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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 2005
Page
1
A concise preview of focal, wire, and feature reports featured in today’s Ottawa Herald edition. Highlights include lead wires, local coverage, and in depth features shaping today’s newspaper.
TOPEKA AP The House broke a logjam in the special session and began debating a school finance bill while tying its fate to a proposed constitutional amendment restricting the judiciary. The chamber voted 66 to 57 to amend the bill making its implementation contingent on passage of the amendment as lawmakers entered the eighth day. Speaker Doug Mays met with GOP members seeking middle ground between supporters of the finance measure and the amendment.
About 150 Kansas Army National Guard soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 1st Battalion 127th Field Artillery will depart by July 17 for Fort Lewis Washington and then Baghdad to provide security. The ceremony Friday will feature a flag presented by University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway, with 20 to 25 soldiers from the Ottawa area.
A Franklin County jury finds Christopher Holder 22 guilty of a lesser charge of aggravated battery for the November 19, 2004 attack on Michael Evilsizer then 17. Sentencing is set for 1:30 p.m. August 1 in Franklin County District Court.
Three local actors of ACT Ottawa present the stage play Driving Miss Daisy, telling the story of Daisy Hoch and Boolie. The production begins at 8 p.m. Friday at 501 S. Main St with a second show at 8 p.m. Saturday. A dress rehearsal tonight at 8 is free for ages 60 and older.
County Commissioners learned they cannot revoke their appointment of Robert Wilson as township clerk after county counselor Blaine Finch reviewed 1890s state law. The finding followed Les Reinier's request during the meeting as Wilson had been involved in an effort to recall Reinier.
Ottawa Herald lists Cedar Street reconstruction detour directing traffic to the south parking lot via First or Second Street. Also promotes July 4 events at VFW Post 59 with family activities, hamburgers, hot dogs, soft drinks, watermelon, and member guest access.
Ottawa events for the Fourth weekend include Main Course Music with Ottawa Brass, Gary Sillett and the Solohogs at Edward E Haley Park, free hot dogs from Kansas State Bank, and the Seventh Annual Firecracker 100 bike ride starting at Forest Park with routes of 40 62 and 100 miles to benefit the Cerebral Palsy Ranch. Fireworks cap the night, and Plow Harvest Day features antique tractors from the 1930s with details from Power of the Past. Block party kits available from Our Town Committee Herald Country Mart and Ottawa Herald. Bring pie share and invite neighbors for the community celebration on Maple Street.
Local listings cover Fourth of July activities in Ottawa and surrounding towns. Highlights include Driving Miss Daisy rehearsals at ACT Ottawa, a full day of Main Course Music performances in Ottawa, summer concerts, parades, fireworks, a ski show, plays at Emporia State University and Topeka Civic Theatre, a boat show at Pomona Lake, and the Amelia Earhart Festival with headlining acts Sawyer Brown and Sara Evans.
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