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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 2001
Page
9
Neosho County Community College and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks offer a free boating safety instructor-training course from 8:30 a.m. to noon March 10 in the Ottawa campus auditorium. The program covers standards, teaching skills, lesson planning and course setup. Call 242-2067 or 800-729-6222 ext 788 or 789 for enrollment.
Ottawa athlete Charles Crawford heads to Anchorage Alaska to join more than 2,000 competitors from 80 nations at the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games. He is one of six Kansas athletes representing Team USA in cross country skiing with daily results at www.2001worldgames.org.
Robbie Maldonado 22 of Williamsburg arrested for domestic battery at 7 05 p m bond 750. Terry Farrar 42 Pomona held on warrant for civil contempt bond 250. Thefts include tools stolen Jan 29 to Feb 1 in Rantoul value 500. Other arrests in Kathryn include Joann Monroe 39 and Car Jay Messick 31 on aggravated battery criminal threats and related offenses with bond hearings pending. Vehicle crashes caused minor injuries and non injury incidents on icy roads with multiple drivers wearing seatbelts. Ambulance calls noted for medical emergencies in the 500 block of E Logan and 700 block of S Poplar.
TOPEKA AP An Emporia senator pressed two lobby groups as the Senate Committee heard proposals by Republican Sen. Jim Barnett to raise alcohol taxes 50 cents per six pack, 21 cents per wine bottle, and 31 cents per liter of liquor, plus a 10 cent per pack cigarette tax and $1 per carton tax. Barnett says the plan would yield $61 million in year one and lift base aid per pupil by $155, while opponents warn of regressivity and harm to low income Kansans.
Children's Mercy Hospital unveils a 129 million expansion and a 50 million Discovering Tomorrow research fund to boost patient services and bioscience leadership. The plan adds four cardiac ORs, a 72 000 square foot outpatient and research building, and parking in Kansas City and Overland Park, with full completion targeted by 2010.
Farmers could see value notices in spring with agricultural land values up about 7.8 percent from last year. Non irrigated cropland gains exceed others in some regions as Kansas plans statewide meetings to explain the eight year productivity income formula used for use valuation. County appraisers will mail notices by April 2.
The AP reports Kansas unemployment jumped to 4.1 percent in January from 3.2 percent in December as seasonal layoffs hit retail, construction, and government sectors. About 19,000 fewer Kansans were employed, with Franklin County at 5.3 percent. Construction losses and school breaks contributed, while overall jobs fell to 1,380,531 with 59,028 job seekers.
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