Pomona Girls Win Relays Crown at Don Relays
Pomona girls win the Lyn don Spring Relays title by sweeping six events. The victory crowned their team as meet champions as reported on page 7.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1998
Page
6
Pomona girls win the Lyn don Spring Relays title by sweeping six events. The victory crowned their team as meet champions as reported on page 7.
Cool and mostly cloudy Thursday with a high in the mid to upper 50s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph. For more weather information, see page 2.
Friends of Historic Buildings sponsor a 7 p m Tuesday town meeting at the Franklin County Annex meeting room to update residents on the old middle school at Fifth and Main and discuss renovation options while Ottawa school district pursues demolition and a June 9 pretrial date is set for the related hearing. Franklin County Sanitarian Rory Hale warns about dubious septic tank additive solicitations and stresses proper pumping every three to five years with contact at 229 3590.
President Bill Clinton suggested he would consider privatizing parts of Social Security during a town meeting at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City. He emphasized not fully privatizing the program and noted support for studying individual retirement accounts while preserving guarantees and universality.
In Pomona voters elected three council members with one incumbent defeated and two re-elected. Top vote getter Billy Lloyd had 85, Robert Sobba 75 to keep his seat, Lucille Crawford 61, while David Stoneking 41, Richard Adler 37 and Jack Smith 35 trailed. 124 ballots cast about 26 percent turnout. Four write-ins received five votes. Canvassing session set for Friday 9 a.m. at Franklin County Courthouse. In Garnett, Mayor Jan Hodgson was re elected with 239 votes. Fred Campbell 81, David Carr 43, Jan Elsasser 32.
Wells Fargo and MasterCard installed an ATM at McMurdo Station in Antarctica while Indian engineers placed a pay phone on the Siachen Glacier near a long running India Pakistan frontier dispute. In Center Point Alabama Tim and Maxine Smith were convicted of promoting prostitution in their massage parlor but workers were not charged due to Alabama law gaps.
Governor Graves pushes a 245.9 million tax relief package through a fast tracked session as Senate Republicans back the plan. The package includes a 70.5 million cut to statewide property tax for public schools and a 22.5 million education funding increase to be handled in a separate bill during a late April wrap up.
Bill Tellier reports a noon Good Friday service sponsored by the Ottawa Ministerial Alliance at First Baptist Church, 410 S Hickory. Tenebrae includes seven extinguished candles for Jesus words, one light for Jesus remains. Music by Evaline Campbell, church choir, Stanley DeFries, Paul Winkler, Emily Kirkpatrick. Speakers include Revs. Van Ostran, Osladil, Scha effer, Goff, Carrier, Greisen, Lambertson, Duran, Burley. Offering by Rev. Stockton supports Hope House.
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