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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 2005
Page
7
Rain tapered off in the Northeast today while high pressure kept skies clear across the Midwest and South. Clear to partly cloudy conditions prevailed from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast and Gulf Coast with light rain observed in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Former Mode-O-Day employees will meet at 6 30 p m on Oct 20 at Sirloin Stockade 2230 S Princeton St Garfield Elementary PTO meets 7 p m Thursday at 12th and College to discuss PTO versus PTA Princeton United Methodist Church hosts a chicken noodle supper and bazaar at 5 p m Saturday adults 6 children 12 and under 3 Red Cross blood drive noon to 6 p m Oct 19 at West 17th National Guard armory Walk-ins welcome
Ottawa Recreation Commission invites first through fifth graders to join a free after school program with adult supervision. Activities include arts and crafts nutrition and health board games and other group activities. For information call (785) 242-1939.
Connie Hilner plans to picket the hospital, urging locals to confront fat smoking and obesity remarks. Felix defends physician discussions about health risks, while praising the hospital’s long standing high patient satisfaction ratings in national surveys.
Ottawa commissioners plan options for the troubled Ottawa Recreation Commission during a noon Wednesday joint meeting with the school district at the district office. They reviewed ideas Monday including disbanding ORC, creating a parks department, partnering with neighborhoods, and a possible YMCA facility with private funding only. Local planning issues on a proposed used car lot near I-35 and U.S. 59 were also discussed along with attendance at the Franklin County Summit on November 1.
Ottawa area officials moved up the West Wilson Street Bridge project to begin by 2009. The narrow steel truss span near Burlington Northern Santa Fe crosses heavy use, with farmers overloaded by its five ton limit. A public hearing drew 65 residents amid traffic counts of 470 on one day and 1,265 on Vermont Road. Replacement cost up to 750000. the bridge will stay open until construction starts.
Franklin County Commissioner Don Hay began his campaign for re election calling for County Administrator Ron Henrickson to resign. The November 2006 general election looms as Hay, from the 4th District, clashes with other commissioners over payroll, the 2006 budget and minutes procedures. Hay criticizes Henrickson saying he lacks required qualifications and should leave Franklin County. He also seeks to curtail County Counselor Blaine Finch. County voters approved the county administrator position in May 2004. Henrickson, who started in May, previously worked in Washington state and was terminated there after the hiring commissioners were voted out. County Clerk Shaun Perry notes Hay filed for re election Monday.
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