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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 2002
Page
8
Ottawa area welcomes The Batter's Box as a year round training facility for local ballplayers. The note mentions business coverage on page 8 while a weather update forecasts tonight mostly clear with upper 60s lows, and Tuesday partly cloudy with near 90 highs and a 30 percent storm chance Tuesday night, upper 40s lows.
State Farm Insurance Co. has stopped selling new homeowner, renter and farm-ranch policies across Kansas to protect current customers and curb rate increases. Ottawa agents say the halt began June 18 and affects new sales but not existing policies, while other insurers in the state continue to offer new policies.
Herald Staff Rep. Ralph Tanner a Republican from Baldwin has filed for re election in Kansas 10th House District to seek his fifth term. He will face Democrat Tom Holland a Baldwin city businessman if no other candidates file. The deadline was noon today. The redistricting shift places northern Ottawa and Franklin County in the 10th District.
Ottawa city commissioners meet at 3 p.m. to discuss renewing the lease moratorium for Tony LeMaster’s Ottawa Municipal Airport and to review related reports. City Manager Padgett will outline recommendations after meeting with LeMaster, with interns from KU investigating other airports. Also on the agenda are sewage plant design updates, wastewater budget, and the Ottawa Municipal Auditorium.
Congress and Palestinian leaders express doubt over a provisional Palestinian state as Bush outlines a step by step plan tied to reforms. Sen. Lieberman and others press for a permanent state with a return to the 1967 borders and broader U S involvement amid ongoing conflict and deadly attacks.
County Commissioners reviewed IT director applications at the courthouse this morning as they seek a swift hire after the former director’s buyout left the post open for over a month. Interim IT chief Jason Parks highlighted past inefficiencies, including 24 extra phone lines and a second T-1 Internet link, prompting a forthcoming inventory and budget review.
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