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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 2000
Page
8
Forecast shows a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms this evening with a few possibly severe, then clearing after midnight. Breezy, low around 60. Thursday has a 20 percent chance of afternoon showers. Page 2A covers more weather along with Advice Comics Opinion Obituaries.
Arbor Day ceremony at City Park marks reforestation after a June 1999 windstorm. About 75 trees were damaged. 63 have been replanted under the Tree Board with help from Ottawa residents and other cities. The first 100 attendees receive a blue spruce seedling.
Kansas State Board of Education member Val DeFever praised educators in Ottawa after touring Eisenhower, Eugene Field, and Ottawa Middle School. She commended small class sizes and student commitment while noting room for improvement, including reaching reading on grade level. DeFever defended last year’s evolution debate and cited the need for high standards.
Ottawa High School will likely have one teacher in charge of instrumental and vocal music next year after longtime band teacher Brent Wheeler submitted his resignation. Principal Darren Dennis said Wheeler did not disclose his destination and was in class today. The district plans to hire for a combined program as enrollment for music and other classes has declined, while shop classes also face consolidation. If enrollment rises, administrators say they will reevaluate and hire more staff.
A missing word in a tax bill sent to Governor Graves could raise the cost of the measure from 410000 to 5.9 million by giving tax breaks to all corporations instead of targeting farmers. House leaders cite human error. Graves weighing veto versus preserving the package before sine die adjournment.
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