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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1994

Page

3

Employers oppose health insurance mandate

ITU and LA Deterahead businesses oppose paying 80 percent of employees health insurance. They argue no trade off for employers, who already fund health care for nonemployees. Critics warn employee pay could shrink as premiums rise, noting health care remains costly for small firms.

No Kiddings? Van Asselt on Great Composers Deaths

Karl A. Van Asselt critiques clinical chemistry myths about famous composers. He attributes Beethoven’s deafness to eighth nerve compression, Mozart’s death to kidney failure, Chopin’s illness to cystic fibrosis, Paganini’s daring to a connective tissue disease, Tchaikovsky’s death to cholera water, and Van Gogh’s yellow vision to digitalis overdose, noting his house’s all yellow hue.

Beethoven Mozart Chopin Paganini Tchaikovsky van Gogh Pan Wolf M.D

Looking Back at Ottawa History Through the Years

A century of local reminiscences recounts YMCA lectures in 1894 with Dr Gilley microbes to follow, Norwood mischief, and Centropolis kids. Midcentury notes in 1944 highlight Miss Bertha Williamson’s Latin teaching and wartime cooking schools. A 1969 Franklin County Farm Bureau trip ties to Boys Club fundraising and candy sales.

Ottawa YMCA Ottawa Daily Republican Jenks Gilley Norwood Baldwin City Leavenworth Lawrence & Galveston Eric Oakley Coal Hill Centropolis Jim Moore Leonard Ottawa Herald Bertha Williamson Ottawa High School Shep The Herald Franklin County Farm Bureau Topeka Kansas Earl Gilliland State Capitol Eugene Flaherty Jerry Farrar Jerry City’ Hall

Be Appanoose staff respond to quarters critique

Appanoose teachers defend classroom time spent on behavior, praise student achievement, and emphasize hard work over building size or branding. They invite patrons to engage directly, noting their doors are open and that teachers educate through dedication, not facilities.

Affordable labor definition offered

Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce President CEO Louis J Atherton outlines an affordable labor definition. The concept describes employees who provide 40 hours of work for 40 hours of pay, framing it as a standard for fair compensation and workplace efficiency.

Louis J. Atherton Ottawa

Local 4-H Citizenship Team Thanks Donors for Fundraiser Prizes

Friends of 4-H and the Franklin County 4-H Citizenship Team thank Waymire's Pak n Save Sirloin Stockade Ottawa Co op Underwood Equipment Scipio Supper Club Beachner Grain and Stinson's Processing for prize donations. The generosity will support their trip to Washington DC and list contributors including Brian Haight Darcy Anderson Leslie Mettenburg Sarah Mages Janna Dunbar Becky Rossman Michael Hoyt Ryan Ayers Pete Kay Elizabeth Hornbuckle Nadia Piotrowsky.

Franklin County 4- H Waymire Pak ‘N Save Bill Ayers Ottawa Co-op Underwood Equipment Scipio Supper Club Beachner Grain Stinson’s Washington, D.C Brian Haight Darcy Anderson Leslie Mettenburg Sarah Mages Janna Dunbar Becky Rossman Michael Hoyt Ryan Ayers Pete Kay Elizabeth Hornbuckle Nadia Piotrowsky

Letters to the Editor Policy Encourages Signed Submissions

Readers are urged to send signed letters with the writer’s address and a telephone number for verification. Unsigned correspondence will not be published. The paper stresses prompt verification of letters before use.

Against year round school and neighborhood nuisances

A reader argues against year round schooling citing lost sports and activities, questions about Friday videos, and concerns about roadwork on US-59 during rush hour. They defend continuity in education, sports and summer camps, and criticize noisy dogs and secondhand smoke issues with practical, plainspoken observations.

Ottawa Lawrence

Public Forum Letter Weighs Smoking Versus Health Debates

A reader argues nicotine tar limits in filtered cigarettes are offset when exhaled and questions EPA statistics funding. The note critiques restaurant ventilation, dieting obesity links, smoking in public in Whitewater, and proposes smoking or non smoking zones. It invites readers to call a late night talk line with opinions.

EPA Whitewater Kansas

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