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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 2005
Page
2
Allen H. Neuharth warns that reporters relying on anonymous sources risk mixing fiction with fact. He notes editors often fail to police these stories, allowing unverified details to slip into reporting and mislead readers.
Franklin County hosts a seventh annual Spring Break with low cost events for children and parents. Franklin County Children's Coalition offers movies skating swimming bowling and a health fair at $1 per person per activity. Ottawa groups add art classes and Safe Sitter courses supported by local sponsors and Ransom Memorial Hospital.
A compact roster lists named officials and offices in Topeka Kansas including Governor Kathleen Sebelius State Senators Pat Apple Derek Schmidt and others and Representatives Tom Holland Bill Feuerborn Joe Humerickhouse and Bill Otto with office addresses phone numbers and web forms for correspondence
John Walburn recounts Benjamin Franklin, at age 84, pressing Congress to end slavery in February 1790. The article notes Franklin’s evolving anti-slavery stance, his collaboration with Condorcet, and his leadership in the Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, amid ridicule and a delayed Congressional response.
A reader blasts Ottawa County leaders for hiring and outsourcing duties, questions district boundaries, and argues for a county administrator to cut costs. The letter criticizes spending, praises Don Hay for restraint, and suggests replacing several commissioners to save money.
A letter criticizes Shari Perry and Ed Taylor for personal grudges and overreach in county business. The writer urges voters to dismiss all county commissioners except Don Hay, calls for halting meddling and wasteful spending, and advocates prioritizing road funding. The piece complains about Blaine Finch and urges cost cuts.
A mother laments the theft of new flowers from her son's grave, expressing deep pain and asking the thief for understanding. She says flowers provide essential comfort during seasonal remembrance and pleads for compassion.
Deb Bugnet and Brownie Stankard’s Ottawa community note how Public Works workers on Seventh Street stopped work and removed their hardhats as the funeral procession passed Greenwood cemetery on March 17 showing a touching act of respect and gratitude from family and friends.
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