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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1997
Page
7
Ottawa High coach Pat Boeh seeks strong homecoming intensity as his team faces Bonner Springs in a crucial Huron League clash Friday night. The game headlines the district schedule with playoff implications and a spirited crowd expected at the venue.
Partly sunny weather is forecast Friday with a high near 80 to 85 degrees and a south wind around 10 to 20 mph. No precipitation is expected.
Franklin County Commission will consider Crestview Nursing Home's future at the next meeting. Administrator Jim Lewis says a decision is needed for relicensing and Medicare accreditation. Commissioner Bill Ogle defends ongoing county backing, citing Crestview's need. County has subsidized losses since May. Also approved about $7,000 for scales to weigh trucks for the sheriff, targeting grossly overweight haulers with penalties sliding from 25 to 10 cents per pound.
A dump truck snagged three overhead telephone cables, interrupting phone and Internet service to about 119,000 callers nationwide for up to four hours. Sprint restored all services by 10 p.m. Wednesday. The truck damaged 1,600 feet of line while its bed was down, and the driver was not located. Sprint PCS customers in multiple cities also lost service briefly.
In August a San Francisco Zoo elephant named Calle required cocoa butter suppositories to deliver tuberculosis medicine daily for ten months, administered by a four-person team. Surprises include a boa in Florida and a python head rising from a Copenhagen toilet, both incidents tied to escaped or hidden animals.
Ottawa Board of Education president Sheldon faced questions at the first of two public hearings on demolishing the former Ottawa Middle School at Fifth and Main. Friends of Historic Building and opposing groups pressed for renovation alternatives, while a lawyer for the Friends urged the board to exhaust options before demolition. The second hearing is set for next Wednesday with rebuttals before a final decision by the Ottawa City Commission.
The National Wildlife Federation ranked Kansas and 16 other states as weak in implementing non point source pollution controls under the Clean Water Act. Nebraska also earned weak, while Missouri and 16 other states were poor and 18 failed. The report was released in Washington, D C with copies to states. See WATER page 3.
Ottawa Planning Commission approved a two phase Greenview Estates subdivision on about 40 acres north of the country club. It would add about 60 homes with a small commercial area and seek a RS to C-1 rezoning at Wilson and Davis. Final approval lies with the city commission.
Roger Mueller a county shop mechanic's assistant fired along with Lee Bond and Roger Bush in an April 29 incident faced a Monday dismissal. At Wednesday's hearing he argued the accident report was misrepresented and testified he signed the form under supervision. The Franklin County Commission will decide Monday whether Mueller can be reinstated as Gleason defended Mueller’s actions and noted no intent to profit from the false report.
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