill's
Old Lumber Yard
Williamsburg Jaynes
Elks Lodge
VFW
Continental Express
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