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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 2000
Page
6
Tonight mainly clear with a low in the low 40s to mid 40s. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday will be breezy and partly cloudy with a high between 65 and 70 and a gusty south wind of 15 to 25 mph. See Page 2 for full weather details and the Opinion section.
Ottawa School Board heard Joe Montague of Kansas Gas Marketing on transporting gas to reduce costs as prices rise. Superintendent Collins urged accepting the contract while board members weighed price locking and duration. Summer school plans and enrichment goals were discussed with Principal Dale Fox proposing clearer objectives and possible private funding. A community forum and Looking At Schools Together committee updates followed, plus a clean 1999-2000 audit and a $10,000 earnest money deposit for the old middle school sale.
Great Bend native Jack Kilby, 76, of Texas Instruments in Dallas, is named one of three Nobel Prize in physics laureates for inventing and developing the integrated circuit, the forerunner of the microchip and a co inventor of the pocket calculator. Academy member Hermann Grimmeiss cites its central role in personal computers. The chemistry prize goes to two Americans and a Japanese for breakthroughs in making plastic electrically conductive.
The Ottawa Fire Department launches the third annual Great Escape fire drill urging residents to evacuate briefly Wednesday at 7 p.m. Two egress paths per room and a safe outdoor meeting place are required along with classroom talks on smoke detectors and home fire safety.
Franklin County commissioners heard county department heads press for mid year pay raises while weighing the impact on budgets. They noted recent changes in the County Attorney and Public Works offices, with more justification for raises due to workload and hiring challenges.
Ottawa's new Main Street director Julie Prideaux began her first full week in Hutchinson by attending a state Main Street conference. She plans to promote the city's distinctive architecture and focus on boosting downtown retail through customer service and retailer roundtables with expert speakers to help merchants.
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