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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1999
Page
7
About 850 fans packed Ottawa Municipal Auditorium for the Riders in the Sky concert with Western harmony and comedy. Ottawa Jaycees reported a successful pre-show chuckwagon.
Kansas lawmakers plan committee hearings on Gov. Graves tax break proposals including raising the oil severance tax credit for equipment, expanding child adoption credits, and restoring the House chamber. The sessions cover compensation plans for legislators, adoption incentives, and a Friday ceremony to rededicate the refurbished chamber with Kansas figures and decorative murals.
Early morning fire gutted roof and attic of a residence occupied by two Cutler Township firefighters who contained the blaze with extinguishers and a garden hose before back‑up arrived. Karen Sutton said her husband Joe woke at about 1 am and flames reached ten feet high as they woke their three children. The cause remains undetermined.
The Ottawa Board of Education will meet at 7 tonight at the board office at Fourth and Walnut. Items on the agenda include an update on the Ottawa Middle School open house and executive sessions on non-elected personnel and employer employee negotiations. A separate notice reports a burglary at Pomona Price Saver at 410 E Franklin with theft of T-shirts and merchandise during the weekend.
Discussion centers on the 1991 Kansas Power & Light and Kansas Gas & Electric merger. Officials debate whether ratepayer savings should defray acquisition costs while Western Resources pursues a cost sharing plan. Analysts note industry consolidation and potential spinoffs as leadership changes occur.
Funeral services are set for Jeanne Cooper 78 Colony died Jan 23 1999 at Allen County Hospital. Burial in Colony Cemetery. She born Feb 14 1920 at Colony. Married Forrest Eugene Cooper Nov 4 1940 in Nevada Missouri. Survivors include three grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Annetta Theresa Rockers 85 Greeley died Jan 24 1999 at Anderson County Long Term Care Garnett. Services Jan 27 at St Boniface Church Scipio. Burial in church cemetery. Memorials to St Boniface Church.
Ottawa hospital notes list births for Tammy D Deoni con at Williamsburg and Rebecca S Dillard at Ottawa. Local arrests include Darren Marconette in Ottawa on suspended license and no proof of insurance, Jason Bilyen in Franklin County for failure to appear, and Chris Fine near Homewood on DUI and other charges. Additional police reports cover littering, thefts in Richmond and Ottawa, and domestic incidents, with various youths in custody and a burglary at a Richmond residence.
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