Know to Say No Day engages Ottawa Middle students
A 17 year old recovered addict Tammi Padgett from Lawrence led Ottawa Middle School eighth graders through a six session Know to Say No Day. School counselors a CRC official chaplain a sheriff detective and students from a local Students Against Drunken Driving chapter attended. Padgett described early drug use starting at age 11 with alcohol marijuana cocaine and pills detailing the highs the lows the blackouts and the loss of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
Ottawa
Tammi Padgett
Padgett
Lawrence
OMS
Counseling and Resource Center
CRC
Kansas State Penitentiary
Barbara Whitacre
Brad Gilges
Franklin County Sheriff’s
Ottawa High School
Gavel Comes Down On State Legislature
The 1987 Kansas Legislature adjourned its 90 day session after budget cuts and liquor by the drink, pari mutuel wagering, and a state lottery bill. Senate and House adjourned, with lottery funding approved and school finance talks left to conference committees during a 214 week recess.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
House
Conferees Fail To Cut Speed Limit Save May 1 Plan
The Kansas Legislature adjourned without action on raising rural interstate speed limits to 65 mph on May 1. A conference committee failed to meet amid House Senate license plate disputes, leaving governors orders as the only path. If no bill passes, an executive order could set the higher limit after 60 days, while school finance talks stagnate and local districts await state aid figures for next school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
House
Senate
Bill Morris
Wichita
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Morris
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Rep
Rex Crowell
Longton
House Transportation Committee
Kathy Peterson
Conference Committee
Local Library Poll Yields Wide Range of Favorites
Ottawa Library Director Barbara Dew confronts a three inch stack of reader polls from patrons and students listing best, worst, funniest, scariest and most influential books. Trustees and commissioners offered diverse picks with many classics favored and some light humor about scary reads.
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Melissa Bauman
Ottawa Library
Barbara Dew
Ottawa Herald
National Library Week
Dew
Virginia Loyd
Ottawa City Commission
W.D. Bemmels
Ottawa University
Charles Lindbergh
Bemmels
Michael Pupin
Kathy Jordan
Hawaii
Mary Higgins Clark
Jordan
Nelle Parker
James A. Michener
Parker
Loyd
Mike Royko
Edgar Allan Poe
Charles Dickens
Sam Sheldon
Foundation
Sheldon
C.S. Lewis
Ottawa Board of Education agenda and local updates
The Ottawa Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at 420 S Main to discuss a self funding workers compensation program, revise business education, energy efficiency proposal from Honeywell Inc, a food service contract for 1987 88, an administrators salary index, and personnel reports. Ottawa will be on NBC Today Show with Gary Hart footage. Richmond voters face a coin flip to decide mayor as Howard D Cox and Dallas Mc Coy tie with 55 votes. A KU acceptance deadline of May for next fall is announced along with housing and financial aid implications and special case review. Foreign exchange markets see a dollar selloff to a record low against the yen, prompting calls for stabilization and comments from James A Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Board of Education
Kansas Association of School Boards
Honeywell Inc
American Food Management
Nancy Hale
Richmond
Howard D. Cox
Dallas McCoy
Franklin County Commission
Laura Sutton
Sutton
Tokyo
U.S
Washington
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Fen
Steve Zuk
Nancy Parrish
Gus Bogina
Lenexa
Bogina
Hart
NBC
Gary Hart
University of Kansas
Bruce Lindwall
Lindwall
USS. Treasury
James A. Baker
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