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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 2005
Page
8
The Ottawa Herald invites non commercial events open to the public to submit notices at least two days in advance by fax email mail or in person. No phone calls accepted. Contact details provided for Ottawa Kansas location and submission methods.
Ottawa Planning Commission will review site plans for a new northside elementary school and Garfield Elementary School at 12 noon Thursday in City Hall. In Memory ceremony organizers seek more names of service personnel who died since Memorial Day. The Franklin County In Memory ceremony Saturday at Princeton Cemetery will read all local military deaths since Memorial Day 2004 and include a 21 gun salute.
Lake Region Resource Conservation and EEEPE Council collect bicycles of all sizes for refurbishing. Unwanted bikes can be dropped at Franklin County Transfer Station in Ottawa or at the Elm Street Recycling Center. Inmates at Ellsworth Correctional Facility will refurbish the bikes for redistribution in Kansas communities. East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp offers reconditioned bikes with applications at ECEAN Center. For information call (785) 242-2073.
A schedule lists events from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. including a farmer market at Orscheln east lot 2008 Princeton Road Ottawa library board at 1058 Hickory Street and Toddler Time at 10 a.m. Ottawa planning commission at City Hall 101 S. Hickory Street and a Franklin County emcee Foundation board meeting at 116 Main Street Wellsville City Hall and PATH exercise group at Don Woodward Community Center plus a Beauceant Ottawa Assembly No 136 at Masonic Temple 422 S. Main Street with a 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. greeting session.
A Daily Report itemized sequence notes protective custody for a 14 and a 2 year old from Ottawa amid a shut off utilities case, plus multiple noninjury vehicle crashes and property acts across Ottawa and nearby towns, including obscenity on a school football field and a deer strike at milepost 172.
The Ottawa school district will switch to the MAP test next year, replacing the ITBS. MAP adapts to student ability, cuts testing time, and aligns with Kansas standards, though it costs more and requires computer labs. Gifted students may struggle as tests grow tougher with correct answers. The board also rescheduled Garfield Elementary renovations and approved a $287,000 Internet Protocol phone system upgrade for district schools.
A three year federal Byrne Grant funds mental health and substance abuse services at the Franklin County Adult Detention Center. Sheriff Craig Davis says inmate numbers rose 20 percent while problems declined. Clinician Diane Drake notes increasing substance abuse, especially methamphetamines, and describes services including diagnosis therapy family education and staff training.
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