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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1995
Page
3
Opinion urges shifting focus from guilt trips on the elderly to fixing Social Security and Medicare for the 21st century. It notes both programs face financial strain but argues they have been vital gains, advocating reform rather than dwelling on past missteps.
A reader thanks the paper for uplifting local youth coverage and corrects a June 24 note on Brian Lewis. It emphasizes his parents, Alice Joy Lewis, director of Ottawa Suzuki, and Tom Lewis, OU chemistry professor, as key supporters. The letter celebrates family support and three children.
An editor argues for removing a selling point to curb truck traffic on Main Street and proposes inverted speed bumps as the preferred solution, contrasting them with outverted types and suggesting limited existing controls.
The notice invites signed letters with writer addresses and a verifiable telephone number, stating unsigned submissions will not be published. It emphasizes reader voices and verification by providing contact details for editorial follow up.
A car windshield was shattered by unknown vandals, targeting residents including an elderly couple with a dialysis patient. The distressed author laments police handling of youth and fears tickets prevent driving to medical care, urging prevention of property damage.
A reader recounts a petty theft of a reflector for a lighted scooter and a near miss with a long haired dog on a busy highway. The piece urges responsibility for pet neutering and questions Crestview Nursing Home air conditioner bids, noting state law on bids for larger contracts and editors inviting community input.
Ottawa University English professor Dexter Westrum published Elegy for a Golf Pro, a compact 133 page memoir blending biography autobiography and fiction. He reflects on his father a country club pro and his own golf career with readings at Kiwanis and Borders, noting the book’s vivid voice and limited distribution as it sells through Legends Bookshop and soon Borders.
The piece critiques allopathic medicine and warns against snake oil in alternative cures. It cautions skepticism toward both camps, urges relying on diverse valid sources, and highlights a water-based theory by Dr. Batmanghelidi. It ends with low-cost health tips: drink six to eight glasses of water daily, walk an hour, and add salt gradually over weeks.
Breakdown shows $6,080 to South Korea for assembly and $3,500 to Japan for components. Germany receives $1,500 for design, Asian nations $880 for small parts, Great Britain $500 for marketing, Ireland and Barbados $100 for data. US workers and GM shareholders get $8,000.
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