Ottawa Library to offer Internet training sessions
The Ottawa Library hosts a free public beginner Internet training each Thursday at 10 30 a m. This Thursday guest Murray McGee of the Franklin County tourism bureau will share his favorite Internet sites. Linn County Fair features country music star Mila Mason plus a rodeo. Mason performs Aug 6 at 8 p m in the fairgrounds arena. a skydiving rodeo clown and a Demolition Derby are among events Aug 7 1997. More than 150 contestants from 10 states are expected for the rodeo. Other events include Truck and Tractor Pull and an Open Horse Show Race Events. World Breastfeeding Week events include a walk from City Park to Forest Park on Saturday with a potluck at Forest Park. contact Becky Campbell or Candy Wasser for details. Franklin County American Red Cross seeks volunteers. officers named at reorganization meeting. next board meeting Monday at the Red Cross office.
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Red Cross
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Rhonda Laird
Kevin McKee
David Kraemer
Joe Sutton
Rich, Smith
S. Main
Tax debate centers on which ones to cut
Legislators expect to approve tax cuts next year and Gov. Bill Graves plans to sign a bill. The Special Committee on Assessment and Taxation will hold 10 days of meetings over six months to sift tax issues. Graves weighs a new tax package as lawmakers face budget numbers and state programs.
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Kan
Bill Graves
Special Committee On
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Audrey Langworthy
Prairie Village
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Johnson County
Bruce Larkin
Baileyville
House Taxation Committee
Ottawa Herald Home Delivery Rates and Contact Info
Reader information for Ottawa Herald delivery outlines delivery times for in city and outlying areas, contact numbers, and subscription prices. It notes Ottawa carrier rates, rural, mail, and interstate options with monthly costs and discounts for multiples.
Douglas County to appeal trafficway ruling plan
Douglas County Commission votes to join Kansas in appealing a federal judge’s injunction blocking the last five miles of the South Lawrence Trafficway. The panel cites voter intent and costs, noting a 14 mile route would cost at least 85 million dollars and hinges on a supplemental environmental impact statement.
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Kan
Douglas County Commission
Suzal
State of Kansas
South Lawrence
Commission
Mark Buhler
Tom Taul
Dean Nieder
U.S. 59
31St Street
Nieder
U.S. District Court
Thomas van Bebber
Douglas County
Kansas
Department of Transportation
KDOT
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
Buhler
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chiefs sign Gonzalez to six year deal in 1999
IVER FALLS Wisconsin AP The Kansas City Chiefs signed first round pick Tony Gonzalez to a six year contract to boost the receiving corps for quarterback Elvis Grbac. Gonzalez the 13th pick was touted as the top tight end in the draft and said he planned to compete and learn the West Coast offense with the Chiefs.
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Kansas City Chiefs
Elvis Grbac
Tony Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Chiefs
Minnesota Vikings
West Coast
University of California-Berkeley
Ottawa Middle School Crisis Sparks Board Action
The board faced Ottawa Middle School’s collapse risk and heard calls to hire a professional negotiator for independent advice. After an executive session, administrators’ salaries rose 2.4 percent and classified staff gains target 4 percent. Superintendent Ludwick’s contract extended one year with a 3 percent raise and a $2,500 tax sheltered annuity adopted.
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Ottawa Middle School
Sheldon
Ludwick
Clinton plan would cut capital gains tax and expand student benefits
A budget proposal would cut the capital gains rate from 28 to 20 percent, expand IRAs, and provide student tax breaks while slowing spending by about 140 billion over five years to balance the books. Medicare solvency would extend to 2007 with new coverage options, and a program to insure millions of previously uninsured children would be funded partly by higher tobacco taxes. Senate- and House positions differ, with Gephardt likely opposing some tax cuts.
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Clinton
Congress
Senate
Ottawa considers weed ordinance amendment at Aug six meeting
The Kansas city will review repealing a yearly sunset clause on the weed ordinance at 7 p.m. August 6 in City Hall. The change follows a legislative shift removing annual sunset requirements for weed restrictions. The article also notes CIP funding, bids, and fee-based collection contracts.
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Ottawa
City urged to join mutual aid power program
Ottawa Utility Director Jim Bradley recommended joining the Kansas Oklahoma Utility Mutual Aid Program, an alliance of municipalities pledging to aid each other if a tornado or disaster disrupts power for an extended time. Osage City Osawatomie Baldwin and Eudora are already members.
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Ottawa Utility
Jim Bradley
Kansas-Oklahoma Utility
Mutual Aid
Osage City
Osawatomie
Baldwin
Eudora
Bill Tellier
Weather outlook and plant data from Ottawa area
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies with mild lows in the 60s and light east wind. Extended outlook shows Thursday dry with 80s, Friday hotter with possible west thunderstorms and central east dry, Saturday warm with central west storms and little rain east. Local Ottawa Water Plant data lists yesterday’s high and low placeholders with no precipitation, barometer rising at 30.50 inches, sunset 8:36 p.m., sunrise 6:20 a.m.
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Ottawa
Tasata
Tomorow
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