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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1986
Page
6
Local Area farmers respond to drought by joining efforts to support Southeast relief. The notice indicates another recruitment round by the USDA for its conservation program, highlighting widespread farm involvement and state actions.
Ottawa USD 290 plans a 12.22 mill increase to a 74.43 mill levy to fund a 1986-87 budget of 7.54 million. General fund rises 8.79 mills amid reduced state aid, lower cash carryover, and bond/interest increases from voter approved repairs. The Ottawa Recreation Commission adds 2.42 mills and ORC funding comes from fees and revenues. Assessed valuation grows modestly, while the district notes slower annual mill increases over four years.
At a tense RMH board meeting Trustee David Drumright urged the trustees and administrator Dewey Smith to resign to allow a clean slate. Chairman Don McKelvey refused to resign and defended the administrator, noting no evidence of misconduct. A prior allegation by former nurse Susan Kirkpatrick sparked calls for investigation, with ongoing questions about actions taken and a later plan for a hearing related to a fired nursing director.
An explosion at a substation on East Second Street and a malfunction at Ottawa’s electric plant left residents without power for about 21 hours. The outage began before 2 p.m. and the last customer was restored near 4:40 p.m. The city’s interconnect with KCPL was damaged when a CT meter device failed, possibly due to heat and a lightning impact. KCPL said demand hit historic levels for the day as temperatures rose to the mid 90s.
The Commerce Department reported June goods deficit near May's level, totaling 14.2 billion more imports than exports. For the first half of 1986 the deficit hit 83.9 billion. Volcker warned a worsening deficit could trigger a recession if not corrected. Wage data show nonunion raises outpacing union gains, narrowing the wage gap though union workers still earned more overall.
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