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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 2011
Page
10
A brief weather notice from the Kansas Highway Patrol provides low and high temperatures for the area. It references a contact number and an online schedule source.
West Franklin school board donated two old buses to Pomona Fire Department for county wide emergency training. Emergency agencies including Franklin County EMS will attend once scheduled. Training may use $8000 worth extrication gear and stabilization tools called rescue jacks.
The Associated Press reports temperature extremes in the continental United States ranged from 27 degrees at Grand Canyon Park Arizona to 95 degrees at Yuma Arizona and in Thermal Palm Springs and Borrego California, reflecting regional heat.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office partners with students and local agencies including the Kansas Department of Transportation to promote seatbelt use. The year-long effort targets high school clubs with assemblies and speakers, highlighting that wearing a seatbelt saves lives and reduces ejections. A DOT rollover simulator may enhance the program.
Deana Bond chair of the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Image and Affair Committee presents Ottawa meter reader Janet Stewart with the Chamber quarterly Image Award at Prairie Star BBQ and Catering. Stewart is recognized for continued dedication to the community.
Ottawa High School graduate Vashon Perryman, now living in Topeka, won first place among 30 competitors at the 2011 Kansas State Body Builders Championship in Topeka. A former power lifter who began bodybuilding in March, Perryman highlighted posing and conditioning, describing his routine set to Lil Wayne's Mirror on the Wall.
Franklin County commissioners unanimously approved lowering the speed on a section of Idaho Road between the BNSF railway and north of the railway from 55 mph to 45 mph. Public Works Director Jim Haag cited nearby church and homes with young residents and noted a missing county resolution for a prior 25 mph sign. Signs will be installed soon.
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