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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 2004
Page
8
The Ottawa Herald invites non commercial events to be submitted at least two days in advance by fax email or mail. Include contact details and keep entries concise. Do not call by phone. Submissions to Ottawa Herald 104 S. Cedar St Ottawa KS 66087.
Youth rodeo featuring ages 3 to 18 at 10 a.m. today and 11 a.m. Sunday with bareback riding calf roping steer wrestling barrel racing and mutton busting. Admission $6 with under 6 admitted free.
A busy list of today and Monday events includes Farmers Market at Town and Country Supply east lot, Prairie Flyers EAA at Ottawa Municipal Airport, Dietrich Cabin open in City Park, Appanoose Area Historical Museum hours, OURS Dance at Douglas County Senior Center, Franklin County Commission at the courthouse, Lions Club lunch at Poncho’s Ottawa, library sale at 209 E and St, Ottawa City Commission at City Hall, Landlords Association dinner at Sirloin Stockade, USD 290 Board of Education at Ottawa Middle School, and Wellsville Board of Education office.
Edwin R. Smith, Fourth Judicial District magistrate judge, was among 15 candidates—13 lawyers and two judges—interviewed for a Kansas Court of Appeals vacancy. A nominating commission will reduce the field to three for Governor Kathleen Sebelius to appoint, following the death of Judge Robert J. Lewis Jr.
Subway Sandwiches and Salads at 902 S Main St Ottawa will stay shut after the landlord changed the locks in a civil tenant landlord dispute. Franchise owner Bradley Kahler aims to obtain a court order to reopen. Ottawa Police Chief Dennis Butler said officers found no criminal matter and no report was filed.
Gov Kathleen Sebelius asked the federal government to declare 41 Kansas counties disaster areas after drought and severe weather damaged crops. She sent a Friday letter to Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman noting a late-season freeze worsened losses and that the declaration would enable farmers to obtain low interest loans.
Drought and freezes have given way to soggy fields and sprout damage in winter wheat across Kansas. Inspectors will gather samples Saturday to gauge extent as areas like Colby Atwood and Winona report sprout mainly in white wheat varieties. Rain totals in western Kansas have exceeded yearly norms, complicating harvest while moisture benefits subsoil. The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service will release an early wheat quality bulletin based on initial samples.
In Kansas City area excitement grows as the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery marks its 28th birthday with a celebration dubbed the First Independence Day in the American West. Re-enactors, period music, and whiskey lore highlight events in Atchison and Leavenworth attracting visitors and tourism officials.
Neodesha Kansas seeks about 1 billion dollars in damages from BP for refinery pollution. The city attorney says the figure may change as experts assess contamination from benzene and other chemicals at the former Standard Oil site. BP and the city dispute health links, noting groundwater affects property values and city revenues only, not drinking water.
The Kids Count study notes education and day care aid for families as Franklin County tops the state in low birth weight outcomes. Justine Fine of Ransom Memorial Hospital cites prenatal care, nutrition, and information seeking as factors. Vickie Moss can be reached at vmoss ottawaherald.com.
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