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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 2004
Page
8
Public event notices may be submitted two days or more in advance by fax email or mail to The Ottawa Herald. Non commercial events open to the public are announced at no charge. No phone calls, please.
Carnegie Cultural Center at 515 S Main St will close for annual summer cleanup and maintenance from Sunday and reopen September 7. Pomona City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall to consider approving the 2005 budget. The Quarterly Image Award luncheon is at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday in the Ottawa Middle School library to introduce new education and health care personnel and honor the latest Image Award recipient from the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce.
Saturday events include Bam.-Farmers Market at Orschein Farm and Home east lot 2008 S Princeton St at 9:30. Ottawa Art Guild at Carnegie Cultural Center 515 S Main St 10 am to noon. Franklin County Historical Society at FCRRC 1124 W Ith St Terrace 4 to 6 pm. Mary Anne Whiteford retirement reception at Carnegie 515 S Main St 4 to 6 pm. Sunday open house Dietrich Cabin City Park 515 S Main St 2 to 4 pm. Franklin County Genealogical Society at Ransom Memorial Hospital 1301 S Main St 2 to 4 pm. Appanoose Area Historical Museum Old Appanoose School 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Williamsburg Library Teddy Bear Trails at Williamsburg Community Building Start of School Trail Meal 5 to 7 pm Williamsburg City Park. OURS Dance at Douglas County Senior Center 745 Vermont St Lawrence 6 to 9 pm.
The Daily Report details Franklin County Sheriff's arrests including Joshua Mills 18 of 1260 S Maple St on criminal trespass burglary and property damage charges. Henry Hurley 18 with no address available faces burglary and property damage. Joshua Krehbiel 20 at 1022 N Davis Rd released on bond after a warrant. Virgil Allen 42 of 619 N Main St released on bond after a warrant. Brandon Anderson 20 of Emporia held on theft charge with bond. Theft reports list incidents at Heritage Motors and Conoco with forged check attempt. Multiple thefts of bicycles games and electronics reported on South Maple Street East Fourth Street Ash Street and North Oak Street. Gasoline purchases noted at Gas N Shop and First Stop 4. An accident on South Willow and West Sixth involved a youth bicycle rider Darian Trout 10 transported to Ran som Memorial Hospital.
Dustin Crawford 17 awoke from a coma after a July 25 car crash in Ottawa Kansas. He suffers brain injury a broken pelvis and other injuries and is in the University of Kansas Hospital intensive care. Doctors say progress is hopeful while a surgery on his elbow is planned and his status may move to a room soon.
Wellsville native Chely Wright performs at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium at 7 30 p m on Saturday October 9 with tickets on sale September 6 at the OMA box office Prices are 22 for main floor and 20 for balcony No youth discount Wright rose to the country charts in 1999 with Single White Female and has released five albums This year she issued a six song EP Everything She co wrote I Cant Sleep with Clay Walker and recorded a duet with Brad Paisley Hard To Be A Husband Hard To Be A Wife The pair sang the duet for the Grand Ole Oprys 75th anniversary Wright funds Reading Writing Rhythm Cheyly Wright Foundation to aid Wellsville schools
Dengel & Son Mortuary plans to convert a storage building east of the Ottawa mortuary into a gas powered crematory by year end after city approves a special use permit. Architects will design the layout and refinishing plus an optional observation room are planned to allow mourners to view the cremation process from a distance. The project aims to serve Franklin County residents and nearby counties with the new service.
Zebra mussels found at Cheney Reservoir threaten Wichita’s water system, though officials say drinking water remains safe. About 60 percent of the city's reservoir supply is from Cheney, with no adult mussels detected yet. City officials plan to hire a consultant to study control methods, acknowledging potential costs in the millions, as biologists note transport via boats and bilge water.
Franklin County residents were urged to support local retailers as Missouri stores aim to draw Kansas shoppers for a tax holiday weekend. Officials noted Franklin County ranks low in local sales taxes per student and midrange for property tax collection, highlighting the need to boost in-county retail.
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