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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1999
Page
6
The Ottawa American Legion AA baseball team lost in the first round of the state tournament Wednesday night in Pratt. Weather outlook shows increasing clouds tonight with a low in the middle 60s and a 50 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms Friday, with highs 80 to 85.
U S Senator Pat Roberts announces more than 6.6 million in Head Start grants to six Kansas communities including ECKAN in Ottawa receiving 1.26 million for part and full day programs plus 29 500 for Early Head Start. Grants fund centers and training for staff. Ottawa Veterans Day parade entries sought for November 13 at 1 30 p m with contact numbers. A veterans memorial at Franklin County Courthouse lawn aims for dedication November 11 at 6 30 p.m.
The Kansas Department of Transportation approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects in Franklin Comanche Douglas and Osage counties. Projects include K-68 bridge overlay over Turkey Creek near K-33 and US-59 bridge over the Wakarusa River with costs from 5,363 to 209,571 dollars. Bids are opened Aug 18 in Topeka for additional crack repair along US-59 in Anderson County and US-75/US-78 corridor from Burlington to I-35 in Coffey County.
A Union Pacific freight train derailed about four miles north of Marlin Texas in central Texas on Wednesday afternoon. The 14 wheat cars left the track at 3 20 p.m. causing a small grass fire with no injuries reported. The train originated in Hutchinson Kansas and was en route to Houston. The track had been inspected an hour earlier.
Ottawa residents oppose a 14 acre annexation at K-68 and I-35 approved for a truck stop. Freone Hollinger urged the commission to slow development citing land losses from I-35 construction. The plan aims to supply city utilities with water, sewer, and electricity to the annexed site. Commissioner Blaine Finch supported the project.
President Clinton rallies Democrats on Capitol Hill to criticize the GOPs 792 billion tax cut while promoting his economic plan. He urged negotiators to pass gun control, raise the minimum wage, protect managed care patients, and push long stalled reforms before cutting taxes.
Three members Harold Voth Haven Scott Hill Abilene and Steve Abrams Arkansas City drafted a compromise to reduce macroevolution in proposed science standards while keeping natural selection and adaptation. The plan removes evolution as the central concept, with other changes and Abrams withdrawing his creation-science document. Board president Linda Holloway called it quite a compromise as she eyed votes for Wednesday.
Gov. Bill Graves backs an $80,000 voluntary program rewarding farmers who plant vegetation strips along streams. Buffers of grass and trees filter sediment and fertilizers, protecting water. About 504 acres across 50 miles of banks enrolled. farmers sign up daily, with extensions predicting growing support.
A rodeo doctor, Chris Miller, stitched up a cowboy’s forehead beneath a brimmed hat and flashlight near the chutes as blood and mud stained the white table top. Miller emphasized knowing his patients for better on-the-spot care and advice in Kansas and Oklahoma.
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