Fur ruffled between mayor, library panel
Ottawa city commissioners faced appeals from multiple groups at a study session. Library trustees defended spending as modest for its size while AFSCME urged joining the Kansas Employer-Employees Relations Act. A POW MIA flag issue drew veteran group support, and residents opposed brick street paving. Judy Ransom pressed for more trustee-commission communication. Continued On Page 10.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Ottawa
Ottawa Library
Dan Fogle
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
Kansas
Everett Wiedersberg
Our Forgotten Brothers
City Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wiedersberg
Ottawa to consider airport upgrades and city contracts
Ottawa city commissioners meet at 7 p.m. to authorize signing contracts totaling about 1.144 million for Ottawa Municipal Airport improvements funded largely by an FAA grant. Projects include runway widening, taxiway, lighting and drainage upgrades, with LRM Industries and Cal Heckert Construction handling most work. Also on agenda: public employee act, setback ordinance relaxation, approving July planning minutes, Killough asphalt contract for K-68 bypass, and league delegation appointments.
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Ottawa Municipal
City Hall
Randy Wetmore
LRM Industries
Lawrence
Cal Heckert
Federal Aviation Administration
Commission
Kansas Public
Ottawa Planning Commission
Killough Inc
Ottawa
Ottawa Calendar and Living Heritage Details
Calendar notes feature Delores Andrews and Edward Hugh Walton with Ottawa items. July events include library displays, Rotary and Optimist meetings, city hall sessions, and church gatherings, plus soft is on public works. Highlights cover art displays, safety programs, and school openings with numerous local groups and venues.
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Delores Andrews
Ash
Edward Hugh. Walton
Ottawa
Seventh Street
North Main
Andrews
Ottawa school board approves budget with mill levy cut
Ottawa Kansas. The school board approved a publication budget showing an 11.48 percent decrease in the general fund mill levy. It also ratified a 1989 90 teachers contract 6 0 at a special meeting. Superintendent Don Duncan discussed the budget based on a 40.9 million assessed valuation up 16.1 from last year due to statewide real estate reappraisal. Railroad property valued at 765000 locally may shift as railroads seek abatement. final figures unclear. Duncan noted half the railroad assessment is used for district valuation and changes likely won t greatly affect the budget or levy. State aid rules favor poorer districts, aiming to balance opportunities. Budget approved for publication as a legal notice.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Ottawa
Don Duncan
Duncan
Franklin County
Kansas
State wary of revenue shortfall in July
TOPEKA Kan AP tax receipts for July fell eight million dollars below the estimate, with July sales tax $3.2 million under projected. Richard Ryan, head of the Legislative Research Department, warned of a possible economic slowdown as auto sales and consumer spending weaken, while income tax withholding was $4.1 million under estimate but later expected to rebound in August.
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Topeka
Kan
Richard Ryan
Legislative Budget Committee
Ryan
Legislative Research Department
Gulf Hurricanes Strikes High Island Blasts Gulf Coast
Chantal, the Atlantic’s first hurricane, lashed the Gulf Coast with 80 mph winds and heavy rain. Thousands fled inland while authorities searched for ten missing crew from a capsized oil rig. One worker died off Louisiana, with ten more missing after the incident.
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High Island
Texas
Chantal
Gulf Coast
Betty Barrow
Louisiana
Hostage crisis deepens as Higgins hangs threat looms
In Beirut the wife of American hostage Joseph Cicippio pleads for life while captors threaten to execute him by 6 p.m. if Shiite cleric Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid is not freed. The group holding Higgins previously displayed a videotape of him, deepening the crisis faced by President Bush.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Israel
Joseph James Cicippio
Terry Waite
William R. Higgins
Cicippio
Presiden Bush
Ilham
Jedeideh
Joe
Higgins
Organization of the Oppressed
Banh
U.N
The
Revolutionary Justice
Organization
Sheik Abdul- Karim Obeid
Obeid
Jerusalem
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I — Delta
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Lawresios
Forfat Park Post
Parm
Nan
Tecorhabh
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Rao Angeyacne
Light Singers & Orchestra
Ottawa University
Poncho's
American ‘Legion
Board of Directors
Franklin County Extension
Quawa-Franklin County
Sia Officer Club
AARP
Mid America Sprimist Club
Farmeaturing
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture
Sam Brownback
Ottawa School Board
Kansas Veterans Commission
Rotary Club
City Commission
ORC
Optimist Club
Lion's Club
Celebration Hall
Fire National Bank
Lions Club
Main
Faith Lutheran Church
Forest Park
Franklin County Commission
Courthouse
U.S.C
Gulf
Harris Enterprises, Inc
Iowa
California
Ralph Harris
Sid
Jack
John Mark Lambertson
Franklin County Historical Society
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