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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 2002
Page
7
American Legion Post No 60 and Auxiliary meet at 7 p.m. at VFW Hall. Retail Committee gathers Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. Personal Action to Health PATH group runs 9 to 10 a.m. at the Don Woodward Center.
Viet vets group will host a 7 pm talk by VA education vocational specialist Jan Mauck at Ransom Memorial Hospital Conference Room B. Mauck served nearly 30 years with the VA as the Franklin County chapter nears 25 members to form a local unit. BALDWIN A sorority forum at Baker University Harter Union 7 30 pm Thursday led by Baker Student Senate president John Cramer.
The Daily Report lists admissions in Melvern and Ottawa, dismissals, thefts including water pump and electronics, arrests on local warrants, various bicycle and vehicle thefts with losses totaling about 1 150, plus several accidents on I 35 and nearby roads, multiple medical emergencies, and a road closure at 4750 Nevada Road with no detours.
A Garden City obstacle course event at the USC 457 Transportation Center featured a school bus maneuvering back tires through a line of tennis balls. The Southwest Kansas School Bus Road-EO competition showcased student drivers with a focus on precision and safety.
At the convention Ottawa officials defended their actions amid claims of bias from a Kansas City politician. Jim Bradley and Bird said final federal grant paperwork is pending for the new sewage treatment plant with $750,000 approved and $400,000 sought for design and engineering. Executive session lasted 30 minutes with no action.
Meteorologist Brooks explains that warm moist air rises and, when aligned with wind shear, tilts the rotation to form a funnel cloud. Ground-reaching twisters result from unbalanced forces at the base as winds speed toward the center, with Tornado Alley spanning Texas to Kansas.
WICHITA AP An ongoing probe by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found no evidence that the March 13 rumor of a foot and mouth outbreak in Holton was used to manipulate cattle futures. CFTC analysis showed cattle feeders dominated trading in the days after, consistent with risk management. No unusual activity was found in the April five contract.
AP report: Joseph Grooms, 26, of Overland Park, charged with attempted murder after a road rage stabbing on Interstate 435. The victim, Matt McCrary, 27, is recovering at home from a liver laceration. Grooms, with a history of criminal and traffic convictions, was previously convicted in Wyandotte County in 1993 of involuntary manslaughter in a 15-year-old friend’s shooting death, with a sentence of two to five years.
Editor notes the ending of the Kansas special sessions list not printed. The record enumerates sessions from 1874 to 1989, detailing duration, governors, and main issues from grasshopper plagues to highway funding, taxation, redistricting, and universal suffrage.
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