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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1998
Page
8
McPherson's both men's and women's basketball squads entered Wilson Field House as favorites but exited with losses. The Bulldog women handed Ottawa their first defeat of the season at Wilson.
Garnett anderson obituary appears on page 2 with adjacent classifieds and opinion notes. The brief item outlines service details and reflects local community remembrance.
A public hearing on a quarter mile sprint car race track at the northeast corner of US 59 and Kingman Road is set for 7 30 tonight at the county annex building. The Franklin County Planning Commission will consider recommending approval of the permit with final authority resting with the County Commission. The agenda also includes rezoning Pomona Township. The applicants are Dan Oswalt and Rick J Michael of Iola, seeking to build the oval dirt track on land currently zoned B 2 business.
Area leader Lou Atherton announced Ottawa Franklin County Economic Development backing a prospective distribution center in Wellsville offering 25 jobs. The 50 000 to 60 000 square foot facility would need a 5 to 10 acre site with utility hookups and pay $6 to $8 hourly. Council asked for grants research while approving drug testing for all new city staff and reserve officers.
West Franklin Board of Education reviews student handbook policy on drugs and alcohol. Superintendent Jim Cain notes the policy has been inclusive, treating two Tylenol the same as heroin, and the board will revise it to distinguish illegal drugs from medication and to separate consumption from selling drugs.
West Franklin school district advances central air system for Pomona and Williamsburg elementary schools. Superintendent Jim Cain says the board authorized initiation of engineering, with details to be discussed at upcoming board meetings.
Superintendent Jim Cain said West Franklin district has over 300 middle and high school players, straining gyms and staff. The board debated mixing sixth graders with older groups but kept the program unchanged to work with available resources.
Thomas Tillman pleaded guilty in September in Tampa for whipping his son and stepson with a water-soaked leather strap and videotaping the beating. He said the tape would help the boys discipline their own kids. Brian Cook, 29, faced aggravated burglary charges in Springfield after trying to rob his grandmother. she struck him with an antique clothes iron, sending him fleeing.
Tricon Global Restaurants plans to move its Wichita operations as Koch Industries buys the 90,000 square foot building to house about 1,000 workers. Wichita employees will be offered jobs in Louisville or Dallas. Tricon employees in Wichita may relocate by year end and pricing and accounting work will move with Pizza Hut operations.
In Baghdad Iraq rejects a U N Security Council protest about barring the U S led inspections team as U N teams persist in searching for banned weapons. Ritter’s squad remains blocked while Iraqi escorts fail to accompany today and New York officials seek evidence of past chemical tests.
In a tense 20 minute standoff near Khan Yunis about 400 Palestinian demonstrators blocked a major road while Israeli soldiers and Palestinian police faced off with rifles. A separate incident near Yunis left a taxi passenger shot in the leg as Israeli troops opened fire. The confrontation patterns unfold ahead of Clinton's Washington talks with Netanyahu and Arafat. The cabinet signaled a hard line onWest Bank withdrawals tied to a 12 page security demand list and a final peace accord keeping large West Bank areas under Israeli control.
Ottawa marks Martin Luther King Jr life and career with a 2 p.m. Sunday ceremony at the university chapel. Mayor Cummiskey will read a city proclamation as choirs perform and Rev. John Duran speaks. Essay contest winners will be recognized with awards by local school leaders. The Ottawa Black Awareness Committee sponsors the event.
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