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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 2001
Page
9
Tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s and a 30 percent rain chance. Friday forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 80s and east winds 5 to 15 mph. For more weather details, see Page 2.
The Old Depot Museum in Ottawa hosts a 1951 flood exhibit through Aug. 29 marking the Marais des Cygnes River reaching 9 feet 8 inches. The display uses blue tape, photos, newspapers, and a memory card wall to show Main Street flooding and a historic levee story.
Franklin County increases road and bridge budget by four mills and CHIP by two mills, with about $500,000 slated for road work. Half of the funds buy gravel raising annual tonnage from 150000 to 200000, and the other half pays for asphalt overlay to seal seven or eight miles. CHIP money funds new construction, including Rock Creek Road and Oregon Road near Central Heights School.
The State Board of Education tentatively OKs a 343 million plan to boost funding for elementary and secondary education through 2005. It targets higher teacher salaries, mentoring, and national certification incentives while warning any tax increase may be needed. The proposal moves to Gov Graves before 2002 legislative session.
U S Senator Sam Brownback called for a nationwide debate on the limits of medical research after a Virginia biotech firm reported creating human embryos solely for stem cell research. He warned this could break medical taboos while noting federal funding bans shape the debate. The Jones Institute in Norfolk disclosed privately funded work in Fertility and Sterility, drawing attention to embryonic stem cells as a versatile future treatment option.
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