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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1997
Page
8
The English Patient dominates this year’s Academy Awards, and fans in Fargo North Dakota celebrate the wins with local pageantry and enthusiasm. Page 5B confirms details and reactions from the celebration.
A largely sunny day with a high near 65 degrees. A southwest breeze of 10 to 15 mph continues through the afternoon.
In Garden City a 19 year old Pomona man Shawn M Amaro was stabbed nine times and a second man David Highley was hit with a bottle during a 1 40 to 1 55 a m party fight police say the incident is gang related with five suspects named but not yet arrested Amaro suffers a punctured lung and liver and is in St Catherine Hospital ICU. Police say both victims are believed to belong to Emporia area gangs.
Franklin county clerk Shari Perry said on Monday that 95 voters have plans to vote in advance, with 11 ballots cast at the clerk’s office and 84 mailed after requests. The total compares to 925 advance ballots requested in November’s presidential election, and voting runs at the courthouse until noon March 31.
Ottawa City Commission candidates meet in a forum in the Ottawa High Cyclone Room at 7 pm. Incumbents Joan Tyson Vicky Cummiskey and Richard Jackson face challengers Raquel Fleer Joan Attebery and Blaine Finch as three seats are contested in the April 1 election. The top two win four-year terms. third place gets a two-year term. The event is sponsored by the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Committee.
Area fire chiefs report multiple suspicious grass fires from one end of the county to the other. Ohio Township Chief Rick Swain said an arsonist may be driving the blazes, with three or four fires doused by Swain's unit over Friday and Saturday within six miles in the Princeton area. Other towns including Richmond Cutler Ottawa and Williamsburg reported similar incidents as chiefs note fires were started off roads and in fields.
Kansas lawmakers may kill Senate Bill 278 this session as House Environment Committee chair Rep. Steve Lloyd delays action on making the 17.5 mile Prairie Spirit Trail part of the state park system. KDWP spokesman Dick Carter says development continues despite the lack of park status, with maintenance costs and future funding to be decided.
Ottawa City Commission approved funding for advertising Ottawa Pride Committee clean-up events and allowed use of the old library building for a silent auction and 20th anniversary banquet. County transfer station will permit free dumping for the clean-up, with certain restrictions for commercial haulers.
Garnett Housing Authority will present a 20 unit project for retired residents to the city commission at 7 tonight. City Manager Rick Doran said the IRB funded plan will use city land south of the municipal swimming pool and be paid off by rental income, targeting completion by year end.
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