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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 2000
Page
8
Ottawa High boys broke a losing streak with a dominant 86 point win over K C Christian. The upset boosted team morale as they showcased strong offense and defense, with key scoring runs sparked by the starting lineup.
Tonight will be clearing and cold with a low around 15 to 20 degrees and light variable winds. Saturday brings warmer, mostly sunny skies with a high near the upper 40s and southwest winds of 10 to 15 mph. For more weather details, see page 2A.
Kansans debate expanding background checks for home health workers to protect the vulnerable. The measure would add attempts and conspiracy to listed crimes, allow unedited criminal histories, and require faster agency responses. Officials note cost, interstate records, and privacy concerns as key factors.
A Garnett man, Douglas Arthur Carr Jr., 40, faced a nine count criminal complaint in Franklin County District Court after allegedly trying to run down Econo Lodge employee Robert Jamison and damaging vehicles at 2331 S Cedar. Witnesses described Carr driving into Jamison’s VW and breaking a window before fleeing to a grassy area behind an Amoco station.
Kansas Senate committee reviews a bill banning MTBE from gasoline amid groundwater concerns. proposed penalties reach up to 10,000 dollars daily for sellers. KDHE notes local MTBE levels mostly low, cites La Crosse incident. bill advocates say groundwater protection and ethanol growth. Skeptics warn timing premature for state economy and storage changes.
Independence resident Jeff Borman, paroled killer who won a 3.9 million dollar Missouri Lottery jackpot last June, faces a civil suit by Attorney General Jay Nixon to recover costs Missouri incurred during his 20 years in prison. Borman pleaded guilty to two counts of second degree murder for the 1971 killings near Mountain View.
About 600 students from nearly 60 Kansas schools rallied outside the Capitol urging legislators to divert the state's share of the national tobacco settlement to smoking prevention programs. They noted more than 1.7 billion dollars could flow to the state over 25 years and pressed for anti tobacco initiatives over other uses.
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