Crime trends prompt Ottawa area plea for more police
Franklin County communities report a string of unconnected incidents including a beating with a death, a tipped fountain, arson on Halloween, and a downtown shooting. Officials note crime is down overall but high profile cases rise. officers warn of staffing shortages and urge public vigilance as Kansas Highway Patrol seeks higher pay to recruit more troopers.
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Williamsburg
Haley Park
Ottawa
Ottawa Police
Franklin County Sheriff's
Kansas Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Ottawa Police Department
Sheriff's Department
Melodies of Christmas show lifts Ottawa spirits at Yale Fest
Community turnout exceeded 400 for the Melodies of Christmas holiday show at the Ottawa Municipal Auditorium held during Yale Fest Weekend. The event raised food donations for Ottawa Hope House and highlighted volunteers, performers, and sponsors from the Main Street Association and local businesses.
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Yale
Main Street Association
Ottawa
Hope House
Dave Adamson
Stone Creek
Francis Stockton
Daryl Oglesby
Voices of Praise
Alan Cunningham
Gayle Norris
The
Church of the Nazarene
Marc Haney
Kris Dunyon
Danny Wellman
Steve Strickland
Brody Buster
Scott
Candy Wasser
OMA
Dewey Cook
Barb Hamm
Karen McAdoo
Roberta Bishop
Gene Schaefer
Sandy Howard
Kathy Reed
Sam Parkins
Josh McGee
Kelley Hawkins
Shonda Stitt
Ed Baldridge
Julie Prideaux
Ramsey Printing
Ottawa Wal-Mart
JC Penney/Lawrence
Wal- Mart
Franklin County Convention & Tourism Bureau
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Mid-America Arts Alliance
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Readers must send hand signed missions only and include the author's address and telephone number. Letters should be addressed to Reader Forum, The Ottawa Herald, 1045 Cedar, Ottawa, KS 66067, or sent to the indicated contact points.
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Cedar
Ottawa
S. Cedar
Ottawaherald
Festmaster
Remembering Don's Pearl Harbor Navy Warning
A reader recalls Don Wilson a Sun day school teacher and Navy veteran who warned of Japanese planes during Pearl Harbor while aboard USS Henley. His story highlights his calm misstep and the lessons he taught about thinking for oneself and questioning authority.
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U.S
Don Wilson
Don
Overbrook
Hawaii
Kansas
Navy
Jefferson Airplane
America
Broadway
Postal Service
Mission
Texas
Henley
U.S. Navy
Bland Militarese
St Jude Hospital and its donors highlighted
The speech extols St Jude Children’s Research Hospital as a private sector good, founded by Danny Thomas in 1962. It notes over 15,000 treated children, a no-pay/no-discrimination policy, and international patients, funded by donations from the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude
Danny Thomas
St Jude earns trust for honest charity work and high use of funds
The author praises St Jude for its work with catastrophic pediatric diseases, noting its Nobel Prize winner on staff, high direct-to-hospital spending, and low fundraising and administration costs. The piece argues for supporting honest, effective charities and cautions against unscrupulous groups.
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