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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1999
Page
1
Quotations for Friday after noon at the Ottawa Co op list hard wheat at 2.33, corn at 1.58, milo at 2.59, soybeans at 4.23. Franklin County Consolidated Farm Services posted grain prices with wheat 2.25, corn 1.57, milo 2.40, soybeans 4.25.
Kansas State University geology professor Monica Clement seeks funding for tests to prove diamonds lie in kimberlite rocks beneath Riley County prairies. She cites shallow crater sites near Winkler and Stockdale kimberlite near Tuttle Creek Reservoir as possible clues to ancient, deep mantle rocks surfacing.
Denzel Edward McKinney 88 died August 28 1999 at Medicalodge Kinsley. Funeral at Lewis United Methodist Church. Survived by wife Lethe Pratt, children Trena Wilson Robert Theron, sister Cleo Cearley and others. Burial Wayne Cemetery Lewis. Lavon Davis Page Tulsa died August 28 1999 in Tulsa. Graveside services in Springfield Missouri. Survived by niece Bonnie Slavens Hart and great nieces and nephews.
Ad briefs announce an appreciation sale 25 percent off Aug 25–31 at Miss Judi's 129 S Main. Enter to win $1000 weekly via Sacred Heart quarterback club tickets at O'Leary's G Willikers or by calling 242-3580. Recycling buys aluminum cans at 25 cents per pound. Litwin's new hours daily 9 to 5:30 closed Sundays. Nails by Ginger moved to 407 S Main call 242-7195. Cornerstone Bookstore new books by Morris Pella Clairmont at 217 S Main call 242-2112.
National Archives drawings span 200 years, from Lincoln Memorial 1910 to Gatling gun design 1865. Exhibit at Eisenhower Presidential Library through December features Brooklyn Bridge plans, sewing machine patent, 1939 Jefferson Memorial drawings, and a 1958 49-star flag design by a schoolboy.
In Kansas City, three sax players, three fans, and a relative gathered at Lincoln Cemetery to honor Charlie Parker who died in 1955. Parker would have turned 79 on Sunday. The Parker Memorial Foundation chair lamented the lack of city recognition for his birth and death anniversaries while peers praised Bird as a spiritual influence.
Partly cloudy conditions expected as the coast faces rough seas from the storm Dennis offshore. Coastal erosion and beaching risk noted for Virginia and North Carolina while the Midwest remains cool and dry. Temperature readings inconsistent with 1984 data but indicate a warm midday period.
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