Mill value lower than projected in Ottawa budget
Ottawa City Manager Dave Warren told city commissioners that the 1994 mill value will be lower than projected, requiring about 2 1/2 more mills to meet revenue. The decline stems from a constitutional amendment cutting valuations, reducing library funding and limiting salary increases amid a top line budget plan with 3 percent cost of living raises and merit boosts up to 4 percent.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Ottawa
Dave Warren
Warren
Library Board of Trustees
Matt Matthews
City OKs water main engineering contract
The Ottawa City Commission approved a $117,000 engineering agreement with Black and Veatch to extend a 12 inch water main to the future Wal-Mart distribution center site on K-68. The project under the highway and around two gas lines, with total water work costing about $1.25 million.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Ottawa City Commission
Wal-Mart
Ottawa
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
W.A. Dunbar
Unclaimed Powerball Jackpot Tied to Fond du Lac Store
A $110 million Powerball prize ticket bought at Sentry Food Store South in Fond du Lac Wisconsin is the sole match for all numbers in the 14 state drawing. The winner has not claimed the prize as of late morning. The ticket was sold at 6 16 p m Wednesday four hours before the drawing. The store manager called it exciting and lucky while noting the city’s Miracle Mile street history of big prizes. The winning numbers were 4 8 19 28 41 and powerball 30 with odds of 1 in 54 9 million.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
U.S
Wisconsin
Steve Madsen
Wisconsin Lottery
Sentry Food Store
Madsen
Dave Crouch
Sentry Food
Crouch
Milwaukee
Lake Winnebago
Sheelah Ryan
Winter Springs
Fla
Chuck Strutt
Des Moines
Washington, D.C
Kristin James
Mark Leffingwell
Connie Hildebrandt
Casey’s
Beech
Lottery numbers and big jackpots spark record ticket sales
Lottery draw results list numbers Powerball 30 jackpot 110 million and Kansas Cash Lotto 5 10 20 24 32 33 jackpot 215000. About 25 people bought 80 tickets. A winner said they would quit work and share winnings with friends and family. Ticket sales hit record levels in many states with outlets in Wisconsin and Minnesota selling about 100 tickets per second. Overall 68 million tickets were sold since Saturday’s drawing.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Leaders reject force to end Bosnia conflict at summit
At the Tokyo economic summit leaders of seven nations urged against dismembering Bosnia while endorsing a US supported plan to privatize Russia’s economy. A mid summit political declaration urged economic pressure to end the war, eschewing a firm military threat.
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Bosnia
Tokyo
Japan
Imperial Palace
Boris Yelt
Sin
White House
David Gergen
United States
Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Canada
Kansas troopers testify in farm truck ticketing inquiry
Three former lieutenants with the Kansas Highway Patrol testified behind closed doors as part of an inquisition into claims troopers were ordered not to ticket farm vehicles. They said supervisors directed not to cite farmers, a policy described as absolute and terrifying to staff. The inquiry, led by Assistant Attorney General John Bork, follows a complaint by the officers and scrutiny from Attorney General Bob Stephan. There is potential testimony from Gov. Joan Finney and aides.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
John Bork
Shawnee County
William Randolph Carpenter
Phil Clanton
Attorney General's Office
Melvin Wedermyer
Hays
Paul Wade
John Connelly
Wichita
Connelly
Bork
Bob Stephan
Stephan
Joan Finney
Leavenworth official backs fairness claim in school finance suit
Leavenworth deputy superintendent Alan Schuler testified that while the 1992 school finance act aids budgets by about 10 percent and lowers property tax levy by 40 mills, flaws remain making the system unfair. He and colleagues from Pittsburg Newton Hays Dodge City Winfield join the lawsuit as the Newton group contends with the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Leavenworth
Alan Schuler
Dan Neuenswander
Pittsburg
Paul Longhofer
Wichita
Clark Whiting
Newton
Fred Kaufman
Hays
Schuler
Dodge City
Winfield
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