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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 2006
Page
7
National temperature extremes show a low of 33 degrees at Cascade Moat and a high of 119 degrees at Death Valley California, marking notable weather spread across the continental United States.
Thunderstorms raced across the central Plains and Northeast with heat in the South. Farther south rainfall up to 1 inch was anticipated for the Gulf Coast Texas and Louisiana. In the Southwest temperatures were expected to top 100.
The Fort Riley Commanding General's Mounted Color Guard will host a Civil War era encampment at Forest Park as part of the Old West Cowboy Days. The unit will lead Saturday's parade at 10 a.m. then set up the encampment afterward, with soldiers in Civil War uniforms.
Open auditions run 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday and next Tuesday in Room 117 Atkinson Hall for six women of varying ages. Directed by Christopher M. Massey, the play set in a Louisiana beauty shop will be staged Aug 46. Contact Jeanne Haggard at 785 242 5200 ext 5550 days or 785 248 9288 evenings to arrange a script review. all scripts due back before the first audition.
Gulf Coast Habitat and Habitat for Humanity Franklin County call for volunteers for a Gulf Coast road trip to aid build sites devastated by last year’s hurricanes. Operation Home Delivery coordinates groups until fall. contact OH D coordinators at 800 422 4828 ext 2183 or ohdresponse2 habitat.org or habitat.org/ed/ohd/gik involvement.aspx.
Ottawa officials will press Franklin County to increase spending in the city at a noon Wednesday joint meeting with county commissioners and Ottawa School Board members at City Hall. Ottawa anchors about half the county population and pays 39 percent of county property taxes, with Wellsville taxpayers contributing heavily too. Ramsey cites candidate talks of road work and urges county support for chip seal paving, landfill fee waivers, and weed spraying along river dikes.
The Community Foursquare Church at Ninth and Hickory streets, Ottawa, begins a new sanctuary doubling seating. After a $150,000 two year fund drive, the 95-year-old building is replaced by a 200-seat facility with classrooms, restrooms on both floors, a basement, and full accessibility.
The community Foursquare Church plans a yearlong teardown and parking lot expansion with space to shift east for a new structure. Parishioners use off street and courtesy parking on Main Street to handle a growing congregation. Fundraising includes a spaghetti dinner to boost the building fund.
Newton says all budgets are sound and ties lower tax proposal to unrequested increases and larger reserves. He attributes the 2007 rise mainly to county pay raises and adds Wal-Mart Distribution Center boosts valuation, with one new nurse slot and public session planned for Monday budget review.
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