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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1999
Page
7
Ottawa Library showcases local history from America, Kansas, and Franklin County in a video segment visible in Library Line on page 5. The feature highlights regional stories and historical notes for residents and researchers.
Outside tonight expect gradual clearing after midnight with a low near 30. Sunday will be mild and partly cloudy with a high around 50. Monday brings a chance of rain with a low around 30 to 35 and a high in the 40s. See Page 2 for details.
A traveling exhibit titled Kansas and the New Manifest Destiny: The Spanish‑American War and its Aftermath opens at the Old Depot Museum through January 23. Historic photos graphics and newspaper articles trace the war dubbed the splendid little war and its lasting impact. Admission is 2 for adults. students and children free. The Ottawa Board of Education schedules a public ADA report hearing at 4 30 p.m. Monday and a 6 30 p.m. board meeting at Ottawa Middle School. The West Franklin Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. Monday at the Pomona education center with talks on school event smoking and recreation commission appointments. Lebo Waverly board meets at 5 p.m. Monday in Waverly to discuss a building project update and policy revisions.
The Central Heights Board of Education seeks applications to fill a board seat after Donna Jones resigned in October. The appointee must be from the Lane area and will serve until 2001. Send a letter of interest with a brief summary to Patty Sobba at 3521 Ellis Road Richmond KS 66080. Call 785-869-6455 for questions.
The city of Wichita filed a Shawnee County District Court petition challenging the Kansas Corporation Commission’s approval of Western Resources and Kansas City Power & Light merger as Westar Energy. It argues the KCC abdicated regulatory duty by ordering a four year rate freeze tied to the merger and asks the court to order the KCC to reopen the case.
Ottawa Police Captain Charlie Bowling, retiring after 31 years, and his brother Rex Bowling, the county sheriff wrapping up 30 years, are among Kansas' longest serving law enforcement veterans. The pair reflects on decades of teamwork across city and county agencies and their unlikely path into policing.
Topeka Kansas House leaders Glasscock and Tanner back a pilot school voucher program, a shift for Glasscock who long opposed vouchers. Support from voucher advocate Kay O Connor credits the move as a major step forward in expanding parental choice amid ongoing education reform efforts.
Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, who led Croatia to independence but drew fire for nationalist policies, has died at 77 after hospital treatment since November 1. He had surgery and was treated in Zagreb and Washington for various illnesses and faced controversy over his democracy and minority policies.
In Dallas AP report Judge A Joe Fish delays government food safety measures by allowing a meat packing plant supplying 15 percent of school lunch ground beef to continue operating after salmonella contamination. The order keeps inspectors and testing until trial resolves the challenge to USDA authority.
Gov Bill Graves scrapped the Rainbow Mental Health Facility and Larned State Hospital children unit closings, ordering a task force to study the idea and urging lawmakers to maintain current funding for FY2001. SRS had planned to close Rainbow by May 1 and the children's unit by Sept 1, drawing parents concerns.
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