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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1997
Page
6
ECKAN Hires Tad Scott as Youth Services Coordinator
Tad Scott has been named youth services coordinator for East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation. He will oversee the Ottawa Youth Project a joint effort with the City of Ottawa to recruit volunteers for guided youth development. Scott brings experience in administration program development and counseling including mental health work in Miami Franklin and Shawnee counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad Scott
East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
ECKAN
Ottawa
ECEAN
Ottawa Area
Staph Germ Resistance Worries Hospitals Worldwide
The CDC warns of a new Staphylococcus aureus strain showing intermediate resistance to vancomycin, a last resort antibiotic. Discovered in a Japanese infant after heart surgery, the strain has not reached U.S. hospitals but alarms doctors to tighten infection controls and use antibiotics sparingly while researchers develop new drugs. The Dallas Morning News reported the resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Centers For di: Control and Prevention
Fred Tenover
CDC
U.S
Nigerian troops land to press Sierra Leone coup surrender
Hundreds of Nigerian troops disembarked in Freetown to pressure coup leaders after mutinous officers toppled President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. Lebanon evacuated 242 women and children, U N officials sought safe passage, and no clashes were reported as troops moved to barracks outside the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Lebanon
U.N
Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
Nigeria
Kabbah
Voice of Nigeria
Kansans urged to back McCain Feingold campaign reform
A coalition led by Common Cause Public Citizen and church groups pressed Senators Brownback and Roberts in Topeka to back federal campaign finance reform. The McCain Feingold bill would end PAC contributions and cap spending while offering free air time for those who accept limits, as supporters push for a citizen reform movement nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Piopeka
Kan
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Pat Roberts
Common Cause
Public Citizen
American Association of Retired Persons
Brownback
Topeka
Arizona
John McCain
Wisconsin
Russell Feingold
Congress
Mike Penrod
Coalition For Campaign Reform
Manhattan
Riley County
Candace Lautt
Peace and Social Justice Center
Wichita
Roberts
Supreme Court
Bob Murray
Ann McBride
McBride
Dale Fooshee
United Methodist Churches
U.S. House
U.S. Supreme Court
Crash kills teen near Princeton on US-59
A 17-year-old, Garnett, died from injuries after a head-on crash about a half mile south of Princeton on US-59 Wednesday night. Corey J. Young, driving a 1991 Mazda southbound, crossed the center line at 11:28 p.m. and hit Jane A. Wingert's 1991 Pontiac. Wingert, 64, and passenger Elizabeth Cole, 79, both of Ottawa, were hospitalized by Franklin County ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett
Princeton
Corey J. Young
Jane A. Wingert
Ottawa
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wingert
Elizabeth Cole
Franklin County
County Engineer Ron Miller resigns in Franklin County
Franklin County engineer Ron Miller resigned effective immediately after serving since August 1994. County commissioners plan to hire an administrator to oversee public works and contract for engineering services, with Ray DeJulio named interim administrator. DeJulio heads the noxious weeds dept and county recycling and oversees technology updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Ron Miller
County Commission
Public Works Department
Tom Weigand
Weigand
Miller
Ray DeJulio
DeJulio
Ray
Guy
Ottawa Library Board approves 1998 budget increase
Ottawa Library Board on Wednesday approved an 8.6 percent spending rise for 1998 with a budget set at 411,661 dollars. Trustees note figures are estimates and subject to change as city commissioners hold final authority and a base mill levy has not yet been established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
City Commission
Yes
Ottawa
Skunk Run Days Book Sale Planned by Ottawa Library Friends
The Friends of the Ottawa Library organize Skunk Run Days June 7 and 8 at the old Ottawa Library. Donations accepted Monday 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Thursday 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. A special collection time is set for Saturday 10 to 11 a.m. A quilt show and auction support the Old Depot Museum renovation fund and the Sunflower Piecemakers. Children’s art activities run June 7 at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. June 7 at the Ottawa Community Art Council. See LIBRARY page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Ottawa Library Organization
Old
Ottawa Library
Std
Main
Old Library
Old Depot Museum Renovation Fund
Sunflower
Ottawa Community Art Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jay Thornton
Nathan Gillaspie
Dylan Clutz
Don Woodward Community Center
Herald
Bill Telcier
Ottawa Library Board
Northeast Kansas Library System
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
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