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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1999
Page
6
Ottawa High boys basketball edged Baldwin after extra sessions for its first 1999 win. Weather notes show freezing drizzle and cloudy skies with a mid 20s high and northeast winds. Readers urged to see pages 2 and 7 for full details.
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the year’s first legislative coffee at 10 a.m. Saturday at Peoples National Bank, Fifth and Main. Sen. Robert Tyson and Rep. Bill Feuerborn are set to attend, Rep. Ralph Tanner may attend. Other coffees are Feb 6, March 6 and April 17. Refreshments served.
UT RANTOUL The second in a series of meetings on the Central Heights school bond election will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Rantoul Community Building. The Feb. 2 election seeks 7.9 million dollars to fund a new high school as the current K through 12 building remains crowded. Other meetings are Jan. 11 at Richmond, Jan. 14 at Princeton and Jan. 28 at Central Heights High School, all at 7 p.m. Patrons are urged to attend and have questions answered.
Terry West filed for an at large Derby School Board seat amid his prior legal clash over a three day suspension of his son T J West for drawing a Confederate flag. The Rutherford Institute sued the district but a federal judge ruled the district acted within its rights. The case is on appeal in Denver. In Atchison a former Benedictine College professor pleaded innocent to 35 counts of embezzlement and forgery related to the River House restaurant with bond set at 50000 dollars. The civil suit by Valley State Bank seeks recovery of about 19000 dollars of Laney assets.
In November, Universal Studios chief executive Frank Biondi Jr. received a $30 million severance, atop $15 million from 1995 Viacom departure. NationsBank dismissed David Coulter and grants a $5 million annual pension. Before buying BankAmerica, NationsBank paid Barnett Banks chief Charlie Rice a $150 million severance.
Reports claim U.N. weapons inspectors helped Washington gather Iraqi communications to undermine Saddam Hussein. Butler denies spying, stating no eavesdropping equipment and no violation of U.N. law. Ruggie and Annan advisers contest the claims and discuss next steps.
Isaac James Detwiler arrived Monday in Quenemo at 6 pounds 8 ounces as Ottawa’s first baby of the year. His birth brings joy to parents Sam and Diana Detwiler and their daughter Brianna as area businesses plan gifts, though he arrived after tax-season savings.
Governor Bill Graves presents a plan for an eight year transportation program in Kansas. The project would boost highway and transit spending by about 53 percent annually, fundable from existing resources and bonds, with no tax or fee increases. The plan totals 10.68 billion dollars over its life, averaging 1.335 billion per year.
Richard Jackson 55, former four year Ottawa city commissioner, filed to run again for the Ottawa commission. He leads ECKAN and holds a Ottawa University degree with a Utah public administration masters. He aims to study lowering city electric rates as residents face election for four seats on the city commission. The general election is April 6 with a potential March 2 primary in Franklin County.
Forensic scientists in Topeka, Great Bend and Pittsburg report rising cases and heavier duties. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation seeks $17.4 million for next fiscal year, up from $14.8 million, to hire staff and expand space as 3,100 cases were backloged by December.
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