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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 2000
Page
8
Crime Stoppers report a theft of a black security camera from the west side of Dairy Queen South during April 8. It marks a third camera theft in a month. Call Franklin County Crime Stoppers at 1-888-311-TIPS for rewards up to 1000 dollars. testimony not required.
The Ottawa area hosts a noon Good Friday service at Westminster Presbyterian led by ministers from the Ottawa Ministerial Association. Proceeds go to Hope House. Also Saturday, Young Eagles Day at Ottawa Municipal Airport offers free airplane rides for ages 8-17 with EAA certificates and aviation merit badges for Boy Scouts. registration begins 8 a.m., flights 8:30 to noon, weather dependent.
The birth mother of 3-year-old Isaiah DeLaTorre was bound over for arraignment on a felony charge of interference with parental custody for allegedly taking the child from an aunt with legal custody. The case centers on a custody order questioned by Erwin’s attorney as potentially fraudulent. Isaiah, undergoing chemotherapy for incurable liver cancer, prompted local fundraisers including donation drives and a benefit poker run set for April 29.
Kansas Governor Graves unveils a budget plan relying on about 120 million in extra federal nursing home funds to cut general fund spending by 19.9 million. The plan shifts costs away from the general fund, allowing 15 million for disabled income services and freeing 14.6 million for special education, with reactions split along party lines.
Harris News Service reports Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority chief Albert Murray presented four options to lawmakers to expand capacity from 517 to 898 beds. Proposals include a 225 bed max security complex at Topeka, a 90 bed alcohol and 32 bed mental health facility at Larned, and Beloit renovations. Murray offered no recommendation and the committee will debate the plans this week.
Franklin County officials heard updates on road repairs via the Highway Improvement Plan and considered a Johnson County jail inmate contract at 35 dollars daily. Sheriff Rex Bowling sought a state grant for an automatic identification machine tied to KBI and NCIC, with 58 thousand dollars in state aid and 18 thousand dollars in matching funds. The panel planned inviting all city councils for May 31 and advancing a 234 thousand dollar state grant for jail computer upgrades. Juanita Zeek proposed moving the motor vehicles office to the commission chambers, noting space needs and requiring a fax line and extra phone line.
Admissions list includes Elizabeth Taylor Donna Crane Louise Ramshaw and Debbie Welsh with Ottawa ties on Tuesday and Deanna L Garcia Grace Slemp and Trisha Rogers in Pomona on Wednesday. Births note a son for Debbie and Lester Welsh and a daughter for Trisha and Karl Rogers in Pomona. Arrests and thefts report Lori L Hoy in Wellsville on a civil warrant and several thefts across Lane Richmond and Wellsville with values ranging from under 500 to 1500 dollars. Police incidents include threats at East Ninth Mobile Home Community and an unattended death in Wellsville area.
Kansas Association of Public Employees president Betty Vines says the union is involved in the debate over Gov. Bill Graves' plan to divert 26.4 million from the death and disability benefits fund to general government programs. The group opposes the plan and will work with critics, though she notes no priority to reverse a legislative decision next week.
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