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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1996
Page
7
Partly cloudy and mild Wednesday with a high near 80 and south wind 15 to 25 mph. Gusty conditions noted. Also references to classifieds, opinions, obituaries, weather pages, and sports on various pages.
Local auction at the National Guard Armory in Ottawa on October 26 features a football autographed by Steve Grogan, an Ottawa native, along with a Bill Howe butterfly painting and Chely Wright media. Proceeds aid the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail between Richmond and Ottawa. donations are now accepted at Friends of the Prairie Spirit, P.O. Box 444, Ottawa 66067. A Burger King development is planned on East 23rd Street, with Ken Ollila of Lawrence owning seven Kansas Burger Kings. Don Zimmer of Kanza Properties plans a strip mall near East 23rd Street and Wal-Mart, while Mark Chang will open a new restaurant in the Zimmer mall. his Little Dragon location on Main remains open.
King Hussein of Jordan visits Jericho the first Arab leader to enter a Palestinian autonomous area since 1967. He signals support for Palestinian rule, proclaims happiness on Palestinian land, and notes ongoing talks on an Israeli troop pullback in Hebron with U.S. mediator Dennis Ross urging a quick agreement.
OU lights homecoming flame to start events as Elizabeth Meyer notes. OU provost Robert Duffett reads a brief history of the flame, built in 1968 to honor William Bertholf after his 1963 death. The flame, named the peace flame, fire fountain, and eternal flame, symbolizes Christian values and knowledge.
County seniors from Ottawa Wellsville Pomona Central Heights and Williamsburg high schools cast 265 votes in a mock election with Dole Kemp 116 Clinton Gore 101 Perot Choate 39. Ottawa bond question for an 11.6 million middle school passed 104 20. Election official Donna Mietchen organized the event and taught seniors about voting.
Ottawa City Commission debate centers on a new rule barring comments on personnel matters and court issues. Mayor Gene Ramsey says the limit should have been debated among commissioners, as staff will explain how residents may raise concerns and complaints at Wednesday’s 9:30 a.m. meeting at City Hall.
Ottawa school board revisited the philosophy of small classes amid rising counts this year. Superintendent Harvey Ludwick urged redefining class size to include support staff, showing a drop in student to teacher ratios since 1967, while some members questioned the ratio’s validity and urged keeping classes near twenty as a priority.
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