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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 2002
Page
2
Ottawa residents receive a new tri fold bill combining monthly water and electricity charges with a return envelope. The change raises costs and does not promise better service, as outages persist including a Tuesday two hour loss. The city weighs a second substation or automatic transfer switch to improve reliability.
A Ottawa Middle School eighth grader Heather Schaper prevented a potential danger when a kindergartner boarded the wrong bus. The child was supposed to ride daycare but ended up on the school route seven miles away. Heather traced the mix up, asked the child to verify if an adult was home, convinced the driver to take the child home, and called the parent. The parent credits Heather as an angel for keeping the child safe and emphasizes adult vigilance.
Patricia M Brady Baldwin argues in favor of the Eastern Alignment over upgrading Highway 59, noting the Eastern route costs $8 million less and impacts fewer acres and homes, making it a prudent option amid budget constraints.
A diverse group of about sixty countries and relief groups gathered to decide aid levels for Afghanistan. The piece argues money alone won’t suffice, calling for rapid action, equipment, and manpower to rebuild roads, power, and infrastructure, with a plan and timetable to avoid delays.
A reader argues health care spending, at 1.3 trillion dollars and rising, crowds out other priorities. He cites Medicare and Medicaid limiting free enterprise, calls for targeted insurance plans, and criticizes pharmaceutical gouging while condemning political leadership and looming unemployment alongside global strains.
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