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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 2000
Page
8
Tonight there is a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms with partly cloudy skies and a low in the lower 70s. Thursday brings a 20 percent chance of morning storms then mostly sunny, with a high between 95 and 100. For more weather details, see page 2A.
Ottawa High School reports the class of 2000 posted an average ACT score of 21.2 from 98 testers, below the state average of 21.6 but above the national 21.0. Principal Darren Dennis notes six students scored above 30, while calls to improve scores continue as the test is offered four times this year.
Ottawa Police Chief Jeff Herrman announced that starting Thursday officers will patrol school zones and issue warnings to those slightly over the limit for two days. Farther over the limit will receive tickets, resuming regular citations on Monday. A roaming radar display will monitor speeds near different schools.
Franklin County Commissioners passed a resolution declaring an imminent fire disaster threat to croplands and grasslands. It bans open fires and smoking material disposal and requires prior approval for prescribed burns. Violators face up to a Class C misdemeanor with fines up to 500 dollars. Forecasters predict limited rainfall with a 30 percent chance tonight and 20 percent tomorrow morning.
About a dozen skateboarders met Ottawa city officials at Don Wood ward Center to review plans for a park at the old tennis courts. They ranked features like pyramids and quarter pipes, favored a two side park, and urged rapid construction with money limits in mind.
Franklin County Leadership Class raised 3530.57 to aid the Ottawa skateboard park project. The city plans about 43500 in park funding, after earlier efforts for a Boys and Girls Club that never materialized. Theresa Cummings notes the class’ balance was set aside for a worthy cause.
Topeka Ottawa mayor Richard Jackson will join groups to publicize a Kansas poverty report. He chairs the Kansas Association of Community Action Programs and will hold a 10:30 a.m. press conference in the Old Supreme Court chambers at the state Capitol. The report draws from 50 Dialogue in Poverty meetings on housing hunger wages and family issues.
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