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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1998
Page
7
Ottawa High volleyball coach Karla Van Leeuwen and Ottawa University soccer coach are leaving Ottawa for new career positions. The note appears on page seven as part of a broader report on staffing changes in local sports programs.
Continued warm and partly cloudy conditions plus a 20 percent chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Expect highs in the upper 80s with a south wind of 10 to 20 mph. For more weather information see page 2.
After a two-year pause Ottawa University hosts the Yule Feaste from December 4 to 6 with a Nutcracker Suite ballet large nativity displays and the annual holiday parade. Representatives from the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Ottawa University Convention & Tourism Bureau Ottawa Community Arts Council Ottawa Municipal Auditorium and Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary coordinate the event featuring music jesters wandering minstrels and a multi course feast.
Gov Bill Graves signed a compromise revamp of the state Board of Tax Appeals in Topeka a step toward more timely professional and predictable appeals The measure requires three of five board members to be attorneys and brings the board under the Supreme Court Rules of Judicial Conduct A Small Claims Division will hear cases under 15000 in tax disputes or two million in property value with hearings by executive director named officers
Senator Janis Lee announces she will not seek the Democratic gubernatorial nomination this year citing time constraints. She says the June 10 filing deadline should be given to others to decide, with Sen. Anthony Hensley expected to consider running for governor as her potential running mate. Lee notes Gov. Bill Graves is beatable due to a split in the Republican Party.
Kansas Agricultural Statistics on Tuesday projected a 1998 wheat harvest of 377.4 million bushels, down 25 percent from 1997's record 506 million. The drop stems from 800000 fewer acres planted and yields averaging 37 bushels per acre, with 10.2 million acres to be harvested in June and July amid moisture patterns.
Abby Kisling sues USA Global Link Inc. in Des Moines claiming wrongful termination for not practicing transcendental meditation. The suit notes most employees meditate on company time and cites Maharishi University of Management ties.
The city of Ottawa paid Gregorio Hernandez 28500 to drop a civil case alleging race discrimination in failing to hire him for one of two power plant operator positions. Hernandez, 40, had applied with a degree mis-stated as an engineering degree. He had the highest test score among nine applicants but lower interview scores. Hernandez will not reapply for city jobs. The city admitted no wrongdoing.
India announces two additional underground nuclear tests in the desert following earlier blasts. Government says testing now complete and open to discussing a ban. blasts measured under one kiloton each, described as devices not bombs. No atmospheric radioactivity detected per official statement.
Kansas expects 18 new troopers by August and 30 by February as the Highway Patrol fills 41 vacancies. Lt. Mark Goodloe says graduates will be spread across the state with a September class starting, while recruitment remains challenging and a 4 percent salary increase may help.
Officials in Ottawa and Franklin County say local computer systems have been upgraded to handle the Year 2000 problem. The county treasurer appraiser and clerk offices along with Ottawa tax records and utility billing are prepared, with a planned review of each system by Kevin Jones in the coming weeks.
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