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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1985
Page
6
A Kansas Capitol hearing on Wednesday centered on State Home school policy. Lawmakers and observers debated funding and oversight as sponsors pressed for changes while committee members weighed implications for families and curricula.
Ottawa University travels to Dodge City for an evening of basketball that ends in disappointment. Kansas State and Kansas City contest referenced with ongoing frustrations as KU keeps rolling in the Big Eight.
President Reagan urged tax simplification as part of a Second American Revolution but faces skeptical Congress focused on deficit reduction. He backs a flat rate with home mortgage deduction, aiming for a 35 percent top rate and broader growth while defense and domestic cuts loom.
Gov. John Carlin’s FACTS program to aid distressed Kansas farmers advances as Senate Agriculture Committee schedules hearings for the week of February 18. The plan would create an Agriculture Department led program offering farm management legal and financial assistance with a sunset date of June 20, 1987.
Ottawa City Commission approves a C 2 to K 2 rezoning on 1550 S Cedar for a 42 unit elderly apartment complex sponsored by ECEAN Mid America Council on Aging and National Church Residents of Columbus Ohio. The decision follows a petition by area residents and a four fifths vote with one dissent.
The National Weather Service reports at the Ottawa Water Plant a low of 18 degrees below zero and a high of 24. County forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, very cold tonight with lows from zero to 5 below, and continued partly cloudy conditions Friday with mid to upper 20s highs.
In Kansas the Senate debates two bills on financing and licensing asbestos removal in public buildings. Local governments could issue bonds to fund removal with potential petitions triggering elections. KDHE would license contractors and certify workers, aiming to protect districts and assure qualified firms amid rising demand.
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