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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1997
Page
1
CONS DIST annual meeting January 23 at 6 30 p m Celebration Hall reserve by January 17 call 242 1408. FR CO recycling hours Monday to Friday plus Saturday 1 p m at 2038 S Main call 242 1176. Little Dragon Restaurant Sunday lunch buffet priced 6 25 with 10 percent senior discount.
Patrick C. Lynn, 40, was sentenced by State District Judge William Cleaver to 1,058 months in prison after a May attack on an Overland Park woman while on parole. Convicted of aggravated kidnapping, rape, aggravated sodomy and aggravated burglary, Lynn had prior sexual assault convictions in Florida and South Carolina and faces a near century before potential parole.
ESS CITY, Kan. AP Ness City Grade School principal Jerry L. Wencker 50 pleaded innocent and sought a jury trial on DUI and transporting an open container charges. Arraigned in Ness County District Court Tuesday, trial set for April. Wencker was driving a district vehicle when arrested Oct 9. DUI charge dismissed Oct 21 due to unavailable BAC results, later refiled Oct 24 after results were received.
Obituary notes funeral services for Charles E Gene Finch 55 of Ottawa who died Jan 14 1997 at Ransom Memorial Hospital Ottawa with burial at Peoria Cemetery. His life included service in the US Air Force 1961 1965 work at Nevada Test Site Finch Drilling and Haas Electric and a 1967 Las Vegas marriage to Cherrine Pace. Surviving spouse children and siblings listed.
Carolyn Mountain Girl Garcia, ex-wife of Jerry Garcia, has won a court ruling granting her about 21,000 dollars per month from his estate. The payments had been cut off by Garcia's widow after his death. The long dispute traces to a 1993 divorce settlement that provided 250,000 dollars annually for 20 years. Lawyers for Deborah Koons Garcia argued the husband was pressured into signing the deal while in a drug haze.
Admissions Wednesday list Rhonda Barringer Garnett Jess Franks Ottawa and Edith Ann Salle Baldwin Dismissals Leona Wheeler Pomona Rose Marie Hobbs Princeton Scott Moran Ottawa Births Mary Ann and Scott Lam bers Ottawa a daughter 9 lbs 40 Wednesday at St Josephs Medical Center Kansas City MO Arrests Garrett D Scott 23 917 N Sycamore Ottawa warrant failure to appear obstruction of the legal process Douglas County warrant traffic charge Detained in jail Bruce L Riley 35 1023 6th arrested Wednesday for criminal damage to property Released after agreeing to appear A 14 year old Ottawa boy arrested Wednesday afternoon 305 S Main on suspicion of creating a false alarm Released to juvenile authorities Theft Ed Geer reported tag removed from vehicle loss 22 Casey's General Store reported loss gasoline 11 03 Shoes removed from residence loss 135 rand Car at Ransom Memorial Hospital struck by unknown vehicle damage greater than 500 Non-injury Pickup Marvin Bischoff rear of van Deborah Golden van struck rear of another pickup damage greater than 500 Car Adam C Todd slid on snow struck curb and road sign damage greater than * 4:42 p.m. Scholl and Lily Wilhite collision damage greater than 500 Snow incident Vicki Staley slid on snow struck road sign damage greater than 500
At noon on Wall Street the Dow rose 39.26 to 6766.14 after a morning gain, while the S&P 500 added 3.40 to 770.60 and the NYSE composite rose 1.51 to 406.55. Both indices hovered above Tuesday’s highs as market breadth stayed strong and several blue chips posted gains. Local stock notes list AT&T, Boeing, CocaCola, Ford, GM, Kodak, Goodyear and others with varying prices.
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