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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1999
Page
8
Ottawa High wrestlers host a dual-meet tournament Saturday with action expected across several weight classes. Coaches emphasize teamwork and competitive effort as the event showcases local talent and team depth.
A 20 percent chance of light snow early tonight followed by partial cloudiness after midnight with lows in the 20s. Saturday brings partial clouds and a high in the 40s. For more weather, see page 2A.
The edition lists obituaries and sports items with brief notices. It notes community figures and local teams, offering concise summaries of events, scores, and standings from recent games and memorial notices for residents.
A total of 240 Franklin County families signed up for ECKAN Christmas Bureau assistance this year. The agency asks companies churches service clubs families and individuals to sponsor those in need during the holidays and to donate toys for children seven and older or cash to buy toys and food. Toys and food will be distributed 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church Ottawa. Drop-off by 10 a.m. Monday at the ECKAN central office 602 S Maple Ottawa KS 66067. For more information call 242-7450.
Kansas City area metropolitan statistics show Lawrence rising to 93,137 residents in 1998 from 91,107 in 1997, a 2.2 percent increase. Wichita grows to 544,343, up 11,134 people, a 2.1 percent rise, while Topeka holds at 165,348 after a slight uptick. Overland Park, Kan., with 140,000+, is part of Kansas City's MSA.
A federal jury in Tulsa is not expected to reach a verdict this week in the civil suit against Koch Industries. The four men and four women jurors told Judge Terry Kern they anticipate deliberations extending into next week. The whistleblower case seeks 445000 to the government for 31000 alleged falsely adjusted oil claim measurements from 1985 to 1989, with potential penalties totaling 285 million if found liable.
Kevin Shaw, a Franklin County Mental Health Clinic associate director and Emporia native, tops European charts with Flatbusted and is named New Male Vocalist of the Year at the 1999 Independent Artist Tracker Awards in Nashville. He performs with the Tough Guys Band at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, joined by cousin Shane Paul opening. tickets $10, under-5 admitted free. The band includes Mark Paquette, Mark Simpson, and members from the Kansas City area.
Loretta Camp’s advanced art students transformed a plain wall at the Career-Technical Educational Cooperative into a bright mural featuring Peter Cottontail, Hey diddle diddle, Puss in Boots, Humpty Dumpty and other nursery rhyme icons. Kari Jones and Scott Harrison led the project, praised by Jenny Martens for expanding student art exposure to Neosho County Community College spaces next month.
The Franklin County Planning Commission plans to reconvene January 20 after voting to table zoning for Cutler and Pottawatomie townships due to three absences. A September zoning repeal followed a lawsuit over improper notices to Lane and Rantoul. Only about 30 people attended the Thursday hearing.
Farmers and ranchers across four Kansas towns urged tighter antitrust enforcement during the final hearing of a rural listening tour. Speakers cited monopolies in meatpacking, captive suppliers, and low farm prices, calling for policy action, a merger moratorium, and better state support to sustain independent family farms.
Three weeks after a fatal Nov. 28 crash that killed Stacie Meckel and Eric Finch, 4 month old Aryka Finch remained in fair condition at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. A roadside memorial cross was placed about 3 1/2 miles north of Ottawa at the crash site. Passengers Codie Prochaska, once hospitalized at KU Medical Center, was released Dec. 10. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Meckel crossed the center line into a U Haul. No new information has emerged and a trooper will train in law enforcement through February.
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