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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 2002
Page
8
The Garnett Area Chamber of Commerce will host its semi annual spring sale on April 13 featuring 70 to 80 local sales. Register by April 10 with a $5 fee. Maps will be available at the Chamber office. Call 448-6767 for details. Pomona Lions pancake supper follows.
Admissions list includes June Kinsley Baldwin Alice Steward Wilma Cooper Coltyn Brumbaugh all of Ottawa along with Joe Reed Wellsville and Amanda Spence Richmond Linda Umbarger Garnett. Dismissals include Daisy Bell Sharon Stierwalt Kaylin Gragg Edna Kreusch all of Ottawa transferring to Shawnee Mission. Sheriff arrests detail Brian Scott Franklin Jamie and Drew Stephens curfew violations, Huffman possession of paraphernalia, theft charges against Bernard, Dunn operating vehicle without insurance, Rushe IV Douglas County warrant, Criqui municipal warrant. theft of purse reported. ambulance calls occur across multiple Ottawa area blocks.
Wyandotte County District Attorney Nick Tomasic filed a civil petition against all seven Piper School Board members alleging five counts of violating the Kansas Open Meetings Law by meeting behind closed doors to discuss the plagiarism incident and grades changes. The action asks for potential fines and directs responses within 20 days.
The Kansas Senate voted 15 to 25 to reject a bill that would limit no fault divorce to couples with no dependent children at home. Supporters argued it would curb easy divorces, while critics warned the move could harm troubled marriages and raise costs, with estimated added judges and $5.7 million yearly.
Republican Tim Shallenburger starts a March road tour visiting at least 46 towns to press a no tax increase platform amid a projected $426 million revenue shortfall next year. He criticizes Gov Graves and lawmakers for fiscal mismanagement and offers no immediate crisis solution.
The Senate approved a bill 21 to 19 to issue Choose Life license plates for anti abortion advocates. Kansans would pay the normal $40 specialty plate fee plus 25 to 100 more for a trust fund supporting adoption efforts run by Kansans for Life. Critics say the state should not sanction political messages on plates.
The Front Page owner says a bond issue campaign would start in April to fund school growth across Garnett Elementary where K5 would be housed, a new middle school near the junior high, and a separate high school, plus a new track and asbestos removal. Greeley Elementary remodeling, Mont Ida new multi purpose building, and asbestos removal in slated demolitions are included. Ezra Sykes reports.
OLATHE AP The lead attorney for accused serial killer John E Robinson withdrew citing a conflict of interest. Judge John Anderson III discharged Bob L Thomas after Robinson agreed in court to the dismissal. Robinson faces capital murder charges in Kansas and Missouri involving deaths of multiple women found in metal barrels. Jason Billam was named new lead counsel with Berrigan and O'Brien as support lawyers. The judge denied a defense request to delay the September trial stating sufficient time remains for preparation.
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