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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1998
Page
8
Partly sunny and warm Thursday with a high around 80. An orientation fair for new sixth graders and middle school students will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Cyclone Room at Ottawa High School. Sponsored by the Middle School Site Council, the event offers tours and information about the middle school experience.
Ottawa University football staff join Ransom Memorial Hospital to train local women in football basics, promoting safety drills and game understanding as part of a community outreach program.
A second public forum on US-59 improvements between Ottawa and Lawrence is set for 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Building 21, Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds. KDOT and Bartlett and West staff will answer questions on two route options four-lane expansions, one east of the existing road.
A federal judge ruled Derby School District acted within its rights to suspend a student who drew a Confederate flag in class, upholding school policy. The Rutherford Institute, which represents student T J West, plans an appeal. The institute cites First Amendment arguments and civil rights support from its Charlottesville base.
In February in Boston a man believed he was merely struck in a park and could walk off the pain until attendants at Quin cy Hospital suggested he might have been shot in the head. In May in Sacramento a 19 year old was convicted on four counts of attempted murder with victims describing delayed awareness after gunshot wounds to the stomach and ear to nostril paths.
Kansas schools show overall progress toward world class standards, yet math scores lag. State Board Chair Kevin Gilmore notes improvements across elementary and secondary levels while cautioning that results must be viewed in context of high academic expectations. Data cover districts like Ottawa, Wellsville, Central Heights, West Franklin, Pomona, Williamsburg, Anderson County and others with reading, math and writing composites across grades 4 7 and 10.
Three government entities argued before Franklin County Administrative Judge James Smith about demolishing the old Ottawa middle school. Smith found the State Historical Preservation Officer did not properly determine preservation merits and directed the Ottawa school district to seek SHPO input again. He said the city lacked proper authority to deny the permit and that the burden of proving feasible alternatives shifted to the school board.
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