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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1998
Page
1
Weather outlook warns of rain tonight and a possible thunderstorm. A brisk northeast wind of 15 to 25 mph with stronger gusts. Sunday turns very windy with rain changing to snow early, with pages directing further details.
The Ottawa Board of Education likely will issue unilateral contracts for certified staff at the March 9 meeting, with teachers choosing among three options. Other items include expanding Eisenhower Elementary counselor hours, refurbishing Ottawa High lockers, and filling a recreation commission vacancy. A legislative coffee precedes the meeting at Peoples National Bank.
Republican Sen Sam Brownback and his 1996 campaign were found legally run in their dealings with Triad Management Services a GOP donor matching firm. The Senate committee said there was insufficient evidence of improper coordination. Triad financed about 410000 in TV ads against Jill Docking.
Mukesh Rai sues Taco Bell in January for a beef burrito mistaken as a bean burrito causing medical issues and travel for purification. Separately Anoki Sultan sued Archbishop Hickey in Washington DC alleging the devil possessed him in 1983, seeking $100 million or an exorcism, case later dismissed.
More than 100 prospective students visited Ottawa University for a discovery day to learn about financial aid meals and academics as tuition rises to 9560 for full-time study next year an 8 percent increase. Room and board climb to 4020. Students express concern over costs and value while noting scholarships and comparisons with Kansas private colleges.
Ottawa commissioners Matt Matthews Joan Tyson and Gene Ramsey plus City Manager Scott Lambers travel to Washington D C for the National League of Cities Legislative Conference. Cost totals about 4900 for the four attendees with air fare registration and hotel charges and meals reimbursed. Wives travel at their own expense. See TRIP page 3.
In a 58 to 37 vote, the Senate rejected a McConnell led move to dismantle the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, preserving billions in transit construction contracts for minority and women owned firms. The measure, dating to 1983, boosts affirmative action amid national pushback.
Snow Sugar Grove area recounts Feb 20 tragedy as two Baptist ministers Jeffery Brodeur and Tess Weller, friends for life, join families for a Friday night. Louis Serianni Jr. drove a suspended license and a 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass in a high speed collision on Moreland Road, injuring Lois Stride’s family and ending the men’s lives.
President Clinton quietly signed a bill labeling Lake Champlain as part of the Great Lakes for National Sea Grant Program research funding. Senator Patrick Leahy inserted language expanding eligibility, angering some Great Lakes lawmakers who say the change is largely symbolic for regional power and school-age counts.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley visited Auckland, where over 300 businesses joined a lawsuit against Mercury Energy for losses from a February outage. The city, without power since Feb 20, faces five to ten weeks of outages as efforts to lure workers and shoppers back unfold with potential incentives for power users. Merchants estimate losses at $60 million weekly. some commuter dependent businesses fear bankruptcy.
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