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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1982
Page
9
Sports note highlights Jack, nicknamed Big Jack, as the standout mudder in the Masters opening round and titled best mudder. Local school board page references on education coverage accompany sports briefing.
The 1982 Kansas Legislature faces criticism for limited major enactments beyond reapportionment pollution controls and trucking deregulation. The session approved a Lansing prison funding of 7.1 million, reorganized state government, and enacted measures on groundwater protection, radioactive waste storage, and salt water definition while debating congressional remapping and pension boosts for guards.
Negotiators for the Ottawa Board of Education and U.S.C. 290 teachers made no progress on a new contract as pending district court cases and state finance debates blocked key issues. The session focused on non-salty items while salary talks waited on legislature, with two civil suits challenging the board over a missing bathtub teaching tool and non-renewal of contracts for 10 teachers, arguing errors in reduction-in-force policy.
The Ottawa Board of Education will hold a 7 30 p m regular session at 4208 Main. The agenda includes resignations and transfers of sixth grade teachers to Ottawa Middle School. Lloyd Davidson reviews Citizens Advisory Council recommendations from a district patron questionnaire. Harold Wallace proposes athletics and intramural programs for OMS next year. Joyce Fackler Hendrix seeks KC School Boards Association legal guidance. Roger Nelson reports on East Central Vocational Cooperative participating agreement. Nancy Hale outlines District Advisory Council recommendations to change OMS health and science curriculum.
Secretary of State Haig flies to Buenos Aires to demand Argentina withdraw all forces from the Falklands. In Washington the Pentagon issues a war zone warning to U S merchant ships, while Britain and the EEC move toward coordinated sanctions aimed at pressuring Argentina over the invasion.
President Reagan warned of a worsening budget outlook with a 1982 deficit near 100 billion dollars and a 1983 projection of 101.9 billion. Despite higher spending officials expect a rebound, even as wholesale prices fell 1.7 percent in March, the second straight monthly decline.
National Weather Service reports at the Ottawa Water Plant show a 32 degree low and 46 degree high with .05 inches of precipitation. Becoming cloudy with a chance of light snow or flurries tonight, lows 25 to 30. Saturday partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid fifties, northwest winds 10 to 15 mph tonight.
Gov John Carlin warned Kansas lawmakers that leaving the Legislature early would risk a serious financial crisis in 1983. He cited revised revenue estimates showing lower income by 67.5 million since last year and 49.5 million since November, urging action for the general fund reserve to protect schools and highways.
In Topeka the Kansas Legislature stalled on school finance as a conference committee met at dawn. House leaders Lad y Weaver and Lowther push to keep local district budget controls with 7 to 14 percent increases. Senate members Angell and Norvell seek removal after 17 years. The divide signals a difficult Good Friday and a likely long session deadlock.
House Speaker Wendell Lady prepared a resolution to end the 1982 Kansas session at 7 p.m. and reconvene April 27 and 28 for cleanup. Senate opposition centers on severance tax maneuver limits. a two day return would enable a severance tax bill with 21 votes.
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