Weather Storm Helps Wheat Yet Delays Harvest In Kansas
New rainfall over Thursday night and Friday morning aided newly planted wheat in Franklin County but slowed the fall harvest. Ottawa's rainfall brings October totals near the 3.44 inch average, while year to date remains well below the 34.88 inch norm. Skies should clear, with weekend highs in the 60s and 70s. Climatologist Mary Knapp forecasts a drier than normal November and a warmer winter due to El Niño, urging winter safety readiness.
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Jodie Garcia
Herald
Alan Radcliffe
Franklin County Emergency Management
Radcliffe
Ottawa
Tle
Mary Knapp
Knapp
Kansas
Refund declines under Kline in Kansas consumer raids
Harris News Service reports that consumer refunds fell under Attorney General Phill Kline. 2004 investigations yielded the lowest restitution in three decades, with only 13 percent of complaints resolved by refunds or voided contracts, down from 30 to 40 percent under former AG Steckline. Morrison and Steckline criticize the trend as signs of weaker consumer protection.
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Chris Green
Harris
Topeka
Phill Kline
Carl Stovall Steckline
Suzuki Strings Offers Birth to Five Program A Sound Start
Ot tawa launches Suzuki Strings for children from birth to five with parents guiding early music, social skills, and group activities. Founder Alice Joy Lewis describes the program as building listening, taking turns, and sequencing through nursery rhymes, drums, xylophone, and glockenspiel.
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Ashley Cross
The
Ottawa Herald
Ashley Willoughby
Sofia Lefort
Suzuki Strings
Carnegie Cultural Center
S. Main St
Brian Williams
Herald
Ottawa
Alice Joy Lewis
Shirley Koch
Koch
Lewis
Suzuki
Daylight Saving Time prompts fire alarm checks
Ottawa Fire Department urges changing smoke alarm batteries as clocks go back. Fire Chief Jeff Carner cites annual battery changes as simple and effective, noting three children die daily in home fires and 80 percent occur where alarms are non functional. Working alarms nearly halve fatal risk. peak danger is 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
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Herald
Ottawa Fire Department
Jeff Carner
Carner
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Morrison
Consumer Protection Division
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Bryan Brown
Consumer Protection
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