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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1986
Page
4
Dresher outlined a phased project to widen South Main with new sidewalks, utility reconnections, two wheelchair ramps per intersection, and regraded terraces. Residents may donate a five foot temporary construction easement through July 1, 1987 and can seek just compensation or condemnation if needed.
Kansas regulators approved part of Kansas Gas and Electric Co. tax credit amortization over eight years instead of 30, reducing annual revenues needed by about 8.7 million to sustain the 1.18 dollar per share dividend. The decision on the rest awaits a Wolf Creek rate order appeal ruling from the state Supreme Court, expected late this year.
Shelly Welch, 25, nursing instructor, captured the American leg of the Shrove Tuesday pancake race in Liberal Kansas with a 66.4 second run over 415 yards. Elizabeth Bartlett of Britain finished in 65 seconds in Olney England, marking the fourth straight year of British victory. The event, tied to Pancake Day and Shrove Tuesday, celebrates tradition dating back to 1445 with racers carrying a pancake in a skillet and flipping it at the start and end. The Liberal weather turn the day into the coldest Pancake Day on record with wind chills to 15 degrees below zero.
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