Franklin County faces civil rights complaint over disability accommodations
Darrrell Macy, a Franklin County employee since 1982, accuses county commissioners of failing to accommodate his temporary disability after a 1991 shoulder injury and of offering a lower paying job. The KHRC will review records, hold a mutual meeting, and may move to a hearing if no agreement is reached.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Franklin County
Darrell L. Macy
Kansas Human Rights Commission
Macy
Patricia Scalia Jones
KHRC
Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Jones
Ottawa Considers Townhouse Zoning And City Projects
Ottawa city commissioners meet to discuss amending zoning to allow townhouses sold as separate units, define common wall townhouses, and adjust location rules. They also consider temporary notes for sewer and water projects, street work, and an engineering study for service extensions, plus proclamations for Fall Clean-up, Fire Prevention, and Constitution Weeks.
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Ottawa
City Hall
Skylark film in Kansas to air on CBS and Hallmark
Hollywood continues filming in Wichita and nearby towns for Skylark based on a Kansas 1910 1912 setting. Sarah and Jacob Wilting face prairie hardship as director Joseph Sargent and star Glenn Close oversee crafting drought visuals. Budget sits around 4 to 5 million dollars.
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Wichita
Cowtown
Maine
Sarah
CBS
Hallmark
MacLachlan
Kansas
Jacob Wilting
Kansas Prairie
Jacob
Close
MacLachan
Alex
Christopher Walken
Jacob Willing
Hays
Aur Emporia
Tonight's forecast: mostly cloudy with showers possible
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, a low near 70, and south winds 10 to 20 mph. Through Friday expect dry weather, then scattered showers and storms mainly north and east Friday night into Saturday, with cooler highs in the 70s to low 80s Saturday and lows in the upper 50s to 60s. Data note shows temperatures from Ottawa plants with hourly readings ending today at 11 am.
Ottawa Wins 300000 State Grant For Housing Rehab
Ottawa city commissioners announced a $300,000 state grant for a local housing program aiding low and moderate income residents to rehabilitate or demolish and rebuild homes. Local contributions total $413,800 including $40,000 from the city and $36,800 from ECKAN with $35,000 from the Farmers Home Administration. City plans to begin accepting applications in about sixty days after final paperwork and verification systems are in place.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Ottawa City Commissioners
Ottawa
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
ECKAN
Farmers Home Administration
Richard Jackson
ECEAN
Jackson
City Barker spat on property cleanup
The city moves to declare Walton tract property a nuisance after discovery of new dirt and concrete debris. Barker claims material was dumped under a 1984 city project agreement and says attempts were made to cover it. County taxes show delinquency since 1991, and a cleanup bill could be added to the property taxes if not paid.
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Lee
Barker
Walton
The
Herald Today
Warren
Skunk Run
ECKAN to distribute food to Franklin County participants
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp will distribute food to 10 Franklin County commodity program participants on Monday. Distribution runs 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at ECKAN Center 116 W. 3rd Cedar Square Cedar Sunflower Plaza and Walnut Plaza Wellsville with local times for each site.
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East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
Franklin County
Eckan Center
W. 3Rd
Cedar Square
Cedar
Sunflower Plaza
Poplar
Walnut Plaza
Wellsville
Community Ad Fragments From Franklin County
Local notices and ads include TRUE DANCE school open for children, Cornerstone Bookstore new release, Chocolate Shack hours, Delores Williams cosmetologist contact, East B St Band appearances at Fair and Wellsville Days, KC Chief's clocks, Sutton's Jewelry deposit for household hazardous waste at Franklin County HHW Facility, recycling schedule, Winger Building location, senior pickup schedule, and Richter AM Church Fall Fest Bean Supper details with advance pricing.
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Franklin County
West Franklin weighs Appanoose addition plan at meeting
West Franklin school board considered adding six classrooms to Appanoose Elementary as enrollment rises by 13 students while overall district enrollment falls. Plans call for a 6000 square foot, six classroom block costing about 300000 funded by capital outlay with no tax increase, using 1989 building as a guide and Loyd Builders Ottawa assisting.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Appanoose
West Franklin
James E. Cain
Cain
Loyd Builders
Ottawa
Food Service
Williamsburg High Vocational Agriculture
Lee Weis
Devore Fund
Williamsburg Vo Ag
Ottawa Herald ads rates and staff listings note
The Ottawa Herald published rates for mail and carrier delivery effective March 18, 1992, with monthly and annual prices for Ottawa and surrounding areas, plus state and out of state rates. Staff roles listed include Editor Publisher, Managing Editor, Advertising Director, Circulation Manager, Office Manager, Press Foreman, and Composing.
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Dim R. Hitch
Jay Bemis
Tom Lave
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Whitacre
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Ottawa
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