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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1990
Page
3
A Kansas City woman embezzled 132000 from the Kansas City school district and, facing four years probation, was not ordered to repay the money. She must perform 150 hours of community service and complete a financial management course. Two co-conspirators were involved in a total 267000 theft. restitution was not required. The judge called restitution an exercise in futility.
Guest opinion urges a balanced approach to atrazine pollution in Kansas. It warns that continued use risks costly water filtration, cites reservoirs Perry Tuttle Creek Pomona as threatened, and calls for reasonable regulation and cooperation between farmers and environmentalists to protect drinking water without crippling agriculture.
Letters to the editor are encouraged and should be signed with the writer’s address. Unsigned letters will not be published and a telephone number is required to expedite verification.
Baxter School, located three miles west and a quarter north of Ottawa, was a one room rural school with a Round Oak stove and wood supply. Pupils shared desks in 1906, and students recalled daily recitations and ninth grade classics. The school closed in 1962, last taught by Grace Price Hooking, with former pupils still in Franklin County.
A reader recounts attending a public hearing on renaming Franklin County roads, voicing concerns about heritage, local history, and the proposed alphabetical system. The letter questions committee selection, public notice, and the cost of new signs, urging study of hybrid approaches and preservation of traditional names.
A foster parent with 14 years and 94 children in placement challenges the stereotype that SRS workers are largely incompetent. The writer defends social workers, notes the intense pressures they face, questions limited details on a deadly foster case, and urges support and funding rather than blame for the entire department.
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