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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1998
Page
8
The Herald publishes its annual Soil Conservation edition highlighting Bankers Award winners and Grassland Award winners from the USDA local conservation district. Readers can view coverage on pages 1B through 4B.
Mostly cloudy conditions forecast Friday with a high near 40 and a chance of flurries. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. For more weather information, see page 2.
The clipping lists sections and page numbers for the newspaper. It mentions Classifieds on pages 8A and 9A plus 6A for INDEX and 5A for Garnett/Anderson and 2A for Obituaries and 3A for Daily Report and 7A for Sports.
Local leaders urge a traffic signal at Wilson and Main in Ottawa. City Manager Scott Lambers says state traffic counts block a light, while the city believes a light would boost use and asks KDOT to review a signal on K-68 at Davis Road to target peak flow.
Two more candidates, Jim Thomas and David Stoneking, filed for Pomona City Council on Tuesday. With six contenders for three seats, a primary could be required if additional filings occur. Pomona remains the sole Franklin County city voting this spring.
Central Heights school board voted to start a summertime program for seventh and eighth graders needing help with classwork. The district will cover math reading science and social studies while considering staff reassignments instead of new hires.
Osage County Extension and Osage County Economic Development Corp sponsor Leadership Osage County with seven sessions. The program aims to equip residents for future leadership, covering leadership styles group dynamics government at city county and state levels. Open to Osage County residents with a 10 adult and 10 high school student cap. Applications available at the county extension office in the Osage County Courthouse.
Michael Guilbault, 19, pleaded guilty in December to robbing a Raleigh convenience store two months earlier. A delayed getaway stalled the plan, as witnesses saw the suspects pacing and yelling when the couple inside the car finished and the robbers returned.
Ottawa residents can view the Victorian Valentine Show at the Municipal Auditorium on Saturday January 31. The star is the nation’s only magic lantern a period projector from the Victorian era. Live narrators singers and instrumentalists accompany antique hand painted slides creating a moving picture with a 100 year old charm. Carmen’s Habanera will be sung live by Jacqueline Alvarez with slides of bullfights and fortune telling. Terry Barton founder of the American Magic Lantern Theater will project and narrate.
White House special prosecutor Kenneth Starr pledged to move quickly in the Clinton investigation, saying the aim is to gather facts and reach the truth, not politics. Clinton denied an affair with Monica Lewinsky and promised a fuller account while cooperating with subpoenas and inquiries.
Kansas Department of Transportation may skip spending about 1.85 million to build a frontage road if city and county leaders oppose it. Officials won’t commit to using saved funds for local street improvements such as Eisenhower Road and 23rd Street. The US-50 overpass will be removed as part of the I-35 interchange project despite local protests.
Ottawa and Franklin County officials weighed forming a local committee to lobby for US 59 improvements between Lawrence and Ottawa. Estimates put bridge removal and frontage road at 2.6 million dollars with KD OT planning to remove the US 50 bridge at about 750 thousand dollars. Local leaders urged broader participation from Douglas County and Lawrence while KDOT signaled continued talks on the frontage road.
Pope John Paul II urged Cuba to end the state monopoly on education and allow Catholic schools. He condemned abortion as a crime and a threat to society, criticizing permissive social norms and noting Cuba’s high abortion rate. He spoke to thousands at an open air Mass in Santa Clara.
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