Weather outlook for tonight and Thursday in the region
Tonight mostly clear with a low near 70. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a high in the mid 90s. A 20 percent chance of afternoon showers or thunderstorms is expected with a south wind of 5 to 10 mph. For more weather details, see Page 2.
Bridge Work Dismantles Old 50 Bridge Over Princeton Circle
Clarkson Construction Co of Kansas City clears the Old 50 bridge. Crews chip away concrete with hammers and cut through steel re bar, sending dirt and sparks below. After a noisy night of cutting, only skeletal steel and twisted re bar remain. removal will continue through the week.
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Clarkson Construction Co
Kansas City
Princeton Circle
Traccoes
Code Red worms hit Hometown Computers six servers
LAURA POTTER reports six of Hometown Computers servers were infected by Code Red and Code Red II, disrupting service and prompting rebuilds. The worms spread via user action and created back doors in compromised machines while servers battled reinfection despite backups.
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Ed Baldridge
Internet
Weblink 2000
CERT
Cert.org
Baldridge
Ottawa
Microsoft
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald
Ottawa Scouts Join 2001 National Scout Jamboree in Virginia
Four Ottawa Boy Scouts and two others joined about 36 000 Scouts at Fort A. P. Hill Virginia for the 2001 National Scout Jamboree a 10 day event held every four years since 1937. They traveled with 120 Heart of America Council members as tents and kitchens filled 12 000 acres while campers enjoyed action centers outdoor activities and merit badge work.
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Bush
Ottawa
Fort A.P. Hilla
Jarrod Scott
Joe Falls
Troop 118
Anthony Underwood
Eric Hammes
Troop 77
Heart of America Council
New Ottawa Vision committee maps future plans
The Ottawa Vision steering committee held its first formal meeting to outline a 10 to 15 year plan. A public meeting is planned for 7 p.m. August 22 at the county annex with speaker Dan Coody, Fayet teville mayor.
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Cleon Rickel
Ottawa Vision
Ottawa Vision Project
County Annex
Vision
Ottawa
Blaine Finch
Finch
Dan Coody
Fayetteville
Ark
John Merrell
Ottawa Planning and Zoning
Vision Group
Vision Committee
Vision steering committee members named for Ottawa project
Vision steering committee includes Blaine Finch as chair with Janet Peters Julie Prideaux Lynn Underwood Deb Henningsen Larry Felix Brenda Guenther Herman Norwood Teresa Corcoran Earl Zimmerman Becky Ortega Rod Ellis Bev Brands Brenda Cummings Gary Bateman and John Merrell as staff adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine Finch
Janet Peters
Ottawa Area
Chamber of Commerce
Julie Prideaux
Main Street
Lynn Underwood
Ottawa Planning Commission
Deb Henningsen
Ottawa
Larry Felix
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Brenda Guenther
Ottawa University
Herman Norwood
Franklin County
Habitat For Humanity
Teresa Corcoran
Kansas University
Earl Zimmerman
Becky Ortega
NCAA
Rod Ellis
Bev Brands
Brenda Cummings
Ottawa Future Visions
Gary Bateman
John Merrell
Officials seek delay in changes to in home care
Harris News Service reports Topeka officials urge lawmakers to postpone any tightening of eligibility for state funded in home care for the elderly and disabled for at least a year. Department on Aging and Social and Rehabilitation Services urged study as demand grows and revenues tighten. Secretary Connie Hubbell cautions the baby boom is large but not immediate and calls for more analysis before change.
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Carol Crapper
Harris
Topeka
Department On Aging
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
House
Senate
Connie Hubbell
Hubbell
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Bridge To
Nowhere
Photos By
Ron Bishop
Herald
Hammes
Underwood
Jarrad Scott
Virginia
City Planning Commission
Merrell
Ottawa High School
Planning Commission
Ottawaherald.com
Vision Steering Committee