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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1998
Page
6
A knuckleballer handcuffed Kansas City to seal a three game Boston sweep. The Royals drop to 2-7 on their latest homestand. Partly sunny Tuesday with a high near 80, northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Ottawa officials convene at 7 p.m. to review a baseball softball program at Ottawa High, a one way street at Lincoln Elementary, and bids for a Steve Grogan stadium track. Executive session planned for non elected personnel and labor talks. Skunk Run Days adds events including the Great Optimist Duck Run with 2 for 5 ducks and top prizes. ORC Book Sale raises funds for scholarships. Paula Reeve coords after Friends of the Library decline.
Melvern area schools appoint James Malsom to a one year contract to rebuild the district instrumental and vocal offerings. He will graduate this month from Washburn University with a K 12 music degree and is student teaching at Topeka West High School. George Alexander retires after settling a civil suit.
POMONA The West Franklin Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Education Center. Agenda items include resignations and employment, out-of-district student acceptance, and the district's sports program. An executive session will evaluate classified staff and negotiations.
An AP report notes since 1961 Americans have sent the U S Treasury over 56 million dollars in voluntary contributions to cut the national debt. Gifts are usually around 15 dollars, with a Minneapolis woman giving 3000 per year and in 1994 an anonymous patron sent twenty million.
Ottawa mayor Blaine Finch cuts a ribbon to open the Ottawa to Richmond leg of the Prairie Spirit Trail. Officials Ruth Carey and Trent McCown join him at the head near 17th and Princeton Road as paving continues toward Richmond. Trail fees: 2.50 daily. 10 yearly. free within Ottawa and Garnett city limits.
India detonated three underground nuclear devices near New Delhi, signaling a declared capability to weaponize its nuclear program. The tests, described as contained, followed Prime Minister Vajpayee’s assertion that no atmospheric radiation was released.
In Sopera Kansas lawmakers and officials debate a bill to permit serial communications among public officials while curbing potential abuses. The measures follow tensions over Topeka Human Rights Commission discussions and a reliance on Attorney General Carla Stovall’s opinion. Governor Graves weighs action as aides caution on transparency.
The Postal Rate Commission reluctantly approved raising the first class stamp from 32 to 33 cents, with the change possible later this summer but urged to wait until January. The panel backed the 1-cent increase for letters and other mail rate bumps, kept post cards at 20 cents, and proposed lowering the extra ounce rate from 23 to 22 cents, creating the effect that a one ounce letter costs 33 cents while heavier letters cost less overall.
Ottawa University will recognize three Ottawans at the OU Alumni Banquet. Herman and Ruth Van Arsdale receive the 1998 Distinguished Service Award, Marian Rader Alderman earns the Esther Ruth Award for decades of volunteer service to OU and the Ottawa community. Alderman, OU graduate, taught at Eugene Field School 28 years and remains active in campus and local groups.
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