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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1999
Page
7
Franklin County Sheriff probes a Dec 13 to 21 burglary at American Cyanamid Co storage shed on Clark Road. Stolen: several hand tools and misc items. Call Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-888-311-TIPS for rewards up to 1000 dollars. anonymity guaranteed.
Amanda McCay of Williamsburg will perform with the University of Arkansas Razorback Marching Band at the Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Saturday. The band will also march in the Cotton Bowl parade on New Year’s Eve. McCay is a sophomore at Arkansas. The game features the Razorbacks and Longhorns.
More than 270 Washburn University students participated in fall graduation exercises on December 17 in Lee Arena. Nursing School graduates were recognized in a separate awards ceremony. Names include Jennifer L. Slagle Garnett magna cum laude in criminal justice and Dawn Renee Pearson Osage City who earned an MBA in general business.
At the Wednesday meeting Kevin Jones Franklin County Director of Information Technologies reported an accurate computer and software inventory has been created to guide replacements in 2001 and budget planning. Commissioner Tom Weigand urged gradual upgrades to avoid raising the mill levy beyond its current peak. The 2000 mill levy set at 53 mills up 3.1 from this year and Sheriff Rex Bowling asked to carry four vacation days into 2000 for deputies due to Y2K. Chairman Don Waymire noted an exception to county policy.
Three Ottawa teens Michael Bass Stephen Levins and Brent Randel all 15 were arrested for skating on downtown sidewalks under a new city policy enforcement. They were booked into Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center then released to parents as police pursue sidewalk skating violations. Randel criticized the law though others support tighter enforcement after damage to a veterans memorial cornerstone.
Readers should check Friday's Ottawa Herald for the weekly Channels television guide rather than Saturday. The Saturday issue will be a special commemorative edition for January 1, 2000.
Shawnee County undersheriff William Huffmier faces a single felony charge of making a threat to a prosecution witness in Sheriff Dave Meneley’s case. Huffmier was arrested and released on bond after district court filing by DA Joan Hamilton. Metz, a narcotics detective, reported intimidation during a meeting at the undersheriff’s office.
Kansas horseman’s group is blamed for failing to repair fences along the Osawatomie to Herington trail. Local landowners fear tax liens and consider legal action after back taxes and lack of bonds. County officials vow inspection and possible legal remedies if debts remain unpaid.
George Harrison and wife Olivia detained an intruder at their Friar Park estate near Henley after a break in. The suspect was treated for minor injuries and held by police. Paul McCartney expressed shock while Sir George Martin suggested a burglary gone wrong. Harrison had faced throat cancer in 1998.
The sheriff's news item lists arrests in Ottawa and surrounding areas including Casey Ann Porter of Richmond for driving on a suspended license, Victoria Edwards on warrants for worthless checks, Becki King for DUI and hit and run, with bonds set. It also notes stamps recovered near Wellsville possibly tied to a Bucyrus burglary, a domestic battery arrest in Ottawa, a juvenile battery and alcohol offense, a battery victim at City Park, vandalism to a Ford Aerostar, and several fire and medical calls in local townships with times and locations.
Lee Haislip, a black man sentenced to life for killing Wichita police officer Paul Garofalo in 1980, died in prison of liver cancer at 49. He denied innocence to the end. Garofalo was shot outside Chicken Shack disco club. Mullikin was wounded. Haislip’s cases spanned multiple trials and retrials through 1984.
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