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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 2005
Page
1
Franklin County, under its new administrator Ron Henrickson, approves a revised 2008 budget totaling 21.3 million, up 14 percent from last year and adding a contingency fund. The plan keeps the tax rate at 58.214 mills, slightly below this year’s 58.250 mills, passing 4 to 1.
Dan Forrest, a rural Ottawa resident on leave from Bob Jones University, won the John Ness Beck first place award in a national contest, earning 5000 dollars for his 2003 choral anthem The King of Love My Shepherd Is published by Beckenhorst Press in 2004. Forrest pursues a KU doctorate while praised by Erin Curtis-Dierks of KU Fine Arts.
Rain and thunderstorm risk continues in Franklin and Anderson counties with potential heavy rain and winds tonight. National Weather Service forecasters warn of a flood watch through 6 p.m. as Marais des Cygnes river rises to 19.4 feet, well below flood stage, with few road closures reported.
AP Ipsos poll finds nearly 9 of 10 Americans say war opponents may voice objections to the Iraq conflict. The survey notes wide, though imperfect, consensus across party lines on free speech rights amid the war debate near President Bush's Texas ranch and the Cindy Sheehan protests.
Health advocates applaud voluntary guidelines on in school beverages while a Kansas State marketing expert suspects the moves are a pre emptive effort by soft drink makers to stay present in schools. Ottawa schools already favor water juice and sports drinks with limited soda access.
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