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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 2003
Page
7
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 66. Thursday follows with partly cloudy skies and a 20 percent chance of storms in the afternoon, followed by a high near 88. Weather information appears on Page 12.
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Franklin County Emergency Housing Ad Hoc Committee members at a Tuesday meeting urged moving beyond discussions on emergency housing and shelters. The core group plans to define shelter type, set qualification guidelines, and coordinate with social service agencies and churches to address local homelessness.
Ottawa computer owners report exposure to the LowSan and MS Blaster worm targeting newer Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP systems. Some Franklin County machines were affected but quickly corrected by rebooting. City systems with older Windows versions were unaffected as global attacks crippled networks and prompted quick fixes.
Medora Hoge reports a six foot diameter fairy ring in her Ottawa yard. She describes mushrooms around a brown center and recalls first spotting toadstools that multiplied after a week. The ring, linked by folklore to fairies, stands as a curious lawn mystery before scientific explanations are offered.
Americans shopped boldly in July boosting retail sales by 1.4 percent the largest gain in four months. The Commerce Department data show steady improvement since April with May and June gains of 0.5 and 0.9 percent. Economists cite tax cuts and higher wages as drivers while the Fed held rates at 1 percent amid hopes of a stronger second-half rebound and a still lackluster job market with unemployment at 6.2 percent as activity remains uneven.
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