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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 2004
Page
8
The Ottawa Herald invites non commercial events open to the public to submit items at least two days in advance by fax email or mail. No phone calls. Submissions accepted at Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar St Ottawa KS 66067.
The Ottawa Library board of trustees will meet at 5 15 p m Wednesday in the Ottawa Library conference room at 1055 Hickory Street. The Franklin County Farmers Market resumes at 8 a m Saturday in the east parking lot at Town and Country Supply 2308 S Princeton Road. Through the summer the market opens 4 30 p m Wednesday and Saturdays with 23 vendors offering garden goods and baked treats though only four to five vendors may sell initially. The market runs through the end of October.
A list of local meetings and events including City Commission work session at City Hall, Ottawa Board of Education meetings at Eugene Field School and Eisenhower School, a town meeting on a bond issue, a landlord association dinner at Sirloin Stockade, a path exercise group at Don Woodward Community Center, story times at Ottawa Library, free blood pressure clinic at Ottawa Village Plaza, Chamber of Commerce lunch at Ottawa Country Club, Suzuki Strings recital at Carnegie Cultural Center, Friends of the Municipal Auditorium gathering, and a family child care marketing workshop at the Franklin County Annex Building. Also includes a public town meeting on bond issue and multiple story times and community activities.
Hospital notes show patients Jane Boles in Williamsburg and Irene Renzenberger in Ottawa with discharges and admissions. County jail reports list multiple arrests in Williams burg Wellsville and Sabetha for warrants driving offenses drug paraphernalia and other charges with bonds set or remissions noted. Wellsville police and sheriff units log incidents including vandalism theft and a death by suicide on a Friday morning.
Franklin County Day Care surveyed Garfield families to gauge support for a latchkey program at Garfield Elementary. Gary Turner, a Garfield parent, says after work schedules make in town latchkey essential. Existing programs run at Lincoln Elementary, while Ottawa Middle School offers after school care but elementary sites lack similar services.
A 13 year old Mount Hope girl fell 40 feet from a Ferris wheel at a Wichita amusement park, injuring her and prompting renewed calls for stricter carnival ride oversight. State and local officials discuss required insurance and inspections, with Kansas among eight states considering tighter rules.
City officials offer a one year extension of financial support if AirTran Airways adds two daily flights from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport and uses larger jets doubling seating. The deal follows AirTran's $4.5 million two year guarantee and ongoing contract talks as county funding remains unsettled.
Ottawa Herald seeks profiles for Hometown Heroes as rally at the Veterans Memorial Wall, Fourth and Main, features speakers James Butler Scott Wasser Roger LaRue and Sherry Wright coordinating event. Wright cites deaths and families with members in Haiti and North Carolina. Master of Ceremonies will be Dan Oglesby.
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