Hospital grant work completed by commission
Franklin County commissioners met with Elaine Needham to finalize paperwork for the second half of a 500000 dollar community development block grant loaned to Ransom Memorial Hospital. Needham earned 5000 dollars for grant administration and will be paid from the grant funds. The loan disbursements primarily cover creditor payments and hospital expenses including retirement benefits, lab services, equipment, and pharmacy supplies. The board also approved pay raises for Health Department director Mike Pruner and nine nurses dictated by revenue generated by the department’s services.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Franklin County
Elaine Needham
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Needham
Internal Revenue Service
Owen Health Care
St. Louis
RMH
Pacific Mutual Insurance
Physicians Reference Lab
Peoples Bank
Health Department
Havens to Buy City Land in Industrial Park Deal
The Ottawa City Commission approved transferring land at Havens Steel Co. 2001 Davis Road, returning the deed after a 1976 deal funded by 800000 in industrial revenue bonds. Havens pays only a 10 dollar fee. The meeting also covered a street sweeper purchase with 40000 budgeted this year and a lease-purchase for the remaining balance, plus four way stop signs at 23rd Street and US-50 pending final KDOT approval. Voting delegates to the Kansas League of Municipalities were designated for October 4–6 in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa City Commission
Havens Steel Co
Davis Road
Havens
Avens
23Rd Street
Us-50
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Tony Keim
Richard Jackson
Joan Tyson
Kansas League of Municipalities
Wichita
Charles Gillette
Vicki Cummiskey
Dave Waren
Florida relief workers urge evacuation after Hurricane Andrew
Inspectors and social workers sweep south Florida urging residents in condemned homes to leave for tent cities with capacity for 20 000. About 200 had moved in amid meals distributed and mental health help available as 46 deaths are blamed on the storm in Florida and nearby states. Gloria Estefan plans a benefit concert to aid the relief effort.
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Miami
Florida
Stan Makowski
Homestead
Florida City
Makowski
Alan Keck
American Psychological Association-American Red Cross Disaster Relief Network
Ovidio B. Bermudez
Louisiana
Bahamas
Bush
Red Cross
Gloria Estefan
U.S
Jack Kemp
Weather outlook with showers across state this weekend
A weekend forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms across the state on Saturday, then mainly in the north on Sunday and Monday. Highs in the 80s, lows 55 to 60 in the northwest and 60s elsewhere. Conditions include hourly Ottawa data and barometric reading around 30.15 inches.
Back to School Night Of Ottawa Schools Planned
Ottawa High School hosts an open house tonight with 6:30 p.m. freshman parents meeting and a 7 p.m. Parents Teachers Students session in the Cyclone Room. Class visits begin at 7:25 p.m. OHS will hand out schedules as Superintendent Don Duncan notes teacher briefings on classes. Ottawa Middle hosts at 7:30 p.m. with elementary schools Hawthorne Sept. 15 Garfield Sept. 21 Eugene Field Sept. 28 and Eisenhower Sept. 28. Lincoln committee meets Tuesday to set its date.
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Ottawa High School
OHS
Don Duncan
Ottawa Middle School
Hawthorne
Garfield
Eugene Field
Eisenhower
Lincoln
Quayle warns of adversary culture at Kansas City event
Vice President Dan Quayle addressed about 700 civic leaders arguing Hollywood and the media push an adversary culture that attacks family values. He cited Murphy Brown and urged a values campaign while noting support from Hallmark Cards Sprint H and Block among attendees. A mother barred from the banquet hall held her 6 month old outside as she echoed the call for basic family values.
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Kansas City
Dan Quayle
Quayle
Hollywood
Murphy Brown
Huntington
Indiana
Missouri
Hallmark Cards
Sprint
H&r Block
Boatmen's Bank
Nathaniel Gordon
Cochairman
Heart of America
Black Republican Council
Molly Mahnke
Secret Service
Mahnke
Missouri Right To Life
Kansas retiree leads drive for term limits vote
Jim Cates, Topeka Republican and state chairman of U S Term Limits, backs a 1993 effort to place term limits before voters. He sent pledge letters to about 400 Kansas legislative candidates and congressional hopefuls, aiming for six years in the U S House and 12 years for senators and legislators.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Jim Cates
Cates
U.S
Lawrence woman gets jail time for beating son
Wendy Brewer of Lawrence was sentenced to one year in jail for endangering a child after pleading to the beating of her 23 month old son Eric Brewer. Prosecutors had charged involuntary manslaughter. medical experts linked a liver blow to the Feb 5 death.
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Lawrence
Wendy Brewer
Eric Brewer
Labor Day Weekend Closure at Crooks Floor Covering
Ad briefs indicate Crooks Floor Covering closed Saturday Sunday and Monday for Labor Day weekend. Also listed are tanning bulbs at Fashion Alley for 26 dollars for 300 minutes, sign ups for Aerobics Water Aerobics and Country Western Dance through Sept. 10, and Body Sculpture Workout with schedule Sept 7 to Oct 30. Contact numbers 242 1939 and 242 3829. Last line notes late paper line 242 4700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Alley
State to buy former Marymount College for patrol training
The State Finance Council voted 7-1 to release 5 million to acquire the former Marymount College in Salina and convert it into a Kansas Highway Patrol training facility. The site would replace the current Salina base at Schilling Air Force Base, now run by the Salina Airport Authority. Senator Gus Bogina opposed, arguing renovation and maintenance costs are high and a new adjacent center would be better. The council includes Gov. Joan Finney as chair and eight legislative leaders, with the 1992 Legislature previously approving seven million for the project before Finney vetoed two million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
State Finance Council
Marymount College
Salina
Kansas Highway Patrol
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina Airport
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1992
The Ottawa Herald announces subscription prices effective March 16 1992 for Ottawa and outlying areas. Rates for carrier and mail delivery vary by region including Franklin County adjacent counties state balance and out of state, with all prices quoted in advance and subject to tax.
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Dim A. Hitch
Jay Bemis
Tom Love
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Whitacre
Wayne Snow
Sean Rossman
Ater
Ottawa
Carrer
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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Surat
Coty
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Eka
Clinton
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Regina
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