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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 2005
Page
10
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A realistic fatality accident drill at Ottawa High School on 1120S Ash St featured gore, lights, and an air ambulance to deter teen drinking and driving before prom. City and Franklin County officials set Monday meetings at City Hall and courthouse to discuss audits, street changes, and juvenile services. Rural Water District 4 canceled its meeting next week.
Franklin County students display art through Over the Rainbow programs at Carnegie Cultural Center. Old Depot Museum hosts Kansas Goes to War life on the Home Front with varied hours and admission. Community groups meet for support and recovery at local churches and centers with schedule details.
A packed listing of local events includes Prairie Flyers at Ottawa Municipal Airport at 9am, Pomona eighth grade graduation dance planning at 3pm, Ottawa Recreation Commission fishing derby from 4 to 7pm, Ottawa High School play Arsenic and Old Lace at 7pm, Cabaret Our Way at 8pm, Ottawa VEW dance at 8pm, Cow Chip Bingo at Hayward Arena 1pm, Ottawa University Orchestra Concert at 1pm, Franklin County Commission at 8:30am, Lions Club lunch noon at Poncho's, Friends of the Ottawa Library book sale 1pm to 2:30pm, Ottawa City Commission at 4pm, Franklin County Area Landlords Association at 6:30pm, and Ottawa USD 290 Board of Education at Ottawa Middle School.
The Daily Report lists Friday admissions and dismissals in Ottawa and Williamsburg with multiple arrests. Donald Dydell, 34, Ottawa, held on a Franklin County warrant for failure to appear with $250 cash bond. Rachel Péha, 23, Texas, faces aggravated battery, aggravated past criminal threat, and a Texas warrant for controlled substance possession. Paul Nicholson Jr., 19, Florida, charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. Nicole M. Allen, 19, Waverly, on a municipal warrant. Ronda D. Harlan, 26, 1238 S Beech St, charged with domestic battery and released on $475 bond.
The city of Garnett faces Union Pacific demands to reduce crossings from ten to five as a price for a rail spur to the East Kansas Agri-Energy ethanol plant at Golden Prairie Industrial Park. City Manager Rick Doran says negotiations have yielded limited gains and two crossings proposed for closure may be rejected. The longer spur plan aims to start production in early June.
Union Pacific proposes closing five Garnett crossings and adds four for a spur to East Kansas Agri Energy. A longer spur raises the number of new crossings to four, which UP rejects unless the city approves the closings. Most closures target the east side near Spruce Cedar Pine Main Elm. Crossings in Garnett currently have lights but no gates, under safety rules gates are required. Citizens at hearings opposed several closures. Delays mean ethanol plant rail service likely won’t start with operations. ethanol will be trucked to LeRoy for part of the summer. Closures would not happen immediately, with 14 to 24 months awaiting final action.
The METH Task Force predicts more pharmaceutical burglaries and greater organized crime as a result of new law. Hutchinson DEA unit notes addicts barter for drugs, work less, and small labs decline while commercial Mexican meth may surge, with a pipeline already in Kansas and nearby states.
Ottawa City Commissioner Rocky Fleer and Jim Bradley were named as representatives to the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency board with Richard Hollon named alternate director. The commission also voted to install stop signs at Second and Poplar, Fourth and Poplar, and Fourth and Mulberry to curb storm drainage dips. April 25 was proclaimed Red Hat Day and April designated Fair Housing Month in Ottawa.
High global oil prices keep regular gasoline near 2.21 dollars per gallon for U S motorists with averages from 2.64 dollars in California to 2 dollars in Oklahoma. AAA projects prices will stay above 2 dollars nationally through summer.
AAP-IPSOS poll of 1000 adults taken April 18 20 shows 29 percent blame oil companies 24 percent foreign governments 23 percent politicians 8 percent environmentalists and 6 percent drivers for high gas prices. Bush energy bill faces House passage while public disapproval hits 62 percent.
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