Postal Service eyes cuts to offset mail losses
The U S Postal Service faces a 2 to 3 billion dollar loss this year as first class mail declines. It weighs options including Saturday delivery cuts, office closures, and plant consolidations while urging Congress approval and cautioning against reducing sponsorships.
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U.S. Postal Service
Lance Armstrong
Postal Service
Congress
Lars
Ottawa Post Office
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawa Regional Cancer Center embraces inner beauty over facade
The Ottawa Regional Cancer Center defends its eight foot thick concrete walls and practical purpose amid criticism of its outward appearance. Since opening November 1 2000 staff emphasize compassionate care, relief from pain, and hope, inviting tours to showcase the interior decor and patient support services in Ottawa.
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Ottawa Regional Cancer Center
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Kansas City
Topeka
Ottawa
Readers invited to submit hand‑signed letters to Ottawa Herald
The Ottawa Herald invites readers to submit opinions to the Reader Forum. Submissions must include the author’s address and telephone number and be sent to Reader Forum at 104 S. Cedar Ottawa Kansas 66067 or by email to letters ottawaherald.com.
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Volunteers sustain Ransom Memorial Hospital through decades
The RMH Auxiliary, rooted in gifts from the Cook family, celebrates volunteer service at its April 16 awards banquet at Ottawa University Student Union. Since 1964, memorial funds and landscape gifts totaling tens of thousands have supported equipment, training, scholarships, and the hospital’s growth, with leadership roles held by locals like Mary Lynn Gollier and Dr. Bud Gollier.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
A. L. Cook
Ottawa University Student Union
Ransom Memorial Hospital Charitable Trust
Memorial Auditorium
Eleanor Barr
Frank Barr
Memorial Gist Fund
Barr
Arizona
Mary
Lynn Gollier
Memorial Gift Fund
Ransom Bennett Sr
Georgia Bennett
Sally Bennett
Jerry Hobbs
Dale Dietrich Sr
Alice Reyes
Ransom Memorial
Lorraine Max
Howard Doyen
Jean Drumright
Earl Sink
Noel Cook
John Burkdoll
John Ogle
John Erickson
Harald Guy
Wieneke
Eddy Ransom
Jane Gollier
Frank Trump
J.F. Barr
Jane Bennett
Paul Gaynor
RMH
Jeannie Yost
Jeannie
Franklin County
Bud Gollier
Cult of Moderation takes root in GOP politics
Guest columnist Doug Patton rails against a “Cult of Moderation” in Congress led by John McCain and allied Republicans. He accuses moderates of intolerance, cites McCain-Feingold and campaign finance reform as evidence, and claims compromise erodes core principles while ignoring public priorities.
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John Ashcroft
Thomas Paine
United States Congress
Senate
Trent Lott
Mississippi
David Schippers
John McCain
McCain
McCain-Feingold
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