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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1999
Page
12
Tonight mostly clear with a low near 55 and a south wind of 5 to 15 mph. Tuesday will be breezy and mild with mostly sunny skies and a high in the lower 80s, southwest wind 15 to 25 mph. For more weather information see page 2.
Ottawa High School hosts a career planning conference on Wednesday from 9 to 11 a.m. in the south gym with about 700 students from OHS and area classes, plus parents. University and college representatives, vocational schools, military, and local businesses will discuss post high school plans. Contact Ernie Honas at 229-8020 or ohscounsel@yahoo.com for details.
The Ottawa Volunteer Center invites volunteers for after school homework help youth crossing safety 4 year olds museum work leading a girl scout troop and an intergenerational quilt project. Oct 23 Make a Difference Day projects include Habitat for Humanity housing Heritage Park tree planting and trash pick up. Call 242-7450 ext 205 for details.
Ottawa city commissioner Richard Jackson received the American Hometown Leadership Award from the National Center of Small Communities for outstanding leadership in small communities. Wal‑Mart co sponsor presented a $1,000 check for Ottawa's economic development. The award honors 200 recipients nationwide. Jackson is executive director of ECEAN.
A ventilator at the site of Japan's worst nuclear accident leaked small amounts of radioactive particles for 12 days before being shut off. Operators said the outside radioactivity was low and discussed coping measures as the Sept. 30 accident exposed at least 49 people and injured three workers.
Ottawa University hosts a Kiss the Toad contest at noon Thursday in the union as part of homecoming events. Martin Hall will be rededicated at noon Saturday before the 1:30 p.m. football game vs Kansas Wesleyan. Open house starts 5:30 p.m. Saturday. campus worship service follows Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Meditation Chapel led by Rev. Robert A. Box.
Joy Ludwig reports Sacred Heart School has earned a five year accreditation from the Kansas State Board of Education. Principal Sister Susanne Bauer notes the school is now recognized as an accredited institution like public schools and highlights focus on math problem solving, new textbooks, reading and writing, and teacher workshops. Accreditation involved reviews by state and local officials and a five year improvement plan with ITBS and state tests in spring to indicate student progress.
Clau dia Joskova, three months old, and her family join hundreds from Kosice in Belgium while EU leaders meet in Tampere to craft immigration policy. They push for common asylum rules, tighter border controls, and quotas to share refugee burdens across 15 nations amid rising illegal immigration.
CIA officials say there is no evidence that the New York area encephalitis outbreak was caused by terrorists or any foreign government. City and federal health officials downplay bioterrorism links and attribute the outbreak to natural causes. A defector’s claim about Saddam Hussein developing a West Nile like strain is reported in The New Yorker as unverified.
The State Board of Education opens a two day meeting at DeSoto High School to rewrite science standards used for statewide tests. A KU professor plans to mock the board with an Ig Nobel Award from Harvard as the panel weighs objections from three national science groups over copyrighted materials and how much rewriting is needed.
A century after the Little Bighorn battle the lone survivor horse Comanche is the focus of two documentaries. Animal Planet crews filmed Fort Riley historian interviews for an upcoming segment while a Hollywood team shot at Fort Larned for a 20 minute piece with Gerald McKagey and Ethan Wayne. The project aims for a festival premiere and showcases Forts and era authenticity.
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