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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 2001
Page
7
Phyllis Lytle retires from SkyHook Corp after 28 years in accounts payable. A 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday reception at the Carnegie Cultural Center invites the public and asks guests to bring gifts. Lytle and husband Don, a former Kansas Highway Patrol member, have three sons Alan, David, and Gary and three grandchildren.
Franklin County commissioners meet to declare National Historic Preservation Week May 13 19 co sponsored by Friends of Historical Buildings Inc and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. They discuss maintenance duties on Vermont Road and authorize bids for copiers. Shawnee Mission Ford bid for three patrol cars approved at 61185 with 300 trade in. Public comments include input on USD 790 old middle school and California Road ditches.
The Ottawa City Commission will formally offer the old City Hall at Fourth and Walnut to the Ottawa school district. If the district declines, the city will sell the building starting at 170000 with a 7.5 percent real estate commission. The school board currently leases the building for its central offices.
Blaine Finch was named Monday by the City Commission to chair the steering committee for the Vision project a community driven effort set to begin in September. The panel will include a City Commission member and a Planning Commission member with public slots to be filled and a June plan presentation to the city commission.
TOPEKA AP Despite lawmakers concerns gave Gov Bill Graves one thing he wanted money for state officers taggers and corrections In fact legislators ended up giving corrections officers more a ee salary increase than Graves he sought and the same is likely to hold true for the troopers We are appreciative the Legislature has realized the crisis that the highway patrol is in today We hope this will help us increase the number of applicants to adequately patrol the roads of Kansas said Trooper Mark Engholm.
Ottawa officials approved closing Park Street south of City Park for a June 9 street dance as part of the Skunk Run arts festival. The event runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 9 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 10 with the band Person To Person headlining.
The Ottawa board debated demolishing the old middle school after considering selling it for $1 to a nonprofit. Trustees split with Cummings, Keim, Mitchell voting for demolition while Lowry and Reed opposed and Allegre abstained. The district will accept bids and notify the State Historical Preservation Society. Friends of Historic Buildings voiced disappointment as Preservation Week notes were cited.
Ottawa residents consider joining the Experimental Aircraft Association chapter after a Community Day event at the airport. Sue Snodgrass reports 15 to 20 local volunteers ready to sign up, with Oshkosh based EAA boasting about 950 chapters worldwide. Members may attend a 4 p.m. meeting to begin the chapter. applications and details are available, with annual national dues and local fees cited.
Ottawa City Commission schedules a 9 30 a m public hearing on the 2002 budget and capital improvements. The agenda includes airport annexation actions, a 10000 fine settlement with the state health department, a new fire truck lease purchase, underground electric work for the Davis Road Industrial Park, bonds to remove the Old S overpass and support the 23rd Street projects, and proclamations for Police Week and Historic Preservation Week. The session also involves meetings with school board and county officials.
Ottawa daily report lists John Norris Michael Stevens Jr Geralding Abbott Byron Damron and others. Police note arrests in Franklin County Anderson County line for protective order violation and driving while suspended plus no proof of insurance. Juvenile arrests for battery and several thefts and vandalism incidents reported along with a non injury deer collision and two ambulance calls.
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