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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1997
Page
8
Fifty years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barriers the event will be commemorated at Shea Stadium tonight with page 1B coverage.
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies Wednesday with a high near 55 degrees and a north wind ranging from 5 to 15 mph.
The Ottawa City Commission backed a soccer camp on North Street and Sycamore sponsored by International Soccer USA with city insurance and waivers. Hawthorne School asked to close Poplar Street between Fifth and Sixth for the May 23 Hawthorne Challenges. The Board hired Ron Brummett as Lincoln Elementary principal, replacing retiring Orville Walker. Cheri Underwood moved to Eisenhower School. A school bus narrowly avoided a train after parked cars blocked vision at a northwest crossing. officials consider lights or a crossing arm for safety.
In Welch Oklahoma a 17 year old boy driving to school struck and killed his mother Katherine Vazquez on a country road near their home. Trooper Sheridan O Neal called it a freak accident and noted the driver was blinded by the rising sun.
A blaze at a pilgrim camp near Mecca during the Hajj killed about 50 worshippers, mostly Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, as about 2 million Muslims gathered for the pilgrimage. The fire erupted on the Mina plains as pilgrims prepared to march toward Mount Arafat for dawn prayers.
Ottawa officials face a Wednesday 7 p.m. meeting at City Hall where Blaine Finch will be sworn in and Richard Jackson departs after six years. The panel may elect a new mayor and mayor pro tem with Vicki Cumminskey pushing for the traditional succession. Fellow commissioners differ on following tradition as Matt Matthews hints at nominating an alternative and Finch declines firm positions pending his arrival.
The Ottawa Board of Education approved a district policy addition stating possession of a firearm will trigger a one year expulsion unless the superintendent grants a case by case probation modification. The board adopted Kansas Association of School Boards probation guidelines, requiring written terms and student acknowledgment.
The unused Carnegie library at Fifth and Main is being prepped for Ottawa Community Arts Council’s annual banquet and silent auction on Sunday April 27. About 20 items from local artists will be auctioned to raise funds, with viewing and bidding from April 22 to 26 and during the banquet.
Farmers report severe freeze damage to winter wheat in southern Kansas with prices rising to daily limits. Daryl Heasty fears substantial yield losses up to half, while northern Kansas faces less damage amid dry conditions. Oklahoma and Texas also affected. traders monitor potential crop losses and rain needs.
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