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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 2002
Page
7
A community health reminder from a local breast cancer support group stresses early detection as vital for survival. Weather notes forecast mostly cloudy conditions with low 50s tonight and Wednesday highs near 70 across pages 5 and 12.
Darrin A. Votaw, 32, was sentenced to three years in jail on five counts of eavesdropping for secretly videotaping women in a restaurant restroom. He will serve 60 days in a work release program and then two years on probation, with a Jan 2 2003 start date after a stay of execution. Victims described violation and betrayal.
Franklin County may receive free help to draft a master fire plan from Kansas Forest Service fire protection expert Ross Hauck. The plan would improve coordination and safety of fire suppression with mutual aid agreements among nearby districts and would not create a countywide department. It aims to lower insurance rates by improving Public Protection Classification.
Ottawa officials weighed responsibility after wet paint on bleachers at Orris Cox Field ruined about 30 uniforms from Deerfield Wisconsin and Scott City during the national American Legion baseball tournament. The city may cover damages as Cox Field is city owned, though the ORC argues insurance or private reimbursement may apply. City Manager Padgett plans to meet with the Recreation Commission to resolve the claim.
Interim Franklin County Commissioner Dennis Woolman filed Monday as a write in District Four candidate on the Republican ticket to face Don Hay in the November 5 general election. Woolman, president of Buildex Inc, was appointed after August 14 to fill the vacancy left by Raymond Carey and has served since late August. He cited primary results and his board experience as reasons to run and said he would focus on jobs, health care, road maintenance and economic development while supporting the county hospital and Ransom Memorial’s Apple Mart north campus project. He called for cooperation among county departments, the Sheriff’s Office, 911 dispatch, ambulances, rural fire units and Ottawa city to improve service.
The Ottawa City Commission began a wrecking program for eight vacant houses, aiming to tear them down before year end. A public hearing is set for November 20 with bids approved about a month later. Properties include 320 E Fourth, 922 E Eighth, 717 S Cherry, 130 W Elm, 1248 Lincoln, 719 N Main, 737 Tremont and 804 N Mulberry. most are unpaid tax lists and unsafe. Lincoln house, though up to code, has a large deck in poor shape and owner warnings since 1992. neighbors pressed for action.
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