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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 2006
Page
2
Ottawa faced hazardous city streets as ice and freezing temperatures followed a midweek storm. Outside city limits I 35 and U S 59 were largely clear, while county roads fared better than city roads, prompting calls for improved street treatment and a thorough post storm review.
The Ottawa Herald outlines its role as an open community forum for local issues, pledging to honor individual rights, protect free press and free speech, and use editorials to educate and persuade residents and institutions toward progressive action.
The Ottawa Herald publishes Letters to the Editor in its Readers' Forum, attributing opinions and facts to individual writers. Readers may respond in the same forum to dispute views or stated facts.
Denise O'Dea, superintendent, states Wellsville Schools have tightened access with locked doors, visitor badges, and a high school office entry. They describe lockdown drills, daily door checks by the SRO, a back lot gate, and plans for electronic entry systems and a full time resource officer funded beyond grant limits.
Gov Kathleen Sebelius drew sharp fire for likening the state board of education to the Fred Phelps clan prompting objections from board chair Steve Abrams. Kansans are portrayed as traditional and conservative, opposing the described behavior as un Christian like.
Readers submit forum letters to The Ottawa Herald urging signed opinions with full contact details. The writer criticizes a six-member board majority as radical and un-Christian, arguing voters will replace them with traditional conservatives and Judeo Christian values.
The notice asks readers to send letters to the Readers' Forum with 250 words or less, including name, address and daytime phone number. It states letters may be edited for length and clarity and limit of one letter per month. Form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed.
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