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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 2003
Page
7
The forecast notes cloudy skies tonight with a chance of light snow and subfreezing lows around mid 20s. Thursday brings cold brisk conditions with a similar chance of light snow and highs in the mid 20s. Thursday night will be partly cloudy with lows in the low teens.
Neosho County Community College eyes building additions at the Ottawa campus as enrollment nears 860 with 350 full time. President Mark Eldridge notes a lease purchase move is planned, with ownership to be restructured via the endowment in Chanute to allow expansion of medical and technology programs. The city clerk Scott Bird says the deal will finalize in early summer and that lease payments of 108000 annually have supported the campus for 12 years.
Havens Steel of Ottawa produced 16 special 3-inch-thick crackproof bridge plates weighing 8.5 tons to repair the Paseo Bridge in Kansas City after MoDOT closed it due to cracked plates. The plates, some 10 feet long, were cut and drilled by machinists using computer controlled machines. Crews worked through the night and by Sunday morning the bridge deck received the plates, allowing the bridge to reopen for I-35 and I-29 traffic between Kansas City and North Kansas City.
In a tribute at NASA's Space Center Houston President Bush called the Columbia astronauts pioneers driven by a "desire written in the human heart." He pledged that America's space program will continue as Navy Band members led the crowd and a missing man flyover concluded the service.
Franklin County Children's Coalition launches FranklinCountyChildrensCoalition.org to centralize contact points and resources for children’s agencies parents and kids. The site lists local school districts social services juvenile courts health care child care development services and links to state and national child agencies. Meetings every third Wednesday noon to 1 at Ottawa SRS Conference Room called for involvement.
RMH and AMH representatives report many residents delay or refuse care due to cost and confusion over insurance and Medicare. New five option payment plan offers 30, 90 day terms, up to nine month plans with 1 percent monthly service charge, and a Bank Loan Program for balances over 300 dollars with a minimum 12 month term.
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