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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 2008
Page
7
Weather notes for Kansas regions show tonight and Wednesday May 21 with partly cloudy skies and thunderstorms. Rain chances exist with mixed signals from local stations and national forecasts. temperatures vary by location and time.
Franklin County Rural Water District No. 6 changes its monthly meeting from 7 p.m. Monday to 7 p.m. May 27 due to Memorial Day. The session will be held at 4713 Rock Creek Road in Rantoul.
Franklin County authorities plan a sobriety checkpoint between Tuesday and June 1 at an undisclosed Franklin County location. The news release states the operation targets impaired drivers and aims to remove them from roadways.
Jim Reece, superintendent of the Central Heights district, is due for a status hearing at 9:30 a.m. June 16 in Franklin County District Court. He was arrested May 13 on suspicion of child abuse, aggravated battery and aggravated intimidation involving a 14-year-old girl, with alleged incidents May 10 and 11 in Ottawa. Reece posted a $10,000 bond and remains on paid administrative leave as the district navigates fallout from the case.
A June 2 conference in Franklin County District Court is set for Cameron P. Norwood 23 after a May 6 motion for continuance. He faces rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child charges linked to a 12-year-old girl and a second victim. Assistant prosecutor Chad Sublet notes a preliminary hearing will follow to determine if evidence warrants the case proceeding.
Volunteers and police will stop motorists at Burlington Northern Santa Fe crossings in Ottawa and Wellsville from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. to hand out rail safety information and Sonic coupons. The program, led by Darlene Osterhaus, notes past fatalities and injuries in Kansas and Franklin County and urges caution at crossings.
Springsted recommends several options to raise water rates from 2009 onward and to impose a water impact fee of about 935 for new residential customers with higher fees for commercial users. A three to five year rate plan should be set and reviewed yearly, with changes to better align costs and revenues. Mayor Ramsey said the topic will return to a future agenda.
Visions students received a daffodil and encouragement as they entered the National Adult Education Honor Society. Correll, Lockhart, Rogers, Times, Tatman, and Worley were named inductees alongside graduates. Jenna Johnson, former teaching assistant at Future Visions, shared a tale of a woman who planted 50,000 bulbs, one at a time, and urged students to pursue goals one moment at a time.
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