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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 2008
Page
2
A historic remark attributed to Chief John Ross circa 1832 extols the liberty of the press as free as a breeze over the water. The quote highlights early 19th century Native American leadership defending press freedoms amid turmoil.
Ottawa discussions explore putting Franklin County Commission meetings on the county site alongside city videos. Benefits include wider access for residents outside Ottawa and those with limited cable, though bandwidth, cataloging, and monitoring issues must be solved. Potential downsides include public grandstanding, abuse of meetings, and the need to correct inaccuracies in the record.
Instructions request reader opinions to be hand-signed with address and phone. Submissions go to Reader Forum at The Ottawa Herald, 104 S. Cedar, Ottawa KS 66067 or by email to letters ottawaherald.com. Limit is 400 words. letters may be edited for space grammar and clarity.
Baldwin City Rep Tom Holland opened the bi annual event in the Kermit Deterding gym. About 500 students met 60 plus colleges and military booths during a morning of break out sessions on nursing counseling IT animal grooming fire fighting and welding. The afternoon included a Lansing Prison Speaker Bureau segment where inmates spoke honestly about life before and after prison.
Resident laments long-term neglect in Quenemo with run-down trailers along Third and South Fourth streets. Descriptions include broken windows, debris on the 200 block of South Fourth, mud-prone streets, faded signs, and a decayed Jones Park and Pavilion. Families report moving away as conditions worsen.
North Ottawa residents report progress on a new North Baptist Church planned for the northeast corner of Wilson and Milner streets. The church now stands at 413 E Wilson St, with the empty lot slated as the future site and the project framed as more than a building, a community hub in development.
The Rev. Robert E. Louden writes about growth north of the river and a planned multi-use church building in Ottawa. The church aims to host after school programs, youth activities, concerts, support groups, community events, family classes, and public information sessions while already running a 4 H group, a Wednesday youth group, and parenting seminars. It envisions the new facility as part of revitalizing Ottawa’s north side.
The Kansas Humanities Council partners with Shannon Leonard and the Ottawa Public Library to run Prime Time Family Reading Time in Ottawa, a six week series starting February 7, 2008. Ottawa is among eight Kansas communities selected for the program.
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