Summer Fun In Ottawa Opens Many Local Activities
Ottawans enjoy a thriving summer with the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail now open and weekly Ottawa City Band concerts at City Park every Tuesday at 7 p.m. through July, plus Farmers Market gatherings Wednesdays and Saturdays. Dietrich Cabin hosts weekend hours, the Arts Council highlights Stan Herd, and upcoming events include The Great Race with 80 vintage cars stopping in Ottawa, Skunk Run festival, Chau-Yauqua Days, and the Franklin County Fair.
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Microsoft antitrust clash sparks debate on market forces
A columnist argues against government intervention in the Microsoft antitrust case, praising rapid price drops and innovation in the computer industry. He notes entrepreneurs like Marc Andreessen and the Netscape rivalry, questions government aims to curb success, and suggests market-driven outcomes may be preferable to regulation. He admits stock ownership but maintains journalism ethics guide his view.
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Reader Forum Echoes Requests for Signed Submissions
Readers invited to share opinions in the forum must submit hand signed letters with full address and phone number. Submissions are limited to 500 words and reflect individual views for publication consideration.
Pledge of Allegiance Pro Tester Sues Over Stand
Mary Kait Durkee a Fallbrook teenager sues Fallbrook Union High School District to avoid standing for the Pledge of Allegiance citing beliefs about social injustice and violence. ACLU involvement and parental actions frame the dispute as a free speech rights case with class disruption not occurring.
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Fort Lauderdale
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Reader Forum Calls PSRT Figures Into Question
Dale E. Anderson of Garnett contests Kansas wildlife data on Prairie Spirit rail-trail receipts and user counts. He argues the KDWP deed history and fiber optic plans threaten private property, and urges keeping the trail out of state ownership.
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Surface Transportation Board
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City pays, raises, and contracts debated in public meeting
In The Ottawa Herald June 2 discussion, a reader questions final payments after project completion, contract penalties, and whether raises are dictated by employees. The note calls for closer commissioner scrutiny of the 17th Street work and critiques attendance at meetings.
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Ottawa Herald
17Th Street
Don Slone
Firefighters thank education donors for Ottawa fund
Ottawa Fire Department thanks contributors to its public education fund. Donations will fund fire safety education for children and community members. Donors include Air Technologies Inc. Allegro Pharmacy Lodge No. 803 Elks, D & H Inc. Days Inn Ottawa and many local businesses and organizations. We appreciate the support for a safer Ottawa.
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Allegro Pharmacy
Lodge No. 803
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
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