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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 2002
Page
8
Ottawa Board of Education to spread students across five elementary schools
Ottawa Board of Education approved a policy to distribute students evenly among five elementary schools to improve efficiency and balance class sizes. The plan, driven by outdated boundaries and fiscal concerns, may trigger tough but fair relocation decisions for next school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Board of Education
Jan Collins
Ottawa
Bill Allegre
Collins
Jeanette Lowry
John Coen
Ottawa school board settles demolition suit with Gowing
The Ottawa Board of Education will pay Gowing Construction 17000 to end a breach of contract suit over the old middle school demolition. The firm may serve as prime contractor for future demolitions, with costs plus 15 percent, while future contracts remain optional for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Board of Education
Franklin County
Gowing Construction
Bob Bezek
Gowing
State Historical Society
Berek
City awards bid to flooring company in police station project
The Ottawa City Commission voted 4 1 to reject the low bid from an out of town contractor for floor and wall tiles in the new police station. Mitchell Carpet and Flooring bid about $49,000, $1,500 higher than the low bid, with local concerns over bid structure and policy cited by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Gene Mitchell
Mitchell
Bob Bezek
Commission
Deb Henningsen
Pos
Ottawa officials weigh US-59 rebuild options
Ottawa city commissioners and county leaders debated eight high speed four lane freeway options for US-59 from Lawrence to northeast of Ottawa. KDOT hearings set for April 30 at Baldwin High School, with two favored alignments east of current roadway. County worries about maintenance costs if old US-59 is handed over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleon Rickel
Ottawa
Lawrence
Kansas Department of Transportation
Baldwin High School
KDOT
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Douglas County
Weldon Padgett
Pope declares zero tolerance for priests who abuse the young
Pope John Paul II told U S church leaders there is no place in the priesthood for those who harm the young. The meeting discussed zero tolerance for abusive priests as Cardinal Mahony said the pope used his strongest language yet. Law's resignation was not discussed, though he faces pressure over handling abuse cases and a Vatican visit noted by Detroit Cardinal Maida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
John Paul II
United States
Los Angeles
Boston
Bernard Law
U.S
John Paul
Wale
United
Tuiff
Indi
Cate
Vatican
Francis George
Chicago
Law
George Law
Detroit
Adam Maida
Theodore McCarrick
Washington
Conference of Bishops
Maida
Associatedess
Rome
Austria
Ireland
France
Australia
Poland
Roger Mahony
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Coen
Hawthorne
Ron Bishop Hawthorne
S. Poplar
Katy Hoffman
School Board
OMS
By Ezra Sykes
Herald Star
City Awards
Cleon
Sible
Charles Gillette
Gillette
Richard Jackson
Rocky Fleer-Husted
Jerry Thompson
Loyd Builders
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