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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1989
Page
1
Summer ends and the Ottawa school year begins with 96 days of student focus ahead. Drivers are urged to slow in school zones to 20 mph from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on school days, prompting caution near campuses during the next nine months.
Ottawa residents work across regions while Franklin County figures spotlight the Wolf Creek Generating Station. The plant employs 63 county residents, including 47 from Ottawa, and the plant manager Gary Boyer lives in Ottawa. The piece argues Ottawa is a bedroom community with a distinct, skilled local identity.
A collage of opinions on Woodstock nostalgia Neptune signals and Voyager 2, flawed TV pictures from New York sports, Kennebunkport reports, Bush’s golf, slow players in games, rosters versus Orioles, inside trading, and the justice system. The writer riffs on public figures, weather men, and thieves, noting distrust in testimony and police protection.
A column mourns Colombian judge Valencia Garcia gunned down outside his office for jailing cartel leaders Escobar Gaviria and Rodriguez Gacha. It argues American drug policy harms and suggests hard prisons or legalization, urging swift action as cartel violence grows and Valencia Garcia is lost.
Cooter S Coonhound, a rural Ottawa area hound, confesses a comical but serious battle with laundry fixation. After escalating discipline, he seeks help from others in Laundry Anonymous and begs readers to connect him with supportive peers.
A local resident voices disappointment over potential disposal or relocation of the City Park cannon. The speaker warns of revenue loss and loss of a unique community landmark, noting childhood memories and regular visits with family.
A Rantoul letter questions brick street maintenance costs and asks whether Ottawa’s Victorian streets should be replaced by asphalt, arguing if it isn’t broken then it doesn’t need fixing and urging money be spent where most needed.
A writer recounts readers’ reactions to a column on Israel. A suburban critic claimed Jewish influence bought favorable treatment, while the author confesses to accepting money and quotes a stranger from the “powerful Jewish Lobby.” The piece ends with a tongue in cheek question about motives and a Persian rug.
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