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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 2006
Page
1
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Linda Brown, advertising director of The Ottawa Herald, laments gradual increases in gas prices and taxes, urging readers to think for themselves and demand fairness. She argues that small, repeated changes erode independence and community life, and calls for proactive citizen action.
Mel Gibson asked Jewish community leaders to meet him to find the appropriate path for healing after admitting anti-Semitic slurs during a drunken driving arrest in Malibu. A sheriff's watchdog said deputies handled the arrest properly as Gibson issued a second apology addressing Jewish groups directly.
Heath Ledger will portray the Joker in The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins. Christian Bale returns as Batman, with Christopher Nolan directing. production set to begin next year. Ledger, 27, earned an Oscar nomination for Brokeback Mountain.
Herald staff writer Lenni Giacin notes sun down film festival at the Kansas State Historical Society from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. featuring The Outlaw Josie Wales. Free film exhibit Blazing Guns and Rugged Heroes at exhibit 6425 SW Sixth Ave Topeka. Also at 1 30 p m Bleeding Kansas Arts & Festival 2006 at Burcham Park Lawrence with Death Cab for Cutie and other indie bands. tickets via ticketmaster.
Peoples Bank Travel Club lists trips with dates including Louisburg Kansas Opry Gene Watson Myrtle Beach Nashville and more. Tours cover multiple states and venues from August to December with contacts to Norma Sellers at 785-242-7904.
The Ottawa Herald calendar highlights Lane Fair events from Thursday to Saturday including exhibits parade music talent show carnival and quilt show. Bleeding Kansas Arts & Festival 2006 at Burcham Park Lawrence features Death Cab for Cutie and other indie bands with farmer's market at Ottawa's Orscheln Farm & Home and a 4 p.m. deadline for event submissions.
The Lane Fair in Ottawa runs Thursday to Saturday with concessions, a quilt show, music, and carnival games. Act Ottawa performs Steel Magnolias at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Larry D. Peters Auditorium on Ottawa University campus. Also scheduled are a farmers market at 8 a.m. at Orscheln Farm & Home and a Friends of the Ottawa Library book sale from 8 a.m. to noon at 209 E. Second St.
A dense list of Ottawa meetings includes 4 p.m. sessions for Chamber Boosters at the Chamber of Commerce, Friends of the Ottawa Library Board at City Hall Library, and Union Chapter No. 15 Eastern Star at the Masonic Temple. Other events cover Optimist Club breakfast, Retail Committee, Franklin County Conservation District, Kiwanis lunch, Alcoholics Anonymous, Vietnam Veterans of America, ACT Ottawa at the Carnegie Cultural Center, and a Franklin County Conservation District Board Meeting.
The Associated Press Reuters and Agence France Presse rejected claims photos from the Qana bombing are staged. Photographers recorded rescue work after the Israeli airstrike that killed 56, while critics cited time stamps to allege manipulation.
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