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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1999
Page
8
The Ottawa American Legion team slugged their way to a lopsided victory over El Dorado, venting spring frustrations on the mound. Readers are directed to Page 1B for full coverage and box scores.
CBS Sunday notes continued windy conditions with highs in the mid to upper 90s. South winds 20 to 30 mph gusty as the pattern persists through Monday and Tuesday with very warm and humid air across the region.
Four new West Franklin school board members Mary Ann Parkin Steve Shepheard Nancy Reed and Neal Baker begin terms at Monday’s meeting joining superintendent Susan Myers who started July 1. Agenda includes designating an official newspaper voting on a new bus budget preview for 1999 2000 and resignations in an executive session.
The Central Heights Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m Monday with agenda items including election of new officers approval of the elementary and secondary handbook curriculum for business and computer education payment for QPA Committee work and discussion of traffic signals on Ellis Road.
The Anderson County Board of Education schedules a special meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Anderson County Jr. Sr. High School music room Garnett. The board plans to interview candidates and select a successor to former member John Cubit who resigned about a month ago.
In Tampa a federal jury found two Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp executives guilty of defrauding Medicare and other government programs by nearly 3 million dollars. A fourth defendant had no verdict, and another executive was acquitted as the multi-state probe into the Nashville company’s billing practices continues. The case follows CHC downsizing and divestiture after the 1997 inquiry.
In April toll takers delayed fire crews on the Massachusetts Turnpike as a toll charged each driver during a brushfire response near Westfield. February saw an ambulance billed for a 4 toll while transporting a burned man from Gibraltar to Seville. A Japanese locker incident freed a trapped infant after coin payments. parents were reprimanded. Edmonton driver Thomasz Leszczewski, 26, was arrested for hit and run after allegedly striking a pedestrian while delivering pizza and continuing rounds before being caught.
Franklin County extension agent Darren Hibdon says wet fields and late planting help explain a small wheat crop this year, with 7,500 to 8,000 acres planted versus 14,000 to 15,000 average. We details include grain loads at Ottawa Co-op weighing 54 to 60 pounds per bushel with 12.5 to 16 percent moisture, and hopes for harvest starting by end of next week as warmer, drier weather arrives.
Harris News Service reports Hays leads a broader shift as 80 percent of its households recycle. Cary, assistant director of public works, credits community support for expanding programs amid water issues and dwindling landfill options. Local governments seek grants for balers and trailers, facing short-term losses with long-term landfill cost avoidance.
Don Larcom of the Ottawa Jaycees says the 30th annual Chautauqua Days fireworks display in Forest Park will last about 30 minutes starting at 9 45 p m. About 15 Jaycees and five licensed by the state fire marshal will supervise a $3 000 show donated by local businesses. Lighted signs will honor donors on the dike top as attendees are urged to attend. The display is expected to be slightly bigger this year with more firecrackers.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has sent to the EPA proposed total maximum daily loads for 119 polluted areas in Kansas and the lower Republican river basin. The EPA has 30 days to respond, marking the first use of TMDLs in the state to enforce water quality standards under the Clean Water Act amid a legal settlement with the Sierra Club and Kansas Natural Resource.
Harley Holladay, a 13 year old Kansas farmboy, hides as a 20 minute black blizzard engulfs his farm on April 14, 1935. The Dust Bowl storm sweeps across 100 million acres of western Kansas eastern Colorado Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. Farmers abandon land as drought ravages the region referenced in Steinbeck's 1939 novel.
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