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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1998
Page
8
Ottawa High dropped a first round game to Circle of Towanda but showed heart and determination during the season. Weather outlook predicts cooler, partly sunny conditions Saturday with a high near 40 and a northeast wind of 10 to 15 mph.
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Two 13 year old boys Chad Mickel and Adam Lindquist helped 94 year old Cora Simons after she fell on a sidewalk in Ottawa. Simons broke her hip and was taken to Ransom Memorial Hospital for surgery.
The Ottawa Board of Education calls a special Monday 8 a.m. meeting at the board office for an executive session on employee negotiations. Teachers operate under last year’s contract awaiting a board decision on salary or unilateral terms. In Wellsville, the school board meets at 7:30 a.m. Saturday in the home economics room to set goals.
Jeffrey Davidson 41 pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter for a fatal mauling by his three Rottweilers of an 11 year old boy in Junction City Kansas. Prosecutors dropped a child endangerment charge and sentencing is set for April 1 as his wife begins a prison term of more than 12 years after a separate conviction.
A September federal indictment in Des Moines names Kenneth Ray Bruner stepson of a Pen tacostal minister in Oklahoma City and seven accomplices who prayed for protection before attempting to rob Hermans Fine Jewelry. Bruner admitted they planned bad acts but claimed they were not bad people. No injuries occurred and all were jailed by the next day.
Seven high school volleyball players from Williamsburg Pomona and Pratt, led by Lisa Brookover, will travel to Budapest July 16 25 for the International Sports Exchange Volleyball Tournament. Each athlete must raise 2295 and fund raising includes a Pomona Middle School tournament, car washes, drawings and donations. Space remains for interested players.
Jim Cain, West Franklin school superintendent and cattle raiser, is ordained as minister of Centropolis Christian Church after three years of preaching. Raised in Indiana with a Christian home, he found unexpected fulfillment guiding a small Tuba City Church and later serving Pomona’s church. He admits lack of formal Bible training and fears misrepresenting scripture, yet pursued this calling through prayer and soul searching. CAIN page 3A
Opposition stalls rails-to-trails legislation as a House subcommittee delays action. Rep. Jim Ryan argues the bill protects private property while supporters say it preserves future rail use and trail development. Critics fear loss of public purpose. vote prospects remain uncertain for next week.
House leaders close to a framework for a giant highway and mass transit bill with a May 1 deadline. The Senate passed a 214 billion plan for highways 173 billion and mass transit 41.3 billion, including penalties for drunk driving and set-aside goals for women and minority contracts. Senate and House seek roughly 217 billion over six years, while budget surpluses and deteriorating roads push urgency.
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