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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 2005
Page
1
The Ottawa Herald offers a concise daily briefing highlighting local, wire, and feature reports. It previews key stories across sectors, signaling what readers will find inside this edition, including municipal updates and notable events.
A potential 84 acre annexation and rezone near Davis Road and Logan Street in Ottawa was dropped after Bluejacket Ford LLC of Lawrence and Pamela Howard failed to complete the sale. City Manager Weldon Padgett said extensions did not yield closing, prompting the city commission to rescind the ordinances.
In Topeka AP reports, 12th day of a special education funding session saw House and Senate conservatives suffer major losses while Gov Kathleen Sebelius and Democrats emerged as session winners. Sebelius may face problems in seeking re election next year.
A look at recent fiction featuring Michael Connelly’s The Closers and The Twelfth Card by Jeffrey Deaver. Also covered are Falls the Shadow by William Lashner and In the Company of Liars by David Ellis, plus Elizabeth Gaffney’s Metropolis, all weaving crime, history, and ambition through vivid urban settings.
A schedule lists events in Ottawa including Franklin County Retreat at Ottawa University Mowbray Union Haigh Room 7 30 p m Retta Conclave No 8 True Kindred Stated at the Masonic Temple 9 30 a m Art Guild at Carnegie Cultural Center 11 a m Parade on Main Street to honor Ottawa Kansas National Guard troops with a ceremony at Franklin County Veterans Memorial in front of the courthouse and 10 a m Keep It Simple Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at the Franklin County Mental Health Center basement.
Readers can choose from a packed weekend. Richmond Fair opens with 7:30 p.m. play Bus Stop at Emporia State University Theatre. Day Out With Thomas runs in Baldwin City from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Morning Horse Show in Franklin County Fair Grounds leads to a Soldiers parade in Ottawa. Murder mystery dinners in Leavenworth, Doug Kershaw concert in Ottawa, worship jam in Ottawa, and library story times round out a busy schedule.
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