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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1996
Page
8
A ribbon cutting and open house at Victorian Corner, 1127 N Main, Ottawa, starts at 4 30 p m Friday. Owner Pat Catuska highlights designer gifts, original paintings, Victorian dolls and jellies. The former bait shop now houses a boutique open 10 a m to 5 p m Monday through Saturday.
Franklin County commissioners heard Doug Combes from the Ottawa post office request upgrading a half mile of Riley Road northeast of Ottawa from minimum to maximum maintenance to support planned mail route changes next year. Some rural residents may need to relocate mailbox sides with routes expanding to four full Ottawa routes and one for Rantoul. End of year deadline to switch from rural routes to new road names warned to avoid undeliverable mail.
Inez Wimsett, 94, is hospitalized after a car struck her and her granddaughter in Joplin. The driver fled, with police pausing over possible leads about the vehicle. Wimsett, a Carterville resident, notes her independence despite the injury and hopes the driver is found and held responsible.
The autopsy of 16 year old Jeremia Bashline shows he remained holding his pistol after falling and before police restrained him. He had marijuana use and a blood alcohol level of 0.133 percent. Bashline was shot ten times by officers with 9 mm pistols and hit seven times by a shotgun blast, dying after a chase and a request to be shot.
Front page note shows area stores promoting seasonal gifts at Christmas. Ton Fantz of a furniture shop highlights sofas and bedroom suites as big-ticket items. Other retailers like On Cue and Heltons emphasize gifts, Hallmark keepsakes, dreamcicle angels, and Hallmark cards as popular choices. Ottawa Area Chamber president Lou Atherton cites strong holiday shopping momentum and a 273-member chamber with about 90 retailers.
Hall explained that more than one mobile home on 10 acres creates a mobile home park with its own rules. Builders may need to plat and get approval for multiple homes on 10 acres. About 60 residents attended the Princeton Community Building hearing on November 25, with many supporting zoning education and clarifications.
Ed Forman of the Best Western Candlelight Inn fears a rule requiring smoking bans or vented smoking rooms could push him to convert all 100 rooms to non smoking. Kansas restaurant and hotel owners oppose, arguing lost customers and potential fines up to 110000. OSHA and health officials defend the proposed changes as protecting workers’ health.
Partly cloudy tonight then clearing with a low in the mid 20s and west wind 5 to 15 mph. Friday brings a chance of rain in the east with lows in the 20s west and 30s east and highs in the 40s west to 50s southeast. Saturday and Sunday expect little or no precipitation with lows in the teens west and 20s east and highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. A bright note, sunny to partly cloudy conditions continue through the weekend.
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