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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1998
Page
7
The Ottawa High wrestling team claims its first league title in 32 years with a solid performance at the Huron meet Saturday in Atchison. See page 7.
Cloudy Tuesday with a 40 percent chance of light rain and a high in the lower 40s. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. For more weather information see page 2.
Willie Nelson performed at Golden Eagle Casino in Horton Kansas to launch the 24 hour Outlaw Music Channel a new tele vision network for country music and Native American heritage. The Nashville based service will show Nelsons vintage 60s and 70s shows and add rising stars. The Kickapoo tribe provided startup funds from casino proceeds.
Roxanne Mettenburg of Princeton received the Kansas Wildlife Federation Water Conservationist of the Year award at the 33rd Conserva tion Achievement Program on February 7. The Ottawa based NCCC instructor led a Franklin County water quality project with students from NCCC and four area high schools, collecting monthly stream samples and conducting lab analyses for temperature, conductivity, dissolved solids, ammonia, chlorine, nitrates, phosphorus, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, coliforms, and atrazine, aided by a 1995 Franklin County Conservation District grant and completed in 1997.
Iowa Wesleyan College had planned to award an honorary business degree to Cambodian tycoon Teng Bunma, a Hun Sen adviser long suspected of cocaine trafficking. After Bunma faced U.S. visa denials over the drug allegations, the college withdrew the honor and the item was published as a News of the Weird note.
Carolyn and Richard Grimm of Pelican Ridge Wellsville received an award from the National Association of the Remodeling Industry after remodeling their 102 year old home on Pawnee Road. The couple began upstairs bath remodeling, added a steam shower and whirlpool, and preserved 100 years of foot traffic with rustic floors. Carolyn used Country Living magazine ideas since 1984 to guide builders led by Greg Heiman, while a 1912 stove provides natural gas or wood cooking options.
A 21 year old Baldwin man, Buckner, died in a head on collision on US-59 near here early Saturday. Diana Moore was pinned and later listed in stable condition at St Luke's Hospital. A second crash on Stafford Road left Kevin Masters in intensive care. Authorities note fog may have influenced conditions.
Washington officials push toward a possible military strike against Iraq, demanding full, unrestricted U.N. weapons inspections. U.N. inspector Butler considers special access to eight palaces, while Clinton aides Sanders Berger and Albright advocate firm stance to prevent Saddam Hussein from hiding WMD. Clinton to address Pentagon town hall. Biden cites new international logistics backing, though Russia China and France oppose action.
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