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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1998
Page
6
Board to mull OMS pact and district soccer request
The Ottawa Board of Education convenes at 7 p.m. at the board office to review the architect’s recommendation on extra days for the Ottawa Middle School project and an out-of-district girls soccer participation request. Also on the agenda is a three year East Central Vocational Cooperative agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Board of Education
Fourth
Walnut
Ottawa Middle School
Ottawa High School
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Vinland ultralight crash claims Shawnee man
The Kansas Highway Patrol said Leo Kempter, 47, of Shawnee, died when his ultralight aircraft crashed about 100 yards from a Vinland airport runway around 6:45 p.m. Saturday. Investigators are studying whether the craft had just taken off or was already airborne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinland
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Leo Kempter
Shawnee
Lawrence
Rantoul Sued Over Unpaid Firehouse Contract
MCA Inc. of Osage City sues Rantoul in Osage County claiming failure to pay for a firehouse project begun in October 1997. The contractor seeks 50360.65 and damages for nonpayment on a 131494 contract with about 4696 in change orders funded partly by a community development block grant. Mayor Kenny Bellinger was unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon
Rantoul
Osage County
MCA Inc
Osage City
MCA
Kenny Bellinger
Kansas Faces Wild Hogs Invasion Across State
Kansas, one of 23 states coping with feral hogs, faces crops damage and disease spread. Three reproducing herds exist in Fort Riley northeast, Crawford County southeast, and Gyp Hills southwest. Experts say hog hunting enthusiasts likely dumped them on the prairie. One hunter described a 265 pound boar charging him at the Comanche Barber border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Philip Gipson
Kansas State University
Colorado
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Fort Riley
Crawford County
Gyp Hills
Barber
Comanche
MicroWeb combines microwave, IV computer at London show
NCR Corp unveils the MicroWeb a microwave oven computer with Internet access at a London trade show and plans consumer testing. The spokesman notes activities like checking a bank balance sending email and watching the last five minutes of Friends while pizza spins. Universal Press Syndicate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
NCR Corp
Universal Press Syndicate
Murderer arrested in child's death in Kansas
Scotty R. Adam, a Council Grove man, faces felony murder and felony child abuse charges in the death of 15 month old Timothy Post. Held on 250000 bond, he was arrested after the child was airlifted to a Wichita hospital and died. A preliminary hearing is set for November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuncil Grove
Kan
Council Grove
Kansas State University
Scotty R. Adam
Morris County
Timothy Post
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Scott Teeselink
Morris County Hospital
Morris Coun
Timothy
Wichita
FBI
Adam
Teeselink
Scott O. Sanders
Kansas State
Junction City
Coun
Cil Grove
Sanders
Emporia
Clinton plan to hire 100000 teachers targets early grades
The Class Size Reduction Initiative gains final congressional approval to fund hiring 100,000 teachers over seven years to reduce first through third grade class sizes to 18. Districts in Franklin and Anderson counties will share about 9.6 million, enabling roughly 246 new teachers next year. Funding begins July 1, 1999.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranklin
Anderson FR
Clinton
U.S. Department of Education
al Gore
Kansas
Franklin
Anderson Counties
Kansas mid-size districts plot funding lawsuit
Twenty four mid-size Kansas districts say state aid unfairness prompts a potential lawsuit to secure funding equity under a 1992 school finance law. They note a $319 per student disparity between small and large districts, and plan a formal filing only after more study. Wichita lawyer Alan Rupe would lead the case if it advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Wichita
Alan Rupe
Rupe
Banking regulation clash clouds Kansas politics in 1999
State Sen. Don Steffes accuses the banking commissioner of cozy ties with banks over a 1995 tax order that let state banks avoid tax on securities. The move sparked a tax cut and broad industry debate as lawmakers consider a single department to regulate banks, savings and loans, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Steffes
Steffes
R-Mcpherson
Senate Financial Institutions and
Bankers Association
James Maag
Jim Barone
D-Frontenac
Frank Dunnick
Dunnick
W. Newton Male
Kansas
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