Kansas Residents Urged to Consider Earthquake Insurance
After recent quakes across the Midwest including Colorado Oklahoma and Illinois Kansas officials advise residents to consider earthquake insurance. Franklin County emergency management director Alan Radcliffe says the decision is personal and he has not purchased coverage. He urges planning for any disaster as Franklin County sits near fault lines along Atchison and Riley counties with the Humboldt Fault Zone marking the Nemaha Ridge boundary from Omaha to Oklahoma City.
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Ottawa airport runway plan advances for spring 2012
Ottawa Municipal Airport faces a $2.39 million runway replacement with FAA funding. City would pay about $141,893 while FAA covers the rest. Work expected to begin in early spring 2012 and could close the airport for about four months depending on weather.
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City Public Works
Thirsty shrubs at Ottawa Recreation Center plantings
Armando Martinez of Lawrence Landscape waters a newly planted Manhattan Euonymus shrub in front of the Ottawa Recreation Commission Center building on a Wednesday. Trees and shrubs received extended watering during the planting effort.
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Shoes empower kids and ease school life in Franklin County
Becky Nevergold of Ottawa Communities in Schools says new shoes boost self confidence and curb bullying for children who outgrow footwear. The program will distribute about 550 pairs in Franklin County this year, up from 360 last year, amid a recession hitting Kansas families hard per the 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
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Kansas ranks 23rd in child poverty nationwide
Herald exclusive notes state poverty trends with Kansas slipping five places to 23rd for impoverished children. Overall child well being ranks 19th. Franklin County shows 14 percent in poverty in 2008, with 48.35 percent in free and reduced lunches, above the state 45.7 percent. Ottawa schools enroll 2,564 students this year.
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