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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1997
Page
1
Hutchinson Kansas AP reports Kansas State Fair attendance reached 361647 for the overall event, second only to 1995's record. Final day totals pushed overall attendance to 357742, a boost noted by general manager Bob Gottschalk as marking the second-highest tally on record.
Ottawa district court reports list numerous criminal filings and dispositions including Kenneth Davin, Shellie Decock, Jennifer Calderon, Eugene Bromert, Jolene Graika, Wade Moyer, Leslie Lyons, Russell Ronback, Kevin Williams, and others. Dispositions include guilty pleas, bonds posted, and various jail terms or probation. marriages and divorces also recorded with multiple residents and dates.
A California fugitive with three felony warrants was released on a $2,500 bond after an extradition hearing, though warrants called for $15,000. Scott Richard Wait, 38, faces perjury, welfare fraud, and failure to appear charges from 1995 in Butte County. He was arrested near First United Methodist Church after a stolen bicycle report but posted bond before contact. He declined to waive extradition at the hearing.
In Oskaloosa, two women and five children fled a newly purchased home after an accidental mercury spill in the laundry room. The EPA traced mercury to common items like blood pressure monitors and thermometers, with six to eight pounds removed.
Friends and family are invited to a wedding anniversary reception for Jean and Cap Printy on Sunday October 12 from 2 to 4 pm at the Southwind Shelter House in Vassar State Park.
A dense list of weekly breakfast and lunch options across days, featuring French toast, rice Krispies bars, ham and cheese biscuits, doughnuts, tacos, burritos, spaghetti, chicken nuggets, pizza, and various sides. Notes indicate milk with meals and several no school days. The menu blends numerous entrees with fruit, vegetables, and desserts throughout a long carousel of offerings.
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