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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 2001
Page
7
Tonight remains mostly clear early then turns partly cloudy after midnight. Low around 12 with Saturday cloudy turning partly sunny later. High near 28. Wind light southeast 5 to 10 mph. See Page 2 for more weather details and other sections listed.
Ottawa's SB 216, a bill allowing a 1/10 cent sales tax for a new sewage treatment plant, passed the Senate 39 to 0 as a clean bill. It moves to the House Taxation Committee next, with Gov. Bill Graves to sign if approved.
Ottawa community arts council hosts the third annual Jazz Coffee House at the Carnegie Cultural Center from four to eight PM Saturday. Eugene Smiley Sr. and Eugene Jr. join Ottawa artists Brody Buster and Janet Buster with Steve Strickland and L C Houston. Open mike periods welcome local musicians and poets. Event is free with food sales supporting OCAC.
Franklin County planning and zoning director Bonnie Johnson has resigned after two weeks in the role. She began Feb. 1 and will end Feb. 28, citing a preference for long-range planning over current duties. Johnson plans to teach at the University of Kansas in the fall. County commissioners will discuss filling the post at their next meeting.
Parsons Fire Chief Tim Hay stressed the need for preparedness after detailing Parsons F3 tornado damage on April 19. He described 100 homes and 1,000 structures hit, millions in losses, 27 injuries, and no fatalities while noting communication losses and missing street signs requiring landmarks for searches.
A group of Kansas senators unveiled SB on a plan to raise the statewide sales tax from 4.9 to 5.1 percent over three years to fund public schools. The package would boost base aid per pupil to 3,910 in 2002 and 4,090 in 2004, with special education funded at 96 percent in 2003 and 2004. The proposal, led by Senators Wratil Umbarger Downey and Oleen, anticipates $79.2 million in 2003 and $82.2 million in 2004 in new revenues.
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