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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1999
Page
6
A fragmented weather note cites a low of 25 to 30 with a north wind 6 to 20 mph, and Friday mostly sunny with a high near 45 and east wind 5 to 15 mph. It mentions to see page 2 for more weather and references classifieds and editorials.
Ottawa's Kanza Park hosts a Christmas luminaria walk Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. with 1500 lights and 17 choir groups including Girl Scouts Nazarene and Trinity churches and Ottawa High School. Santa will appear, cider will be served, and volunteers continue the annual event begun in 1990.
Campaign chair Steven Harris reported nearly 85 000 raised as advance pledges total 14 549 and fair share pledges 63 531 plus 945 from small businesses and 5 447 from households toward a 165 000 goal. He urged continued community support as drive winds down in the coming days.
In Topeka a woman kicked in a home door and fired many shots killing Marvin Peters III 21. Barbara Lindsey 19 and Melissa Picket 23 were wounded. Police Lt. Jerry Young said the victims knew the suspect, motive undetermined, and officers search for the shooter who fled the scene.
First Federal Lincoln Bank filed a mortgage foreclosure petition in Johnson County District Court against Leslie Edwin Snell, president of Monticello University. The bank seeks court permission to sell Snell's home at a sheriff's auction.
Two thirds of Kansas public districts lost students this year while a virtual charter school boosted Basehor Linwood in Leavenworth County with a 14.5 percent rise. Of 1,042 students, 308 take classes by computer from across the state, and the superintendent predicts this will double next year amid calls for new approaches to declining enrollments.
Kansas State Board of Education grapples with declining enrollments in two thirds of districts. Unaudited Sept 20 counts show 190 of 304 districts losing students, with 202 fewer when compared to last year’s audited numbers. State totals hover near 449,500 full time equivalents as birth rates and jobs shape shifts.
Pendleton highlights that schools are the state's greatest asset and argues enrollment growth is key to supporting them. He frames education as a way of living worth protecting as communities measure impact across districts and programs on page 3.
Kansas Department of Corrections will overhaul how it tracks 5500 parolees starting January 1 after a legislative report urged tighter supervision. Supervisors will conduct 24 annual reviews, warrants issued faster if parolees miss checks, and a clarified grid ties misbehavior to specific sanctions including drug treatment or revocation.
A three month old Ottawa girl Aryka Finch has improved to fair condition at Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City following a Nov 28 wreck that killed her parents. Codie Prochaska, 19, Ottawa, remains in fair condition at KU Medical Center. The crash near Ottawa on US-59 also killed Eric J. Finch and Stacy M. Meckel. Investigators await lab results from two drivers as the cause remains under review.
Rep Ralph Tanner announces re election bid as he nears six years in the statehouse. As House education chair he says the next session will be busy with education funding promises and a new schools initiative with Kent Glasscock, with filing to begin after adjournment.
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