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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 2005
Page
7
The Ottawa Herald bulletin board accepts non commercial events open to the public with no charge. Submit items two days or more in advance by fax email mail or in person at 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067. No phone calls, please.
Centropolis Christian Church hosts a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church with pancakes eggs bacon sausage coffee tea juice and milk. Donations fund new flooring. For information call 785 566 3192 or 785 242 9569.
Dr. Leo Oliva, editor of Wagon Tracks, will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday for the Franklin County Historical Society spring meeting at 1124 W Seventh St Terrace. His program, The Santa Fe Trail and Kansas Territory, uses vignettes to cover census taking, territorial elections, the Black Jack engagement, trading ranches, soldiers, a Bloomer girl, and a Santa Fe Trail detour through Centropolis, followed by refreshments.
A free well-child screening will run 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April 8 at Pomona Elementary School for children in the West Franklin district. Eligible ages include up to five, with next year’s kindergartners urged to attend. Parents should bring Social Security numbers and immunization records. vision, hearing and development checks will be done. Take home materials provided. some attendees may qualify for Three Lakes Educational Cooperative preschool classes. Appointments via (785) 566-3512. walk-ins welcome.
Meetings and events listed for Ottawa include a 7 p.m. public meeting on the Cedar Street project at Sacred Heart Church 426 S Cedar St Ottawa along with PATH exercise group sessions at Don Woodward Community Center 517 E. Third St, Story Time at Ottawa Library 105 S Hickory St and Books & Babies at the same library. Franklin County Commission meets 8:30 a.m. at the courthouse 315 S Main St with tax preparation by Ottawa University accounting students 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Vera Wise Technology Center 1001 Cedar St.
Ottawa police report multiple weekend arrests for driving while habitual violator and domestic battery with various bond amounts. Also listed are DUI and open container charges, warrants, and a series of thefts at local streets and businesses including Ottawa University internet payment theft and vehicle break‑ins with item losses. Minor juveniles charged with battery and a damaged vehicle incident near 400 Ash Street.
At the Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence workers sift thousands of boxes of Bob Dole materials stored since 1997. About 500 of 4,000 boxes have been processed with more tours planned for April 23 as archivists pace work and seek broader public access over time.
Cross notes wages rising amid oil field worker demand with annual salaries from 30000 to 50000 and higher for skilled roles. Kansas has 65 operating rigs, far from the 270 in the mid 1980s, while tax revenue from gas and oil rose to about 205 million in 2003, up from 1999. Great Bend benefits as population dips ease and 10th Street revitalizes, aided by drought relief and higher cattle prices.
Camera Ling Jew, NBC producer, notes rapid phone camera results after three Iraq trips. Robert Clark, freelancer, cites timely shots of the 9 11 attack for Time and AP. A Kansas State and Hays High School alumnus, he has visited about 30 countries, with work in National Geographic and Sports Illustrated and a book later adapted into Friday Night Lights. He praises the phone’s immediacy and portability for honest, casual portraits.
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