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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1998
Page
6
Ottawa High golfer Jared Beets finishes in the top 20 as the Anderson County team places fourth in the Class 4A state golf tournament. The results appear on page 7.
Unseasonably warm and humid Thursday pushes temperatures into the lower 90s under sunny skies. A south wind 15 to 25 mph accompanies the heat as readers are directed to page 2 for more weather information.
Superintendent Harvey Ludwick told board enrollment fell by 69 students since September 1997, a dip seen across all grades. May enrollment stood at 2314. The board, after spring meetings with business leaders and counselors, plans a second symposium to push non college prep education, emphasizing life skills and vocational programs from elementary through high school.
State officials say Kansas will press the U S Supreme Court to review its suit accusing Nebraska of siphoning excess water from the Republican River for irrigation. Nebraska plans to argue Kansas cannot prove damages and has not been shorted under the 1943 interstate compact. Attorney General Carla Stovall announced Kansas filed the long‑promised suit amid a long running Midwest water fight.
Kansas Agricultural Statistics reports 76 percent of the wheat crop in good to excellent condition, 20 percent fair, and 4 percent poor as of last weekend. Unassessed damage from last week's hail and winds remains scattered but varied. The 1998 crop is forecast at 377.4 million bushels, down 25 percent from last year but still 12th best in state history. Next forecast due mid June.
A Pearl River banker robbery failed as staff could not read the handwritten note after a minute. Detectives spent hours deciphering the words. In Ireland, two men in wigs and dresses burglarized a house to fund a sex-change operation for one of them.
Superintendent Harvey Ludwick said the Ottawa Middle School project at 13th and Ash is nearing exterior brick and window work with Crossland Construction beginning drywall inside. The heating and cooling system is nearly finished and the building is on schedule to open for students in January 1999, promising a successful environment for the community.
The Kansas Department of Human Resources reports April unemployment at 3.3 percent, the lowest since December 1979, with March at 3.6 and April 1997 at 3.8. Franklin and Anderson counties show improvements, while statewide employment climbs by about 6,600 from March.
In McLouth Kansas a rumor that a student would bring a gun to school led the Unified School District 342 board to cancel the final two days of classes for all grades. A Salina Central High School student was detained after a threat to shoot emerged amid nationwide panic after a Oregon school massacre. A Missouri case saw Andrew Gannett charged after a graduation day pistol incident at Ozark High School.
In Eugene, a 900-strong crowd at the Eugene Christian Fellowship church said farewell to Mikael Nickolauson, 17, a Thurston High School senior killed in the cafeteria shooting. Army buglers played taps as he received military burial honors after enlisting in the Oregon National Guard days before his death. Kip Kinkel, 15, awaited transfer in a juvenile facility after the massacre.
The Ottawa event raises funds for the Franklin County unit of the American Cancer Society. About 50 items will be auctioned including Erin and Princess Bear Beanie Babies and three vacation packages to U.S. destinations. Live bidding starts after a 6:30 p.m. social hour with refreshments.
In Lewis, Kansas thousands gathered to view a Virgin Mary plaque said to weep blood. DNA tests by the Dodge City Diocese linked the blood to Margarita Holguin Cazares with a 1 in 795 million odds it belongs to someone else, while some locals doubt the science and claim the miracle continues.
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