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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1997
Page
7
J J Smith a third year running back from Kansas City Kansas and Kansas State University was among players cut from the Kansas City Chiefs roster on Tuesday. See page 7.
Partly cloudy Thursday with a high near 85 degrees and winds shifting to the southeast at 5 to 10 mph.
Thirty dead lab rats were found on Virginia Military Institute parade grounds with a towel bearing Save the Males. The slogan signaled opposition to women enrolling at the previously all male school. Superintendent Bunting condemned the act as disturbing and sick.
Lt. Gov. Gary Sherrer hailed International Speedway Corp. selection of western Kansas City Kansas for a $200 million stock car race track. The site near Interstates 70 and 435 aims for a October negotiation, with state and local leaders emphasizing collaboration.
Rajeev Minocha, 35, who drowned his wife in Kansas City area apartment bathroom in May 1993, was found innocent by reason of insanity in 1995. He has been treated at state mental hospitals in Larned and Osawatomie and will be deported to India after immigration agents took him into custody following a court ruling that he no longer benefits from hospitalization.
Robert A. Jackson, 17, and another man were arrested in July for robbing a St. Peters convenience store and a Citgo gas station. Police say after the first robbery he apologized to the clerk and returned the money for a jump-start. he then allegedly committed a second robbery before being caught.
In Ottawa, Judge James J. Smith ruled that students will attend full days, not noon dismissals, despite a heated dispute over a calendar change. The Ottawa Education Association argues the change violated the 1996-1997 contract, while the district cites heat days and ongoing mediation for the 1997-1998 talk.
Ottawa center could reopen as volume justifies restoring operations. UPS consolidated Ottawa work at Lawrence with Dodge City and Hays centers after the Teamsters strike. Ann Schwartz cited 21 full time and 18 part time Ottawa employees, while driver Red Wiederholt noted most drivers have been recalled to Lawrence or back to work locally.
Kathleen Sebelius discusses a panel in Topeka on creating health coverage for more than 73,000 Kansas children who fall between Medicaid and private insurance. The group weighs accepting $32 million annually for five years with an $8 million state match and possible plans including expanding Caring for Children, subsidies for private policies, or increasing Medicaid, as welfare changes threaten coverage. Gov Graves backs the effort.
Harald Staff Writer reports Ransom Memorial Hospital Trustees consider a Lawrence based Retirement Management Company study as the best chance to save Crestview Nursing Home. The plan envisions a 52,000 square foot facility with 30 assisted living units and 70 nursing beds, including dementia and sub acute care, at an estimated $6.3 million construction cost plus $1.2 million startup funds. If occupancy reaches 92 percent it could cover operating costs and debt, with potential net profit of $900,000 over 10 years. Crestview currently operates with fewer than half its 51 beds filled. The board questions RMH involvement in senior services beyond the hospital.
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