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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 2002
Page
7
Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows around 20 degrees and northwest winds of 5 to 10 mph. Thursday is partly cloudy with highs in the mid 30s and west winds of 5 to 10 mph. For more weather details, see Page 12.
The Ottawa Senior Center celebrates 25 years of serving meals and aiding seniors. About 40 volunteers operate five vans delivering 90 meals weekly and providing rides to appointments. The center offers bingo Bible studies music and a singing group while plans include cake punch and a magic act by Scott Dickinson at Thursday’s 11am to 2pm lunch.
State Sen. Robert Tyson said Gov Graves's calls for revenue increases won’t pass amid budget gaps and weak support for grocery tax boosts. He questions Graves figures, notes possible cigarette tax opposition, and cites Senate and GOP plans to meet needs without new taxes while watchful for next year’s choices. He also cites reapportionment and water quality hearings as fiscal constraints persist.
Ransom Memorial Hospital administrator Larry Felix praised staff for handling an abandoned infant found at the facility. The newborn girl Abby Dawn Doe, named by authorities, remains in state custody with parental rights pending termination.
Local quilters Sue Gillette Jayne Turner Larry Black and Melvin Williamson gain national exposure in Traditional Quilt Works issue 78. Gillette and Turner show their quilts a Drunkard's Path and a millennium piece while Black wrote of Williamson. The Sunflower Piecemakers guild from Ottawa numbers 60 members and meets monthly at Elliott Hall. Williamson, a former Princeton mayor, adds to the cross generational quilting legacy with family heirloom pieces.
Adam Taft of Lenexa, a 36 year old former active duty Navy F-18 pilot, launched a campaign for the U S House in Kansas Third District. He would be the third Republican challenging incumbent Dennis Moore as reapportionment proposals place Franklin and Linn counties into the Third District, centered on Wyandotte and Johnson counties. Taft.visited Ottawa on Tuesday and says the move creates a chance to revisit his political run.
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