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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1997
Page
6
The Ottawa Herald highlights improvement as a chief trait for its All-Area Boys basketball selections this year with coverage guiding readers to page 10 for full details.
Mostly cloudy and much cooler Friday with a high near 55. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts higher at times.
County commissioners pass a resolution closing the 1418 S. Main parking lot from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily to curb trash and vandalism. The change, effective after legal notice publication, preserves the space for a summer farmers market starting at 4 p.m. Wednesdays and 8 a.m. Saturdays.
Marjorie Thomas Garnett becomes a first term appointee representing Anderson County in the Silver Haired Legislature from Topeka. Berniece Smith Ottawa will represent Franklin County joining existing delegates John Freeman Coffey County Ann Stuart Linn County Harley Keeton Miami County and Loralie Shackelford Osage County. No elections were held as candidates ran unopposed. Delegates meet in October to present bills and set priorities for the Kansas Legislature. Each must be 60 or older a county resident and Kansas registered voter. terms run two years with a six year overall limit.
Franklin County Commission approved the low bid to finance 1.25 million dollars in bonds for replacing 10 bridges. County Engineer Ron Miller said bids on the work should be completed by fall and construction finished by spring. Country Club Bank offered the lowest interest rate at .440522 percent. Bonds will be paid over 20 years with total interest of 852,303.13 dollars.
County commissioners approved a resolution authorizing the planning commission to hold a public hearing on Greenwood Township zoning. Property owners voted 123 to 108 in favor. The planning commission will set the hearing at its April 17 meeting, with a May hearing likely.
An environmental group reports Missouri and Kansas rank among the top five states for Clean Water Act violations during a 15 month period. Many infractions stem from paperwork delays rather than actual pollution, highlighting enforcement and self reporting concerns. The study notes one in five facilities with permits violated the act at least once.
Nine students including six from Ottawa Suzuki Strings will travel to Australia in April for Suzuki method instruction, Down Under performances, and visits to Perth Melbourne Adelaide Kangaroo Island and the Great Barrier Reef. Alice Joy Lewis leads the group with two instructors and accompanying parents during an March travel sequence.
The Senate defeated two bills about Prairie Spirit Rail funding and park system. One measure would fund the rail park via a user fee, while another, approved 37 to 2, delays the final phase of the trail to April 1998 to resolve right of way issues. A land restitution and compensation task force would determine land reversion to adjacent owners if needed.
Details emerge on a mass death by own action of 39 people from the Higher Source group in a Southern California nine bedroom mansion. Observers note a charismatic leader, monk like residents, and rituals including booties and “brother sister” terms as they sought a celestial rendezvous with a UFO near comet Hale Bopp.
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