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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1998
Page
7
Franklin County urged to repair roads in northeast area
Residents of northeast Franklin and northwest Miami counties sent a 129 signature letter to the Franklin County Commission asking for more road maintenance and urgent repairs on Riley Stafford and Thomas roads. It notes water damage on Stafford near the I-35 overpass and cites travel by Wellsville district students and rural mail carriers. Public Works Director Ray DeJulio will evaluate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Miami County
Franklin County Commission
Riley
Stafford
Thomas
Wellsville
Public Works
Ray DeJulio
Trafficway on hold after appeals court ruling
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge’s injunction blocking the eastern five mile leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway through wetlands near Haskell Indian Nations University. The ruling cited environmental concerns and potential proximity to the Medicine Wheel shrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
South Lawrence
Denver
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kansas
Haskell Indian Nations University
31St Street
Douglas County Commission
Kansas Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Wetlands Preservation Organization
Commissioners
KDOT
Kansas counties seek federal disaster aid eight counties listed
State officials asked the federal government to extend public assistance to eight south-central Kansas counties for storms and flooding from Oct. 30 through Nov. 15. The adjutant general's office names Butler Cowley Greenwood Harper Neosho Saline Sedgwick and Sumner as affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Adjutant General's Office
Butler
Cowley
Greenwood
Harper
Neosho
Saline
Sedgwick
Sumner
Amtrak plan mapped for regional Oklahoma service
Oklahoma lawmakers and colleagues from Kansas mapped a regional strategy to restore Amtrak passenger rail. Kansas already runs the service and seeks expansion while Oklahoma, without Amtrak since the late 1970s, weighs hurdles and routes from Chicago to Kansas City and on to Fort Worth via Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Amtrak
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ed McKechnie
Pittsburg
Kan
Chicago
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Texas
Notorious childcare misdeeds in unusual cases from US press
Summary of three sobering incidents from July to September where fathers smothered, drowned, or strangled relatives over perceived irritants. Jason Phipps smothered his 8 month old daughter in Lima after crying while he watched Garth Brooks. Anthony Smith of Brooklyn was arrested for drowning his 9 year old daughter in the tub over shampooing delays. David Andrew Douglas of Houston was convicted of strangling his 3 year old granddaughter for licking icing off a cupcake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Ohio
Jason Phipps
Garth Brooks
Brooklyn
N.Y
Anthony Smith
Houston
David Andrew Douglas
Chuck Shepherd
P.O
St. Petersburg
Fla
Juvenile reform plan discussed for Fourth Judicial District
Officials outlined a three part plan for youth offenders under the state Juvenile Justice Authority. Prevention includes parent child education at risk families, runaways program, school retention, reading and anti drug education. Interventions cover diversion with guidelines, detention when needed, and counseling. Graduated sanctions feature probation, aftercare, restorative justice, community service, and possible out of home placement. The plan suggests enlarging Ottawa detention or building a district center and was presented at a joint Franklin County Ottawa meeting at the old Crestview site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
State Juvenile Justice Authority
JJA
Fourth Judicial District
Franklin
Osage
Coffey
Anderson
Franklin County and
Ottawa Commissioners
Ottawa School Board
Ottawa
Crestview Nursing Home
Seventh Street Terrace
Juvenile detention center seeks new night supervisor
Franklin County Commission heard a request from juvenile detention chief Thel Wallace to create a night supervisor position at the center. Wallace says the plan was in the 1999 department budget and would be funded by internal promotion, but the request may not have reached the salary committee for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Bishop
William Shakespeare
Ottawa University Theater Department
Miranda
Jennifer Holtwick
Prospero
Forrest Lowry
Aeriel
Sarah
Ferdinand
Joel William
Thel Wallace
Franklin County Commission
Wallace
Ment
Shaun Perry
Starr presents his case in third impeachment inquiry
Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr opened the third presidential impeachment inquiry charging President Clinton with misusing authority to impede cases. Democrats criticized Starr while Hyde urged calm. Starr, emotionless, argued the hearing is not a trial as Clinton faces a potential standard of truth versus oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Kenneth Starr
House Judiciary Committee
Clinton
Starr
John Conyers
D-Mich
Conyers
Monica Lewinsky
White House
Henry Hyde
Hyde
Richard Nixon
Ottawa High senior Beth Lewis to perform with major orchestras
Beth Lewis, an Ottawa High School senior, will perform with the Kansas City Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra of the Ozarks in January. She recently won a KC Symphony Young Artist Competition audition, playing a movement from Lalo with stage-ready focus. Her brother Brian supports her as she pursues a career as a world traveling concert solo violinist while balancing school and other music activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Lewis
Ottawa
Brian
Kansas City Symphony
Chamber Orchestra of the
Lewis
Alice Joy
Chamber Orchestra of the Ozarks
Springfield
Tom Lewis
Ottawa University
Tiberius Klausner
Ottawa High School
Cyrones
Ottawa University Symphonette
Kansas City Youth Symphony
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News OF the Weird
Charles Mavity
County Commission
Symphony
Lalo
Ottawa Suzuki Strings
Beth
Spain
the Queen of
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