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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1992
Page
3
The Liberal school board used 95,000 of state-derived tax funds for Christmas bonuses giving $100 to 600 district employees plus a ham or turkey. The piece condemns the move as arrogant and ill advised, arguing it was not budgeted and violates equity and contracts, calling for legal scrutiny.
Harris Group columnist John McCormally, longtime editor and publisher roles at Hutchinson News and Hawk Eye, has stopped writing due to disability from cancer treatment. Doctors cite possible chemotherapy and radiation side effects. condition expected to improve with time.
A Crestview Nursing Home program gathered residents to recount holiday memories from childhoods and past hard times. The collected recollections feature families, gifts, meals, freezes, and acts of kindness across towns like Pomona Ottawa Waverly Lawrence and Princeton, with hopeful notes on peace and togetherness.
The Kansas Legislature has battled 100 day sessions for three straight years with critics like Sen-elect Mark Parkinson urging a 75 day cap. Support widens among first-term lawmakers who fear spring in Topeka. Historical context recalls 19th century shorter sessions and rural norms, while inflation and federal programs in the 1960s and 70s expanded duties, prompting longer sessions and a 90 day cap in 1974.
A letter expresses thanks to the person who found the writer’s billfold at Wal Mart on Sunday and commends honesty. The writer also questions Ransom Memorial Hospital’s administrator who seeks a $100 higher Medicare charge per visit for identical services.
A reader voices concern over a hall fight at Ottawa High School and laments teacher inaction. The letter urges civic duty, asks for calmer response to President-elect Clinton's election, and invites community dialogue via a listed phone line with limited hours.
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