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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1997
Page
6
A home crowd helped Ottawa High wrestling team earn five berths to state at a Class 4A regional on Saturday. Local coverage notes the push from supporters and lists the regional outcome, with weather details predicting cloudy skies and a mid 40s high on Tuesday.
Ottawa Board of Education will hear attorney Bob Bezek’s opinion at a 7 pm meeting at the district office Fourth and Walnut. The session will consider demolition plans tied to a local bond issue, plus a resignation, a request to join an out-of-state choir competition, and an executive session on personnel matters for non-elected staff.
Deng Xiaoping was cremated at a cemetery for revolutionary leaders. A memorial service is planned for Tuesday with 10,000 Communist elite. More than 100,000 people crowded a main thoroughfare to glimpse the motorcade. Jiang Zemin bowing rites attended by Chinese leaders at the General Hospital of the PLA. State TV showed Deng on a bier draped in the red flag as honor guards moved the hearse and bier to the funeral procession.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reported no immediate progress on Chinese rights issues and voiced concern over Beijing's missile and weapons technology. She noted a difference remained after meetings with Chinese leaders and warned the US and Europe may back a resolution criticizing China if dissidents are not eased.
In New York AP reports scientists have cloned an adult mammal for the first time, producing a lamb named Dolly from a six year old ewe. The breakthrough shows mature body cells can regenerate an entire animal and may enable genetic modification in livestock, though experts say human cloning would be unethical.
About 40 supporters and opponents urged Senate Transportation and Tourism Committee as deadlines loom. SB 278 would place the 50 mile Prairie Spirit Trail into the state park system, while SBs 293 and 294 would freeze later construction and keep the trail out of the park system until at least July 2000. Ottawa to Richmond work is slated to start this spring with Welda to Garnett already finished. Committee chair Ben Vidricksen warned action may not come before the end of the week, as House action remains uncertain. Opponents outnumbered supporters, and landowner rights issues were raised. See TRAIL page 3.
Franklin County Ambulance station at 14th and Cedar requires a fourth parking stall. An expansion to the west would cost about 160000 dollars. Ambulance director Ted McCurdy notes runs rise about 8 percent yearly, totaling 2138 in 1996, with the department storing a fourth ambulance at Ottawa Fire Department.
Habitat for Humanity honored for planting local housing seed s. Winston Slider, executive director of Kansas City Habitat for Humanity, spoke at Ottawa University for the second annual Franklin County Habitat for Humanity banquet. He shared experiences from the international program and urged action in community housing efforts. The group highlighted a completed house at Second and Willow for the Ghazi Abeba Habtemichael family, underscoring Franklin County's commitment to eliminating inadequate housing.
Franklin County Habitat for Humanity named Wyndee Lee the moving spirit behind the local group at its second annual banquet. Herman Vandersdale credited her tireless work and urged community participation, while Lee emphasized teamwork and effort from all volunteers.
Voters will choose Ottawa city commissioners and school board, with multiple yes votes for three or fewer seats. Precinct locations include Jesseyan Church, Faith Lutheran, and the courthouse basement. District 4 and 6 townships in Appanoose and surrounding areas vote at designated township halls and community buildings.
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