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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 2003
Page
8
VFW Post 5901 and its Ladies Auxiliary plan a 57th anniversary celebration with a 6 p.m. covered dish supper before the meeting. Meat provided. members bring dishes.
The Franklin County Sheriff's report says Timothy Walsh drove an ATV with passenger David Williams on Indiana Road. Walsh, traveling about 40 mph, lost control, the vehicle rolled, striking Walsh on a tree stump and ejecting both men into a fence line. Walsh was unconscious and sent to KU Medical Center after RMH treatment. Williams was treated and released at RMH.
The bad economy cuts into a major fund raising drive for 10,000 Girl Scouts in five Wichita area counties. With only a week left, local sales trail the 782,000 box goal by about 121,000 boxes after a $40,000 United Way loss. Ann Sanders notes this is the worst showing in years.
Friday admissions include Ruby Huss and Vivian Norton among others with discharges noted. Saturday arrivals The Ottawa and Pomona areas appear in multiple entries. Bookings include Curtis Sand and Leslie Barrett with several others, plus arrests for probation violations and domestic and drug charges. Police and sheriff reports cover thefts, vandalism, burglaries, and a long list of traffic accidents caused by snowy roads, with multiple injuries not specified.
A Sunday blizzard dumped six to fifteen inches across much of Kansas, with Wichita reporting just over ten inches. Roads were icy and partly snow packed, hundreds of accidents occurred, and three deaths were blamed on the weather. Schools and many businesses closed Monday while Western to central areas expected more snowfall and wind chill advisories remained in effect.
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