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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 2000
Page
7
Ottawa boards delays historic status for OMS building
The Ottawa Board of Education voted 4 to 1 to ask the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review to postpone the National Register nomination for the Old Ottawa Middle School. The district weighs options, hires an appraiser, and considers demolition if designation proceeds, while a task force reviews proposals, including one from the Friends of Historical Buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Ludwig
Herald
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa Middle School
Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka
National Register
Louis Reed
Jeanette Lowry
Reed
OMS
Friends of Historical Buildings Group
Franklin County
Marcia Mitchell
Martha Hagedorn-Krass
Hagedorn-Krass
Board of Review
Kansas Museum of History
Hagedorn- Krass
Lowry
Forrest Lowry
Mattie Perry
Friends Group
Mock crash message to students on drunk driving
In Pomona and Williamsburg the mock car crash and funeral at Pomona High School showed juniors and seniors the consequences of drinking and driving. The event featured realistic wreckage and a eulogy by Pastor Jerry Yates for a fictional student, aiming to curb risky behavior and underlining life is precious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Bishop
Pomona High School
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Pomona
West Franklin
Williamsburg
Jerry Yates
Solid Rock Family Church
PHS
Melissa Leach
Jamie Spiker
Spiker
Kylie
Michael Lang
U.S.D
City pushes for national e tax to curb Internet sales
The Ottawa City Commission urged state Congress to oppose a five year delay on e commerce sales taxes. It voted to draft a letter and consider a resolution backing a national e tax system and to extend the current moratorium debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
John McCain
Arizona
Scott Lambers
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Wal-Mart
Target
Lambers
County keeps mostly to five year plan with small changes
Franklin County commissioners updated the 2000 to 2005 capital improvement plan, keeping most of the $2.1 million wish list intact. The plan preserves the improvement fund near $484,000 while allocating about $1 million to courthouse restoration and potential remodeling, with prior proposals to relocate offices now reconsidered after public feedback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Commission
Commission
Tom Weigand
Franklin County
Weigand
Franklin County Annex
Franklin County District Court
Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center
Devore & Associ
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BOE
Chet Fredricks
Fredricks
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