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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1998
Page
1
The Ottawa Cyclones Central Heights Vikings and Waverly Bulldogs earned sub state titles Saturday night and advance to the boys state basketball tournaments this week. Page 1B references the coverage.
Cold but mostly sunny Tuesday with a high near 32. Light variable wind and partly clear skies persist. For more detailed conditions, see page 2A.
Ottawa school district announces kindergarten enrollment for next year with round up April 20 to 24 at Garfield Eugene Field Eisenhower Hawthorne and Lincoln elementary schools. Children must be five by Aug 31 1998 and bring birth certificates and immunization records including DPT OPV MMR doses.
Hutchinson Kan AP negotiators for Dillon Stores and the Teamsters reached a tentative contract with the warehouse workers on a seven year deal. No strike planned as talks continue for transportation and other units with federal mediator. The warehouse pact ends at 12 01 a m today while drivers are being outsourced to Brisk Transportation ending a 58 year trucking tradition.
Chuck Shepherd presents a roundup of strange incidents from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. A man shoots at a clerk after attempting to pump gas without paying in New Mexico. A former State Department lawyer chases a shop owner with a car over a late fee in Virginia. In a separate Los Angeles case, two men in the rain exchange umbrellas and one stabs the other through the eye, sending him to the hospital in critical condition.
Winters o serious injury accidents were reported as snowstorm snarled Franklin County. Kansas Highway Patrol aided stranded motorists on I-35 between Ottawa and Williamsburg and on US-59 between Lawrence and Ottawa. Power outages hit Ottawa and nearby towns, with 45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes outages. City utilities director said KCPL supply held steady before restoration. Schools closed as icy streets lingered. Ottawa district canceled classes after 5 a.m.. Sacred Heart and others followed. Gov Graves urged state workers to stay home as conditions persisted.
Ottawa city leaders at a National League of Cities gathering plan talks with Kansas lawmakers to press for four lane expansion of US 59 from Ottawa to Lawrence. They seek ISTEA reauthorization to fund highway work and will compare notes after returning from seminars on topics including electrical deregulation and retail wheeling.
Harris News Service reports Kansas Department of Corrections inmate gardens produced large crops last year. Lansing inmates harvested about 60 000 pounds of vegetables plus pumpkins and donated jack o lantern gourds to community groups. Hutchinson facility yielded over 10 000 pounds of vegetables and 500 cantaloupes and 1 300 watermelons. Ellsworth used hydroponic greenhouses to grow 3 200 pounds of tomatoes cucumbers peppers and lettuce, while outdoor beds surpassed a portion of a listed total.
Kansas lawmakers met for a legislative coffee as Rep. Ralph Tanner and Sen. Robert Tyson weighed two hot issues. A proposed four year 140 million higher education restructuring would replace the Board of Regents with a new Council of Higher Education. Critics fear tuition increases and limited transfer pathways while some campuses would see property tax relief. Environmental standards for corporate hog farms also drew concern including setback distances and lagoon liners to curb pollution. The bill faces a tough path in the Senate.
In OPERA Kansas debate over expanding the death penalty heats up on the House floor while lawmakers seek a tax relief package. Conferees improvise a compromise to trim the bill to about 180 million, with sponsors arguing the premeditated killing of a child under 14 should be a capital crime.
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