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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 2000
Page
8
Tonight becomes cooler and mostly clear with a low near 50. Winds 15 to 25 mph gusty by midnight. Thursday turns cold and mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light rain. Highs reach the upper 50s. See page 2A for more weather.
Robert Duffett, Ottawa University's provost since 1996, will resign May 31 to assume the 19th presidency at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota. He will start July 1 and will help lead fundraising for DWU and its George McGovern Library as he transitions from OU's enrollment of about 473 students to DWU's four campuses with roughly 700 students.
The Friends of Historic Buildings plan a petition drive to raise a sales tax for renovating the 5th and Main building into a nonprofit community and recreation center. They hope 1,200 previously gathered signatures help rally voters, while awaiting school board and legislative decisions on tax authority.
Radio songbirds Lara Rich Emily Spon and Rachgel Blades rehearse under Jim Tarrant for the OU Chapel production Don’t Touch That Radio Dial a look back at the Golden Days of Radio at 7 30 tonight following a set by the OU Jazz Ensemble at OU Chapel in Ottawa.
Ottawa High School students were urged to participate in school activities and take chances to reclaim junior enthusiasm. Bill Cordes of Great Bend, a nationwide speaker and former teacher, urged responsibility and learning through involvement, noting that failure teaches and living with no regrets is best. He co authored Teen Power Too and contributed to Lead Now or Step Aside a youth leadership collection.
In Oklahoma City the national memorial opened five years after the Murrah Building bombing. 168 lives were honored by stone chairs and a reflecting pool as families, survivors, and rescuers toured the serene site. Bells rang at 9 02 a.m. during a day of ceremonies including Clinton and Reno arrivals.
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