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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1997
Page
6
Garnett School Board Meets Tonight in High School Music Room
The Garnett school board will meet at 8 tonight in the high school music room. Agenda items include patron concerns, the non certified salary schedule, the technology plan, and snow day makeup. An executive session follows for attorney-client privilege and non-elected personnel matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett
BioCore faces probes and political row in Kansas
BioCore, a Topeka medical products firm linked to State House Speaker Tim Shallenburger and Rep. Greg Packer, faces federal and state investigations into employment records and campaign finance. CEO Manoj Jain warns of impact on 100 employees as ethics and grand jury scrutiny mount. Meanwhile in Troy, William O. Irwin Jr. received a life sentence for the decapitation of his girlfriend, with autopsy detailing strangulation and sexual assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka, Kan
BioCore
Topeka Medical Products
Kansas
Tim Shallenburger
Carla Stovall
State Ethics Commission
Manoj Jain
Min-Nozsh Jain
Jain
Greg Packer
Ropeka
Packer
Shallenburger
Troy
Kan
William O. Irwin Jr
Irwin
James A. Patton
Joni K. Osborn
Billie Whisenand
Osborn
Elwood
Sayig
US cites 46 nations for trade barriers harming exports
The Clinton administration released a 387 page review accusing Japan and 45 other nations plus four trading groups of erecting unfair barriers. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said markets remain closed to U S exports and must be opened to reduce the trade deficit. Japan led the list with 46 pages, followed by the European Union and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Japan
Clinton
U.S
Charlene Barshefksy
European Union
Argentina
Zimbabwe
China
Ottawa Topeka eye US 59 upgrades and safety concerns
Ottawa and Lawrence area leaders press for US 59 improvement with KDOT kicking off a feasibility study. Officials note rising traffic, past crashes, and possible options from four lane limited access to toll ideas. Legislature must approve a new highway package for progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ories
Ottawa
Iawrence
Topeka
Kansas Department of Transportation
Us-59
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Kansas
Lawrence
Miller
Haney
KDOT
McVeigh trial opens in barricaded Denver courthouse
The Timothy McVeigh trial began in a heavily secured Denver courthouse with 12 jurors and six alternates to be chosen from a jury pool, amid protests from victims families and media coverage of alleged confessions. Relatives such as Tom Kight and his wife attended outside while federal police maintained barricades and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma City
McVeigh
Tom Kight
Frankie Merrill
Frankie
Kight
Marsha
Senate panel backs local option budgets in Kansas schools
Senate Education Committee endorsed Tim Emert's plan to let 162 districts keep local option budgets up to 25 percent above state per pupil limits without public votes, while districts lacking LOEs could obtain them later. One Republican, Sen. Kerr, opposed. The House panel planned further debate later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopeka
Kan
Senate
Tim Emert
Senate Education Committee
Emert
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Legislative Education Leaders
Pte House Education Committee
House
Students dance to raise funds for MDA at Ottawa High
Ottawa High School students will dance Friday night to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Each dancer must collect 35 dollars or more in donations to participate, with involvement praised by Gary Kuntz, Franklin County MDA chair. The all night Superdance, sponsored by the Student Council, marks a community effort praised for past two years of strong support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itawa
Studfces
MDA
Ottawa High School Student Council
Kuntz
Ottawa and area election candidates and polling places listed
A general election candidate list and polling locations are provided. Races include Ottawa City Commission for up to three seats, Ottawa Board of Education, Lane City Council, Pomona Mayor and Council, Princeton Mayor and Council, and Rantoul Mayor and Council with voters to choose from multiple candidates. Polls run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa City Commission
Joan L. Attebery
Vicki N. Cummiskey
Blaine Finch
Raquel
Rocky) R. Fleer
Richard Jackson
Joan S. Tyson
Ottawa Board of Education
Jim Cain
Bill Ketchum
Cal Lantis
Jeanette Lowry
Marcia Mitchell
Teresia Templeton
Lane
James T. Creighton
Elizabeth Drenkhahn
George A. McDaniel
Shirley Thomas
Pomona
Virginia Breshears
Rex Hancock
William H
Jim) Whitaker
Princeton
Melvin Williams
VOTE TUESDAY LIST OF LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATES
Shirley Pennington is listed for Richmond City Council with Robert L. Cooper for Wellsville Council. Numerous candidates appear for Williamsburg Pomona Richmond Lane Wellsville and other districts across boards of education including Eudora Evans Jamison Schultz Parker Piersol and others, with multiple positions to be filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Pennington
Richmond
Robert L. Cooper
Wellsville
Jeff Courter
Jeffrey A. McAfee
W. Scott Moherman
Karl Romstedt
Williamsburg
Eudora M. Evans
Charles R. Gilkey
Gary D. Harris
Vicki Johnson
Diana C. Macoubrie
Sam O. Schnider
West Franklin Board of Education
Donna L. Jones
Lane
Biary
Educa
Ron Bloss
Harold D. Taylor
Marilyn J. Poor
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By Blake Spurney
Ottawa Area
Jay Thornton
Christine Dewey
N. Mulberry
Jim Rogers
Ardith Bell
Waverly
Baldwin Board of Education
Lonnie Broers
Baldwin
William G. Parrott
Chris Ogle
Alan Miller
Ed Schulte
Anderson County Board of Education
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