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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1999
Page
6
A nationwide college football showdown pits Tennessee against Florida State for the national championship in Tempe Arizona. The game headlines major coverage and promises a decisive title match for fans tuning in tonight.
A 30 percent chance of light snow or light freezing rain exists Tuesday mainly in the morning. Otherwise, warmer with mostly cloudy skies and a high in the lower to middle 30s. For more weather information, see page 2.
Ransom Memorial Hospital awaits its first 1999 delivery as two babies were born on New Year’s Eve. Trevor Filbrun and Miranda Golden were born at RMH, with gifts planned for the year’s first baby. The Herald lists gifts from Ottawa businesses. Also, Bill Cordes to headline the 70th Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce meeting at Ottawa High School, discussing YOGOWYPI principles. Tickets $12, chamber contact 242-1000.
The Kansas Department of Transportation projects slurry seal on a five mile stretch east of the Coffey Osage line and an overlay at Hillsdale State Park. New bids approved include a US-59 overlay from the Franklin Douglas line to south Lawrence by Hamm Companies for 1.02 million dollars and a bridge replacement on Mute Creek K-170 in Osage County near the Osage Lyon line with A.G. Stueber Construction of Topeka at 584,601 dollars.
The Anderson County Board of Education will convene at 7 p.m. Thursday in the music and band room at Anderson County Junior Senior High School Garnett to review bids for upgrading school technology and a district internet service proposal. The board will also review Superintendent Gordon Myers contract.
After a three day search involving more than 100 officers divers and volunteers the body of 10 year old Kenneth Olgon was recovered Saturday morning by Saline County Rescue Squad divers. Undersheriff Karmon Kindall said the boy was reported missing at 5 p m Thursday and that there is now closure to the case.
A Russian health inspection agency announced upcoming efforts to regulate newspapers and publishers over concerns about paper quality and ink. It plans to issue hygiene certificates to compliant publishers and curb related issues. Lourdes College near Toledo Ohio announced spring term courses in chemistry and psychology meeting weekly from midnight to 230 AM.
Ottawa Middle School will resume classes Tuesday at the new OMS site after a staff training day on fiber optic systems. Ottawa, West Franklin, Wellsville, Central Heights, and Garnett schools are in session today or planning to resume after Christmas break while Waverly remains closed due to icy roads. Forecasters expect warming for Kansas with lows in single digits to 20s and a mixed bag of clouds, snow flurries possible in the north and west, and rain or snow possible Friday across much of the state. Temperature ranges shift from the teens in the west to the 50s in the south, with Sunday highs in the upper 20s to mid 40s across regions.
State lawmakers near the start of their session weightax-cut options against preserving state services. A task force proposed 4.3 billion dollars in transportation spending over eight years, but Gov. Graves cautions the price implies higher taxes. Lawmakers cite prior 1.8 billion in cuts and stress protecting education and child services as the next budget covers July 1. Senate President Dick Bond also voices alignment with caution.
Lind sey Henry, a 21 year old University of Kansas student from Overland Park, recalls jokes she has heard as a White House intern amid the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Kansas students headed to Washington for spring internships face added notoriety while serving taxpayers and gaining career opportunities.
A California firm incubates a 9000 acre Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant plan to build a $618 million Oz theme park with hotel water park golf course and a movie studio. Skeptics warn of attendance and metropolitan reach while digital interactive features aim to draw visitors online and at the park.
The 106th Congress opens with a plan to end President Clinton's impeachment trial quickly while satisfying conservatives demands for full presentation of alleged crimes. Key leaders weigh a Gorton Lieberman plan to have House managers present January 11 and a potential two thirds vote to adjourn after a full trial.
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