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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 2002
Page
8
Partly sunny today with a high near 46. Tonight remains partly cloudy and cool with a low around 22. Sunday turns cold and mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 30s, and Sunday night sees cloudy skies with lows near 20. Monday brings partly sunny skies and a slight warmup.
The Old Depot Museum in Tecumseh hosts a first time holiday fundraiser selling handmade wreaths in a silent auction to benefit the museum. Wreaths were donated by locals and businesses and can be viewed in the Traveling Exhibits room. Bids close at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Gov Graves rounds of allotments spared Kansas schools from cuts though KSDE reports two appropriations are underfunded. Franklin County districts may lose up to 244,466 with Wellsville Ottawa and Central Heights showing notable gaps. Contingencies and enrollment fees may bridge this year though next year remains uncertain.
Westar Energy Inc. said on Friday executive vice president Douglas T. Lake is on indefinite administrative leave and has resigned from Westar's board. Lake also quit as Protection One Inc. board chairman, while Westar holds 88 percent of that security firm. The company gave no reason for the leave or resignations, coming two weeks after David Wittig's exit as Westar chairman, president and CEO. A lawyer for industrial electricity users called the statement vague.
The unemployment rate rose to 6 percent in November, matching an eight-year high from last April as 40,000 jobs were cut. Analysts warned the economy may still threaten President Bush’s re election prospects amid a shake up in economic team discussions.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office reports no suspects in the 1973 killings of Hazel Avery, 53, her son Steven Avery, 22, and Gary Longfellow, 23, found aboard a Kingman Road car. DNA testing planned via the Kansas Bureau of Investigation faces backlog delays. investigators urge new information.
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