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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1997
Page
8
The Wellsville girls defeat undefeated Riley County and Baldwin also win, advancing in the state basketball playoffs on Thursday. Page 1B notes the results.
Continued cold and mostly cloudy Saturday with a high of 30 to 35 degrees. Southeast wind will blow 5 to 10 mph across the region.
A coalition of American Indians and environmentalists petitioned a federal court in Kansas City to stop work on the eastern leg of the Lawrence Trafficway until a supplemental environmental impact statement is completed. Defendants include the Federal Highway Administration, Douglas County, and the Kansas Transportation Secretary. No hearing date set. The unfinished segment would link Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence to the nine miles completed to US-59 and 35th Street.
The Topeka Appropriations Committee cut over 150 million dollars from public school funding in the 1998 budget. The panel finished a 7.8 billion dollar bill while opposing increases and saying the House reversed earlier actions. Major removals included 115.3 million for schools and 13.1 million for higher base per pupil funding.
Topeka Kansas. The Post Audit Committee approved a plan to audit the rise in inmate numbers and assess if the Department of Corrections has underused community corrections as an alternative to reincarceration. Reps Kerr Weber and McKechnie sponsored the request.
The PHASEcs project promoted health and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy. In 1994 Franklin County had a high rate, but in 1995 the rate dropped, with project coordinator Midge Ransom and outreach worker Shannon Pulliam citing community involvement and gendered influences. The four year $150,000 grant from the Kansas Health Foundation funds the effort though ongoing support may come from Ottawa.
President Clinton tore a tendon in his right knee when he stumbled on a stair at Greg Norman's West Palm Beach home. He remained conscious under anesthesia and faced a 90 minute operation to reattach the tendon, with Hillary Clinton at his side. He will wear a leg brace and use crutches for two to six weeks.
Ottawa leaders met Kansas lawmakers and attended workshops in Washington focusing on issues with Ottawa impact. Five commissioners spent 5500 dollars for travel and lodging with four days of meals reimbursed, and breakfast with Senator Sam Brownback. Discussion covered wastewater plant funding, utility deregulation, ISTEA support, and intercity problem sharing with peers.
In Topeka the Kansas House advanced a bill to suspend two years of tougher 1994 water quality standards while restoring 1987 levels. A final vote was postponed to Monday due to member absence. If enacted, the suspension lasts to July 1, 1999 and Illinois? No. The measure would create a state commission to set allowable zinc and other chemical limits. cost concerns center on cities like Topeka facing up to $15 million to upgrade water treatment.
Garnett high school senior Laura Kissel and Central Heights High School senior Michael Heironimus have been named National Merit Scholarship finalists. Kissel plans to attend the University of Kansas to study psychology and aims for corporate law, while working at an attorney’s office and holding multiple school honors. Heironimus, from rural Greeley, pursues computer engineering and participates in Scholar Bowl and Biology Club, with college plans undecided.
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