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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 2013
Page
5
Readers debate a Kansas law requiring drug tests for unemployment and government aid recipients. Comments touch on cost effectiveness, scope including students and farmers, fairness concerns, and potential impacts on families and dependents.
The Ohio Civil Liberties Union reports a Scroogian trend where municipal courts jail indigent debtors who cannot pay fines. In 2023 Cleveland suburbs jailed 45 and Sandusky 75 for unable to pay, a practice said to violate U.S. and Ohio constitutions and echoing Georgia privatization of debtors’ prisons.
Jim Hightower argues Georgia police stop sign penalties funnel motorists into private probation, with startup and photo fees atop fines. He accuses a private firm of bribing a Pardons Board head to pass the system and ties it to Newt Gingrich's 2012 call for workhouses, framing it as criminalizing poverty.
Ottawa residents recognize volunteers from Franklin County school boards and community groups for dedicating hours to meetings training and events. Lori Catlin receives special praise for her efforts at Eugene Field Elementary. Lincoln Elementary benefits from PTA Watchdog Program and Communities in Schools Youth Friends volunteers. Marge Stevens notes the value of volunteerism in the school system.
Meagan Patton-Paulson of the Ottawah Herald shares a diary style reflection on dog sitting, expressing relief to return to a pet free home while noting affectionate moments with Nutmeg the lab and the challenges of dog ownership, including family dynamics and a hopeful son’s question about a future pet.
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