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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 2002
Page
6
Tonight brings clear skies with lows near 30 and south winds 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday turns mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 60s and south winds 10 to 20 mph. For more weather details see Page 10.
Page six features scattered classifieds and comic listings with brief notices. It notes health and sports content across pages six through nine, hinting at integrated editorial sections and a daily report.
Ottawa officials told department heads to trim year end spending by 5 1/2 percent amid a state revenue crisis. City Clerk Scott Bird warned commissioners that demand transfers may be cut 11 to 14 percent, risking next year’s budgets. Mayor Gene Ramsey and Bird noted declines in investment income and discussed a new police center costing 7 to 8 million. The council set a tentative budget process and planned public hearings, while exploring early bond payments to reduce interest costs. Cleon Rickel can be reached at cleon ottawaherald.com.
Ottawa commissioners endorsed a plan to host the Vietnam Moving Wall in fall 2003, with site options at Forest Park or City Park and a preference for City Park. The Moving Wall project aims for late September or early October 2003, with a fundraising concert at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium discussed.
Osawatomie police and fire investigators lean to a mechanical cause in a weekend blaze that destroyed the Mulan Chinese Restaurant and Barnett Heating and Cooling. Mutual aid from Overland Park Paola Olathe and Louisburg helped bring the fire under control. both structures are likely condemned with an apartment building thought repairable. Insurance probes continue with no damage estimate yet.
Ottawa Board of Education plans for potential closure of an elementary school and considers raising the local option budget to its max, with proposals to increase general fees or activity fees. Trustees weigh pupil to teacher ratios, attrition, and cuts to administration as they brace for reduced state funding while stressing teachers’ central role with students.
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