Ottawa school district bond plan weighs major middle school
Editorial notes a $9.37 million middle school on district land near the high school and a second phase to close Hawthorne and Eugene Field and replace them with a new elementary school at Fifth and Main. If all phases pass, bond total could reach $17 to $18 million, prompting taxpayer concern while more information is sought and a January board deadline set for a public debate.
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No Kidding by Karl A Van Asselt
An item summarizing odd animal talents across species from World Features Syndicate. Highlights include rats guiding blind rats and fish steering blind fish, apes creating art, chimps dancing, lobsters taught to raise claws, and sparrows rescuing others.
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Karl A. van Asselt
World Features Syndicate
Community seeks youth facility for law offenders to learn work ethics
A proposal urges creating a program to redirect troubled youths toward work and moral guidance, arguing current penalties are too lenient and unfair to both victims and the community. Meanwhile, readers note two music programs at Ottawa schools delivering strong performances but disrupting social areas, and invite comments on a local forum.
Ottawa Middle School Does St Jude Fundraiser Night
Teamwork and student effort at Ottawa Middle School raised $1,000 for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. OMS PTA and KAY Club thank local merchants Pizza Hut Little Caesars Pizza Time and Country Mart for pizzas and soda donations.
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Ottawa Middle School
St. Jude’s Children Hospital
Memphis
Tennessee
OMS Pta
KAY Club
Ottawa Pizza Hut
Little Caesar's
Pizza Time
Christmas Card For Santa From The Toyworks
Trueman and the North Pole crew at Toyworks plan a grand gift for Santa. They create a massive Christmas card with messages from dozens of workers, signed by Trueman, praising Santa for his care and urging Hallmark’s new ribbon-maker to join the idea.
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Trueman
Santa Claus
Mrs. Claus
Santa
Simon
Hallmark
Bell Curve Compassion Not Bias Amid Debate
Reader argues that The Bell Curve by Murray and Herrnstein is misrepresented by media and liberals. It defends the book as thoughtful, nonracist, noting data on intelligence and societal outcomes while urging fair discussion and dignity for the less gifted.
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Free Press
Macmillan
Charles Murray
Richard J. Herrnstein
Murray and
Herrnstein
Herrstein
Harvard
Murray
American Enterprise Institute
Adventist Women’s Ministry Appreciation Dinner
The Seventh-day Adventist Church and Pioneer Adventist School thank all who made the December 18 dinner at Celebration Hall possible. Special thanks to Wendy’s Taco Bell McDonald’s Long John Silver’s KOFO The Ottawa Herald Peoples Bank and all who helped. We look forward to serving the community next year. Princeton.
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Pioneer Adventist School
Wendy's
Taco Bell
McDonald’s
Long John Silver’s
KOFO
The
Ottawa Herald
Peoples Bank
Clinton Recast as Reagan Era Budget Shaper
President Clinton moves to be commander in chief of a mission to cut federal programs, privatize assets, and push large tax cuts. With Newt Gingrich in leadership, analysts see potential for meaningful spending reductions that Reagan failed to achieve, as Clinton shifts toward a Reagan style fiscal posture amid a GOP landslide.
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Associated Press
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Clinton
Reagan
Newt Gingrich
Murray Weidenbaum
White House
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Senate
House
Alice Rivland
John F Kennedy
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King Features Syndicate
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