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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 2004
Page
8
The Ottawa Herald lists daily bulletin board submissions with a two day or more advance window. Include non commercial events at no charge and use fax email or mail to Ottawa KS. Public events open to the public should be noted with contact details for submission.
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a coffee and open house at 8 a.m. Friday for Rogers Manufacturing Inc at 221 W. 17th St Ottawa. RMI invites walk ins to powder coat metal items and notes a second plant in Olathe. A seminar on Agent Orange is set for Saturday at Native Hall Haskell Univ Lawrence.
A crowded slate of meetings and events today across Ottawa and Wellsville includes a Wellsville Planning Commission public hearing on the comprehensive plan at Wellsville City Hall at 7 p.m., a 7 p.m. Wellsville Joint Recreation Commission session at 320 Pendleton Dr, and a 7:30 p.m. Baldwin Bird Club gathering at Baldwin Grade School with contact Johnnie Brockway. Other items include a 6:30 p.m. start for an Ottawa session, a 7:20 p.m. Union Chapter 15 Eastern Star at Masonic Hall, PATH and Stroke Group exercise and support gatherings, Kiwanis noon meeting, and a 5 p.m. Ottawa Arts Council board meeting plus a 3 p.m. Richmond Library remote-control car race for kids.
Sheriff reports burglary and theft at a church shed on Stafford Road. Police note car keys found on North Sycamore Street. Vandalism incidents target mailboxes on Shawnee and Tennessee Road and Coal Creek Avenue. Non injury and injury vehicle accidents listed in Wal-Mart lot, Cedar Street, Louisiana Road, Princeton Street. Fire calls include a structure fire on Labette Road and road closures on Rock Creek and Dck Road.
Cal Lantis a Franklin County native and Ottawa real estate broker filed for the 12th Senate district seat left by Sen. Robert Tyson. A Democrat, he cited education transportation and jobs as top issues and supported most of Gov. Sebelius school funding. He warned that a Republican plan could raise local property taxes and urged defense of U S 59 funding.
The Kansas House approved 99 to 26 a bill to form the Horse Thief Reservoir benefit district for a possible 450 acre lake with a 1100 acre recreation area west of Jetmore in Horse Thief Canyon. An eight member board from Finney Ford Gray Hodgeman Dodge City Garden City Pawnee Watershed District and Wildlife and Parks would govern construction and operation. The project would flood flood prone canyon areas and provide recreation while damming a creek to supply water. Nine counties were contacted about the plan.
Senate Democrats criticize a GOP education plan that leans on local property tax increases and would repeal the Homestead Exemption to fund a 91 million package. The plan adds 25 million to boost low income test scores, 2 million for bilingual students, and 1 million for mentoring 1,000 new teachers, while raising concerns about widening district disparities. Local boards would decide funding levels, drawing criticism from educators and officials who warn the approach undermines equity and adequacy in schools.
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