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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 2004
Page
7
The Ottawa Herald outlines how to submit non commercial events two days or more in advance by fax email or mail. Public events can be announced free of charge. Do not call by phone.
The Ottawa City Band performs its final summer concert at 7:30 p.m. in City Park at Fifth and Main. Christmas In July events run 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday at Ransom Memorial Hospital conference rooms. Meals and decor items are sold with a $1 Baby Closet donation eligible for a drawing Friday night. Proceeds benefit the hospital.
A schedule lists meetings and events for the week across Ottawa Wellsville Princeton and Pomona with times and venues including Chamber of Commerce Library City Council Masons and Rotary along with a Farmers Market and county commissions and a contact Mark Eldridge at 242-2067 for information.
The Franklin County Jail Sheriff’s Department lists arrests and dismissals across Friday Saturday and Monday. Individuals include Melissa English, Margie Hutchison, Jonathan Kaufman, Brian Williams, Billy Bush, Markus Vandawalker, Jose Armadillo, Sabra Moses, Michael Kile, Phillip Melvin, Anita Roberts with charges ranging from failure to appear to disorderly conduct and DWI. Some remain jailed with various bond amounts. others are released.
The Independence Day weekend proved relatively calm with few incidents. Police reported some DUI arrests. Ran soma Memorial Hospital saw three admissions. Pomona Lake had no injuries while Perry Lake reported one drowning near Ottawa.
Tim McCoy, manager of Furniture Loft and Radio Shack on South Main Street, has bought the adjacent lot between 415 and 425 S Main St for a showroom and living space. The lot will be resurfaced for customer parking but currently bears No Parking and No Trespassing signs to deter public use while renovations proceed.
Garnett resident June Cooper leads Kansas housing for the Republican National Convention in New York City. About 50 Kansas Republicans will secure hotel rooms among 70 to 80 venues near Madison Square Garden. Duties include early deadline paperwork and digital ID photos due to Homeland Security warnings. Cooper, Kansas RNC woman and convention operations vice chair, notes Chad Lawton assists as she spends weeks arranging travel and lodging for delegates amid heightened security.
Garnett Cooper, a New York Republican official, recounts injuring her ankle at the 1980 Detroit convention. The fall occurred as photographers surged toward Ronald Reagan’s running mate announcement, with Cooper hauled to hospital by Detroit police. She recalls meeting a Kansas doctor who treated her, then joked about the mishap and the lesson it offered.
Officials anticipate at least 75 million for NYPD security at the Republican convention and 50 million in Boston for the Democratic event. Delegates will face shuttle rides, restricted streets, and a flurry of last minute logistics as organizers manage photo submissions and misaddressed reservations. Delegates fear terrorist threats but remain eager to attend, noting threats can loom anywhere including a nearby Burlington nuclear plant.
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