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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 2002
Page
8
A weather brief notes colder conditions tonight with a breezy, cloudy sky and lows in the lower 30s. Thursday remains cold and mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 40s and Thursday night lows around 30, a 20 percent chance of snow.
Ottawa High School freshmen band The Rage performed a 20 minute set for Eisenhower Elementary as part of Red Ribbon Week to promote drug free living. Students heard a speaker from the school and joined in activities like Sock it to Drugs Day and Plant the Promise Day though rain postponed the tulip planting.
Ottawa residents heard school board President Bill Allegre and district architect Earl Devore present floor plans for three new elementary schools and invite public comment on the January bond issue. Allegre said volunteers will form a bond election support team, while Devore and member John Coen endorsed a buy two get one free strategy, noting state taxes would cover 34 percent of the project.
At Ottawa University a public hearing on the Cedar Street rebuild drew local property owners and motorists who largely opposed roundabouts as part of a proposed 4 to 5 million project. BG Consultants official Cecil Kingsley noted initial resistance but predicted eventual acceptance elsewhere. One resident, Michael Schrick, voiced ongoing mixed feelings after the session.
Residents along Cedar Street from First to 15th hear that a 2005 start is planned for a project costing four to five million dollars with federal funding covering eighty percent. Officials say widening will remove steps and historic hitching posts, replaced by accessible ramps, prompting debate over prior sidewalks and roundabouts.
A nationwide Public Agenda survey finds 61 percent of parents rate their generation as fair or poor at raising children. Despite 83 percent calling teaching self-control essential, only 34 percent feel they succeed. Sixty percent see themselves doing worse than their own parents.
Health officials push healthier alternatives during Halloween while allowing limited candy. Dietitian Brenda Pfizenmaier from Ransom Memorial Hospital urges parental guidance to portion treats, noting children respond to restrictions with desire. She supports pencils and trinkets but affirming that some candy is okay, especially for kids like Garfield Elementary second-grader Cale Paquette who loves the candy.
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