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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 2003
Page
2
Progress Edition analyzes Franklin County 2000 population growth of 12.7 percent to 24 784 and profiles residents as traditional Kansans adapting to urbanizing change. It notes home ownership, median values, age, education, employment, taxes, and evolving culture while stressing measured progress and community character.
Kristen McFarland from Princeton criticizes the Ottawa paper for placing a Valentine's Day study about head-turning during kissing on the front page amid killings, abductions, and war. She urges prioritizing pressing issues like cloning or public opinion on war.
The piece notes upbeat 2003 crop expectations with claims of a record 9 billion bushels of corn and higher projected wheat and beans. It cites the Agriculture Department and economist Keith Collins while referencing drought, heat, and low prices affecting farmers. Clif Clarridge from Baldwin City comments.
Rand y Vance Bill Wright Peg McFadden and Tony Delatorre explain the Ottawa Kansas recreation system in joint commission form shared by the City of Ottawa and USD 290. The article outlines state law on property gifts funding and debt for facilities, noting the city must hold a debt election for general obligation bonds and that revenue sources hinge on tax bases.
Community Viewpoints argue the school district should fund recreation and explain that using a larger tax base lowers individual costs. The city would own the debt and lease to the ORC, with 60 percent of costs covered by the current mill and the rest from ORC revenues. USD 290 taxes fund all recreation revenues and no state aid is relied on. On April 1 residents decide. Randy Vance and others of the Ottawa Recreation Commission outline roles.
Harris News Service reports Rep. Larry Powell backs exporting prairie dogs amid a bill to keep them off the endangered list. Meade County rancher sales to Texas for Japan pets cited. Powell opposes, citing habitat damage concerns. bill advances to House floor. Also covered Older Kansans events and a school mascot discussion led by Skyline’s A C Boland with Decker’s quip.
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