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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1996
Page
7
Coaches and media from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference release preseason picks with Ottawa University securing a top-tier position in both men’s and women’s polls. The notes appear on page 7.
Partly sunny conditions are expected Thursday with a high around 55 to 60 degrees. A light to moderate breeze of 5 to 15 mph is anticipated throughout the day.
O J Simpson arrives at Santa Monica court for opening statements in the wrongful death suit filed by Nicole Brown Simpson's estate and Ronald Goldman's family. Reporters gather as he faces new proceedings a year after his murder acquittal. A heckler calls him murderer while supporters defend him.
A Kansas campus safety task force adopted recommendations to amend the Open Records Act for parolee access, publish parole hearing results, tighten housing security, and add more emergency telephones. The meeting was attended by Gene and Pegey Schmidt whose daughter Stephanie was murdered in 1993 after a ride from a sex offender.
Ottawa officials defend placing the middle school at 13th and Ash citing owned property, existing utilities, and available space. They argue shared athletic facilities with the high school and traffic improvements from planned street openings. The Herald will run a two week Q and A series with reader calls at 242-4700 to address bond questions.
The Herald reports Ottawa faced six inches of snow on Tuesday with wet heavy conditions. Trees lost leaves increasing branch weight and many limbs and power lines were brought down. Public works director Andy Haney urged residents to place fallen limbs at the curb for pickup while crews restored power after 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, with updates continuing into the evening.
The Associated Press notes Ihita posted a new snowfall record with 2 inches at Mid-Continent Airport while up to 8 inches fell in other areas. Kansas City area saw a record 6 inches in one day, with Topeka and Douglas County reporting 6 and 4 inches respectively. Power outages and hazardous roads followed as a 22-year-old Tecumseh woman died in a crash on U S 40.
Franklin politics heated as local lawmakers vie for Kansas House seats. Stan Wollard, R Parker, challenges Bill Feuerborn, D Garnett, noting 16 years without a Republican in the 5th district and criticizing Feuerborn’s votes on taxes, healthcare accounts, abortion and same sex marriage. Feuerborn defends record amid disputed votes. See LEGISLATIVE page 3.
Shannen Shumway of Ottawa runs for the 10th District Kansas House seat, arguing education funding must be stable and criticizing plans to cut the mill levy and substitute sales or income taxes. She warns sales tax reliance creates revenue fluctuation and instability in funding.
Xperience, not necessar ily different viewpoints, whdh appears to be setting candidates apart in the races for the two Franklin County commission seats. The three county commis sion candidates fielding ques tions at the political forum sponsored by the Ottawa Area Chamber of Com merce's political action com mittee Tuesday night at the county annex building gave similar answers to the ques tions provided. Each also expounded on the relevant experience they could bring to the posts. Those three can didates participating were: incumbent Tom Weigand, seeking the 2nd District seat, and Jack Beauchamp and Bill Ogle, seeking the 3rd District seat. Weigand was appointed county commissioner in Feb ruary to take the place of Russ Savage, who died. Larry Skeet, who is waging a write in candidacy for the 2nd Dis trict seat, also was recog nized at the forum but was not invited to answer ques tions like the other three. Beauchamp and Ogle are seeking the seat now held by Gardner Hayden. All of the commission can didates, including Skeet, will be profiled in upcoming edi tions of The Ottawa Herald.
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