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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2001
Page
8
bulletin notes Pam Howarter, second grade teacher at Central Heights, retires after 31 years in district. A retirement reception is set for Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. in the school cafeteria, with family friends former students and the public invited.
Central Business Corridor Transit Plan leaders push for an August vote on a light rail project with a 25 year half cent sales tax, arguing for a 60 percent federal share and a critical airport connection to win northern voter support despite opposition from Platte County officials and residents.
In Hoisington Kansas after a April 21 tornado volunteers with heavy equipment faced orders to halt work his deputy Roger Krier reportedly told crews to leave town. Critics say volunteers could have eased debris removal and saved money while sheriff officials investigate Krier's conduct and whether he abused his badge.
The University of Kansas Natural History Museum unveils Annabelle the camarasaurus as the first permanent dinosaur skeleton exhibit in a Kansas museum. The 50-foot, 140 million year old fossil, found in Wyoming, is largely real bones with some casts, and joins two related camarasaurus remains. Experts say the find advances sauropod studies and may reveal age and biology insights.
U S Postal Service worker Ned Moore carries mail and collects canned goods on a Saturday food drive to benefit ECEAN and Hope House. Sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers Postal Service United Way and the AFL-CIO. Moore, a carrier for 12 years, has joined the drive three years running in Ottawa.
Admissions include Sylvia McCurdy Williams horo and several Ottawan patients with Saturday and Sunday dates. A newborn is listed at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Kansas City Missouri on May 6. Arrest summaries cover numerous individuals in Pittsburg Bates City Ottawa and surrounding areas with charges ranging from battery DUI forgery and possession to open container and probation violations. Thefts vandalism and accidents are documented with locations on Main Street Second Street John Brown Road and I-35 among others. Numerous ambulance calls state multiple medical emergencies across the region.
Shannon Martin 23 of Topeka, a University of Kansas student set to graduate next week, died near Golfito Costa Rica while conducting research. Costa Rican authorities treat the death as a homicide and have not released further details. Martin studied biodiversity ecology and evolutionary biology and planned an internship at the University of Minnesota.
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