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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1997
Page
7
Business Beat reports Ottawa chiropractors collected 140 patients who donated 157 toys during Patient Appreciation Day to support the Ottawa Jaycees Toys for Toys program. The item drive combined health care with community service.
The Nightcrawlers Camping Club held its Christmas party on Saturday December 14 at Green Acres with 30 members and guests. New 1997 officers were elected and approved including president Lou Knight and Clarice Knight as co leaders, vice president Daryl Adamson and Katie Adamson, secretary Daryl Mon tague and Cynthia Mon tague, and treasurer Dale Deardorff and Beverly Deardorff. Members planned guidelines for the independent Nightcrawlers Club at the January meeting. Get well cards were sent to Roy Herring and Bev Deardorff's dad. Gift exchanges followed the meeting. The next meeting is January 11 at the Brethren Church with a 6:30 p.m. potluck of soup and dessert. social time and games begin at 4 p.m.
ANSAS CITY, Mo. AP Two planes were destroyed and a cargo jet heavily damaged when the cargo plane failed to stop at Downtown Airport on a Denver flight. The pilots were unhurt. The jet crushed two small planes between it and a hangar, a wingtip fuel tank was knocked off, and firefighters neutralized leaking fuel as the main runway reopened in under 30 minutes.
Deadline to join a mass choir for the Martin Luther King Jr program extended to January 6. The event is at 2 PM January 19 with new choir leader Stanley DeFries who will arrange songs rehearsals and venues. Contact Richard Jackson at the ECEAN office 242-7450 or home 242-9010 for interest.
Miller and Weigand describe plans for the prize money after winning the drawing. Miller plans to pay bills and save the rest, while Weigand may share with the church and use remaining funds for family projects. They note it is hard to believe they won.
Kansas church leaders, active in abortion and gambling debates, acknowledge past focus on agencies like United Methodist Urban Ministries to aid the poor. Mutti notes a shift since the 1960s and 1970s and reports a February Topeka conference on poverty with legislators. SRS spokeswoman calls for church partnership with SRS and communities to advance welfare reform. hostilities over sole reliance on SRS are rejected.
In Philadelphia a 97th annual Mummers Parade drew 20,000 in sequined costumes as cast members unveiled Montezuma's Revenge and snowman outfits amid frigid morning temperatures. Elsewhere, warnings followed a Los Angeles New Year Eve concert where herbal stimulants sickened dozens, with several in critical condition. Across multiple states revelers fired guns into the air, injuring at least 20 people. In Elkin North Carolina a mother gave birth to twins Dylan and a sister born minutes apart marking a rare calendar milestone.
The Daily Report records admissions and dismissals in Ottawa with patients Trisha Kaub Betty Lam berd and Matthew Oshman. Births note twins for Trisha and Dan Kaub. Sheriff arrests include Nicky Shawn Green Stephen Reed Jr Elmer Dodson Daniel Scott and others for warrants driving while suspended probation violation and minor offenses with bonds listed. The report also covers theft burglary injuries and several non fatal traffic incidents with affected individuals and locations in Franklin County.
Saturday brings colder temperatures with a chance of rain in the east and southeast. Lows from the mid 20s northwest to the lower 40s southeast, highs from the mid 30s northwest to the upper 40s southeast. Sunday may bring snow in the southwest with lows in the 20s to mid 20s east and highs in the 30s to 40s. Monday turns cold with a chance of snow to the southwest and lows around 10 to 20.
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