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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2003
Page
9
West Franklin Seniors plan a 6:30 PM potluck at the Pomona Community Building. Ottawa veterinarian Trent Lancaster will speak. All seniors invited to attend.
Admissions Thursday include Alexandria Green and Ottawa resident. Dismissals include Mary Sproule and her son from Ottawa. Franklin County Sheriff reports arrests: Stephen Moore of 316 S Mulberry St on a worthless check charge. bond set at 2500 dollars. Frank Howell of Eudora held on failure to appear warrant, bond 5746 dollars. Sergio Rodriguez of Dublin Texas arrested for DUI, bail 1000 dollars. Matthew Conus, 17, 929 S Main St, charged with marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia, released to juvenile detention. Thefts include three Yu Gi Oh cards in North Main St area. cell phone and identity theft reported on South Main St. littering couches on Reno Road. vandalism to gas tank and truck door on North Sycamore St. Vehicle collision: Melvin Steel, 52, rear-ended Bonnie Ferns at U.S. 59 and Fifth. Fire: grass blaze on Vermont Road. Ambulance: medical emergency on South Cedar Street.
Westar Energy Inc. on Friday reported stronger electric operations and reduced corporate debt boosted its second quarter results. Net income reached 21.8 million on revenues of 239.6 million, with earnings per share of 0.39, while wholesale power averaged 34 per megawatt. Operating expenses fell to 135 million and interest expense dropped to 45.7 million as the company moves to shed non-utility assets and pay down debt under state regulator orders.
Zachery Andrew Ray Jacobs, 14, son of Bruce and Susan Jacobs, drowned while camping at Two Buttes Wildlife Area in Baca County, Colorado. Former Burlington student moving to southeast Colorado leaves relatives Norman and Ruth Jacobs of Ottawa and Gladys Botham of Burlington, plus sister Lydia Jacobs of Denver. Service set for 10 a.m. Monday at First Christian Church in Burlington.
A Scranton girl Amanda Cunningham aged 15 died at the scene when her car lost control on South Stanley Road southeast of Overbrook Osage County. Terrance Thompson 16 of Carbondale was treated and released at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka after the single vehicle rollover.
Williamsburg City Council extended zoning authority up to three miles outside the city as part of a broader zoning package. Mayor Charles Gilkey said the move aligns with county regulations, with cooperation from county staff. The changes also update sign and fence rules, permit temporary quarters after disasters, rewrite the comprehensive plan, and add an adult entertainment code to deter future establishments.
In south central Kansas refuges Quivira National Wildlife Refuge and Cheyenne Bottoms report rare Gulf Coast birds this summer. Wood stork reddish egret and roseate spoonbills appeared with one spoonbill seen south of Medicine Lodge and later at Quivira and Cheyenne Bottoms. Birders call them life birds as heat dries wetlands threatening locals.
A federal judge in Topeka ruled the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation may issue its own license plates, permanently barring Kansas from enforcing state vehicle registration laws on the tribe. The decision reinforces tribal sovereignty after a parkway ticketing incident involving a tribal plate.
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