Ottawa Kansas business and community briefs roundup
Ottawa area news highlights a 12th annual Greater Kansas City Employer Fair at UMKC with 11 sponsoring colleges and 700 students. Commercial Federal to acquire First National Bank Shares in Great Bend for about 29.4 million. new Family Chiropractic & Acupuncture opened by Dr. Mehran Ghasempour. local banker Bill Schlobohm elected to Kansas Chamber board. Ottawa Chamber hosts health agency coffee. River Run car show details online with 300 cars and 1500 visitors. Raymond Abel honored for 20 years at KDOR. flu shot program at WalMart stores. Daniel L. Milchelt named to FHLB Topeka board. NRC assigns Wolf Creek inspector Brad Smallridge. Commercial Federal declares 7 cent dividend and hires US West exec Michael Glinsky. Reynolds Wrap honored by Smithsonian for 50th anniversary.
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Ottawa University
Greater Kansas City
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Baker
Umkc Swinney
Holmes Road
Ottawa
Avila
Benedictine
Mid-America Nazarene
Missouri Western
Park College
Rockhurst
Saint Mary
UMKC
William Jewell
Annette Haynes
Commercial Federal
Commercial Federal Corporation
Great Bend
First National Bank
First United National Bank
Kansas
First National
Federal Savings
FHLB
Chanute
Daniel L. Milchelt
Community National Bank, Chanute
Federal Home Loan Bank
Topeka
Milcfelt
Gardner National Bank
Wellsville
Chanute Bank
Frontenac
Omaha
Neb
Michael Glinsky
US West
Charles Lillis
Commercial Federal Bank
Sales tax receipts rise across area counties and cities
July figures show Ottawa up 4.6 percent from July 1996 with its half-cent tax at 73 648 16 Franklin County through July reports a 2 percent rise with a 284 081 14 haul from a one and a half cent levy The state levy collected 700 405 74 in Franklin County for May up 6 7 percent State totals trail by two months Osage Miami Osawatomie Paola Douglas Lawrence and other communities report varied gains and declines in their local and state sales taxes for July and May
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Pomona
Princeton
Wellsville
Williamsburg
Anderson County
Osage County
Miami County
Osawatomie
Paola
Ottawa Herald circulation and pricing note
Ottawa Herald announces delivery expectations and contact options for missed papers. It lists delivery times for Ottawa and surrounding areas, subscription prices for various routes, and department contacts including Joy Bemis, Todd Frantz, and Wayne Stow, with postal details for address changes.
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Gene Kalsay
Wayne Stow
Kathy Miler
Onawa Herald
Cedar
Ottawa
Ollawa
Weather outlook forecast with storms and cooler temperatures
A 40 percent chance of thunderstorms then becoming partly cloudy with a southeast wind near 10 mph and lows in the mid-60s. Thursday night shows a chance of showers and thunderstorms with mid-60s lows. Friday brings a shower and thunderstorm chance and a drop to highs around the 70s.
Voters reject corporate hog farms in Seward County
In a non binding vote the Seward County special election backed rescinding a 1994 resolution that would allow corporate hog farms. The tally was 2971 to 1174 with debate over economic benefits versus environmental concerns continuing among residents and officials. Commissioner Rhonda Eichman suggested the commission might still act.
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Liberal
Kan
Seward
Nents
Kansas County
Carla Stovall
Rhonda Eichman
Sai
City to vote on updated traffic ordinance and Leukemia Month
Finch and Tyson argued against receiving information on the ordinance on Tuesday and voting today. Ottawa Police Chief Herrman and City Attorney Bezek said the change makes no material traffic law changes, only a city code update. The commission also proclaims September as Leukemia Awareness Month.
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Finch
Tyson
Ottawa
Jeff Herrman
Bob Bezek
Mentoring programs seek more adult volunteers in Ottawa
Cummiskey notes Ottawa recognizes mentoring programs, including Breakfast Buddies by ECEAN, as valuable for youth. More adults are needed to volunteer time to support these efforts.
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Ottawa
Cummiskey
Clinton urges tobacco reform with strong FDA powers
President Clinton said he would not seek punishment for cigarette makers but urged a broad pact with full FDA regulatory power over tobacco. He demanded advertising and sales restrictions and measures to protect farming communities, citing state lawsuits as paving the way. A proposed price hike to curb teen smoking drew support from Senator Kennedy as a quick remedy.
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Clinton
Food and Drug Administration
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
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Ash
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Bill Schlobohm
The
Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Citizens State Bank
Lonié Health Agency
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County Home Health Agency
County Annex
S. Main
Department of Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin
Murray McGee
America
McGee
Forest Park
Main Street
Crestview Nursing Home
Abel
Raymond Abel
Kansas Department of Transportation
Wal-Mart
Health Strategies, Inc
Thomas Safranek
Nebraska Department of Health
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Brad Smalldridge
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Fred Ringwald
U.S. Navy
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton
Wash
Smallbridge
University of Idaho
Reynolds Wrap
Smithsonian Richmond
Manning
Reynolds Metals
Reynolds
Douglas County
Lawrence
Caffey County
Ottawa Herald
Otawa
Joy Bemis
Todd Frantz
Pamwri Wire
John D. Montgomery
Sovink
AccuWeather
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Iberal
Salina
Wichita
Okla
Fustrnes
da Associ
Nus
Ottawa Water Plant
Wits
Hillsdale
Melvern
Steve Morse
Ralph
Betty Bloomer
N. Oak
Ottawa Pride Association
Lillian Partis
Pride
Kathy McCurdy
Lincoln
Joanne Smith
Coral Snell
Four Seasons Garden Club
Colin Powell
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