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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1997
Page
1
A Topeka Seaman victory over Ottawa High in a bouncy soccer clash marks a Tuesday win amid a season of erratic bounces. Weather outlook calls for breezy, mostly cloudy skies Thursday with a 30 percent rain chance and a high near 65.
District planners recommending a new high school adjoining the existing campus to house all students while sharing gymnasium, shops, and theater. Plan weighs major elementary or secondary additions and could cost 5 to 6 million dollars. A special board meeting at 7 30 p m on November 10 will discuss the committee's pick and bond implications.
In Olathe Kansas about 125 students and six staff members at 20 elementary schools became sick after lunch Monday amid burritos served as the suspected source. Food samples were sent to the FDA for analysis while officials review who ate the burritos.
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall says the Meade County Board of Commissioners may rescind the 1994 resolution authorizing corporate hog production. The advisory opinion says the 1994 protest election does not prevent rescission, and a binding election cannot be held though a nonbinding advisory poll is permissible.
Psychologist Sandy Wolfson told The Times of London in June that her research on Star Trek fans reveals as many as 10 percent meet the clinical definition of addicts, especially when they experience withdrawal during the show's absence. The fans appear to need ever-higher doses to overcome tolerance.
SRS secretary Kelle Chronister urged Ottawa Franklin County Economic Development members to hire welfare recipients amid a labor shortage. She outlined welfare to work changes, staffing reorganizations, and employer support for training and job searches while noting hurdles such as health coverage and child care for single mothers.
A report to Ransom Memorial Hospital Board details Managed Health Care through a provider sponsored organization named Health Access Ottawa. Olathe Medical Center. Miami County and RMH would join with affiliated doctors to offer bundled services, contract with insurers and HMOs, and leverage joint purchasing to attract patients and expand care options beginning marketing in January.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway urged Kansas lawmakers to resolve early next session a bill creating a public authority to run the University of Kansas Medical Center hospital. He said the authority should take control by June 30 with legislative approval in 1998.
First Union Corporation agreed to pay 58.5 million to 239 former employees to settle an age discrimination case filed in 1994. Judge Royce C. Lamberth approved the settlement, avoiding a jury trial. The suit involved fired long time workers in Washington, northern Virginia and Maryland as the bank expanded with acquisitions from First American and Merit Savings.
Ottawa University hosts a weekend of activities including a Friday parade from Forest Park to Park Street at 6 p.m., a 8 p.m. pep rally and bonfire at Wilson Field House, and Saturday events with a 11:30 a.m. tailgate lunch at the student union. Soccer games vs Graceland at 1 and 3 p.m., football vs Kansas Wesleyan at 1:30 p.m., and royalty crowned at halftime. Alumni ribbons provide free admission with a reception, dance, and Sunday worship at the OU Chapel.
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