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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 2009
Page
7
Tonight Tuesday mostly clear with highs near 89 and lows around 68. SE winds 10 to 15 mph and a 20 percent chance of a thunderstorm.
Kansas Highway Patrol provides Tonight Tuesday hotline numbers 800 585 7623 and 511 plus online access at 511 ksdot org for current road conditions and updates.
Jeremy A. Turner, 16, of Quenemo was treated and released after a one vehicle wreck on Berryton Road north of Waverly. His pickup drifted into a ditch about 12:25 a.m. Saturday and he was transported to Ransom Memorial Hospital with possible injuries.
The University of Kansas urges students with swine flu to stay home until their temperature remains normal for 24 hours. KU, with 32 confirmed cases, asks its 27,000 students to limit dorm contact. Spokesman Todd Cohen says roommates of ill students will be moved and meals delivered.
Maize High School officials report students engaging in grinding at dances and enforce a no grinding rule with reminders and expulsions from music. Attendance dropped at winter homecoming as students protested by walking out. Salina Central High School sees protests to a policy requiring appropriate personal space with limited dance participation. Wichita and other districts report chaperones busier as staff urge students to keep proper distance and treat dances like school events.
Mabel Gilliland recalls Union Mercantile on Centropolis main street, closed in 1988 due to delivery problems. The building now stores Gilliland Oil and Tire across from Bowman's brother Gene Gilliland, while Bud, her husband, remembers candy for a penny. Tom Smith, known for generosity, remains fondly recalled by local children. Contact Jenalea Myers at jmyers@ottawa herald.com.
Centropolis, birthplace of Franklin County settlement with Lane, saw Gilliland Oil and Tire endure since 1926 while Farmers Union Mercantile closed in the 1980s. The town is noted as the first in the county, per Franklin County History by the Historical Society and Ottawa Library Friends.
Centropolis area residents are served by the Centropolis Township Board with Eugene Gilliland as trustee Rex Montague as clerk and Charles Homer as treasurer The board represents the locality in lieu of a city council and handles local governance matters for the township.
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