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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1998
Page
6
The Ottawa American Legion baseball squad drops its opening game in the Zone tournament but remains alive in the double elimination event as the regional action continues.
A public candidate forum is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Franklin County Annex meeting room at 1428 S Main. County and state office candidates invited. Vern Chesbro to moderate. Co sponsored by the Franklin County Farm Bureau and Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Committee. Refreshments by Farm Bureau Women.
Howard Goin was located Wednesday in a grain bin at the DeBruce Grain elevator in Haysville, where an explosion on June 8 killed six workers and trapped four others. The recovery confirms the lone missing man’s death amid the collapse and fire.
Myron Thomas, 45, pulled his pickup in front of a car that had lurched from a medical episode, halting the vehicle and preventing injuries to a group of children at Lakeshore Learning Center. Driver Charles C. Lawton, 51, was treated and released from St Francis Hospital.
A Portland jury awarded $900,000 to car salesman Larry Benson who alleged urologist David R. Rosencrantz kept him addicted to painkillers to extract free auto services. Benson says Rosencrantz started pursuing freebies 18 years ago when he was a grocer.
The Ottawa city and Franklin County Commission press KDOT to protect local streets during the I-35 upgrade. They seek cost sharing terms up to $2 million for 23rd Main widening and seek criteria for traffic increases and road wear before any Eisenhower Road overlay. They propose monitoring traffic and road conditions via videotape.
Pat Hurley former state legislator and consultant with Economic Lifelines spoke to the Ottawa Rotary Club urging unified local support for the US-59 improvement between Ottawa and Lawrence. He described Kansas Transportation 2000 as the state’s largest capital program, delivered by KDOT on time and within budget, and urged local governments and groups to attend the July 30 T-2000 meeting and advocate for a new statewide transportation plan with strong local input.
The Mid Continent Council of Girl Scouts runs the Plugged In Summer Science Institute at Ottawa University to boost skills in math science and computer tech. Using a Ward Science Hall computer lab the program supports live research with field work like water testing plankton and mammal traps. Grant funding of about 500000 supports the institute and nearly 100000 backs a related website project.
An Ottawa woman rescued after a violent assault near Richmond two weeks earlier was removed from a respirator at KU Medical Center. Once in critical condition, she improved to fair status and celebrated her 47th birthday with relatives in an intermediate care room.
Herald staff announce a 72 page Newcomers and Visitors Guide for Franklin County and Ottawa including Anderson and Garnett. It covers utilities voting schools churches health care real estate maps and local services with university of Kansas student help and frontispiece by the Franklin County Courthouse. Copies will be distributed to all Herald readers with extras for two years.
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