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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 2001
Page
7
Ottawa VFW hosts a dance Saturday from 8 30 to 11 30 p m with Odds and Ends providing music. Sandwiches and coffee will be served. Members and guests are welcome to attend.
Trooper Matthew F. Mullen has been assigned to Sedgwick County after completing a 22 week training course at Salina's Patrol Training Academy. Son of longtime Highway Patrol officer Danny Mullen, he previously served two years as a Goddard police officer and begins field duties after training.
Admissions include Pauline DuVall and Teri Seeger in Ottawa and Dusty Powell in Pomona on Wednesday. Dismissals include Virginia Hoecker and others. Births report a daughter to Patrice and Andy Peoples of Ottawa and a son to Dustin and Michael Powell of Pomona. Arrests include Kevin Paul Smith in Rich mond on a Franklin County warrant. Billie R. Evans on a municipal warrant. a 15 year old Ottawa girl for running away. a woman in a child in need of care case. Clinton M. Randall for driving while suspended and no insurance. theft and vandalism losses totaling 57 dollars. multiple ambulance calls. Road closure affects Eisenhower Road 2525-2550 until further notice.
Franklin County commissioners formally signed a resolution granting Stark Truss a tax abatement contingent on limiting retail sales to 10 acres separate from the manufacturing site. The action follows an April investigation into alleged on site retail activity. Stark Truss will also seek rezoning of 40 acres from agricultural to industrial.
Warrensburg AP Kansas City Benjamin Banneker Charter Academy of Technology had its charter revoked by Central Missouri State University, which also put Kansas City Career Academy on probation. The elementary school with nearly 300 students may not reopen next year after issues including financial mismanagement, staff turnover, and fire code violations at a renovated former convent. The school can appeal the decision.
Ottawa City Commission approves John A. Thompson Concreting Co. bid at 19.44 per foot for the first sidewalk batch, about 111000 dollars, with extra reinforcing proposed to prevent heaving. City will split costs with property owners and pay by the foot as sidewalks are completed.
Chris Albright from Ottawa climbs out of a Busch Series race car used as a racing simulator after completing a race in the cockpit. Terry Hayes from Jacksonville Ark. tours the display in Wal-Mart’s parking lot assembly, where the damaged racer was restored with a NASCAR simulation on a front screen.
Barker urged City Commission to back seven downtown kiosks funded by public and private sources. The system would offer photos, written info, recorded narration with music and sound effects, daylight operation, and anti vandal features. She also asked for $2,500 in the budget for the Historical Society to cover utilities, preservation, marketing, programs, and salaries.
School officials plan surveys conducted by teachers to assess rising costs as state funding grows scarce. They anticipate higher local property taxes and possible increases in the mill levy to cover expenses. The district also seeks a second resource officer for an alternative school program replacing Franklin County Education Opportunities Center. City officials address skateboard park noise complaints amid discussions on park ordinance repeal requests.
Kansas aging officials and local area agency on aging directors urged steady funding for transportation in home care and prescription drug aid. They criticized using 50 million from a prescription drug trust fund to cover other budget gaps, risking a six month delay for about 1,000 eligible seniors and meals and independence services for rural elders.
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