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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 2014
Page
1
The All-Area Herald selects top players for an elite school squad highlighting standout performances and local talents. Page 6 features the roster and brief profiles of the chosen stars.
Wellsville High School teacher Dawn Rottinghaus says lessons in money management have real world relevance as the Kansas House approves House Bill 2475 mandating financial literacy in schools. The measure moves to the Senate after a 110 to 12 vote, with support from Reps. Jones and Finch.
Brief notes list Blair named Wellsville police chief and recreation center talks on Page 7. Pomona Lake marks 50th anniversary with plans to splash event on Page 7. A local doctor faces tax scheme conviction and tax case details appear on Page 3.
Eleanor Meeker and Mary Ward Smith emerge as early Ottawa settlers and pioneers. Meeker, missionary wife to Rev Jotham Meeker, aided Ottawa women with cooking, sewing, nursing, and language, while Smith helped found Ottawa's First National Bank lineage and raised a family amid Civil War era growth. The piece highlights local archives noting Meeker’s years of hardship and leadership, Ward Smith’s migratory life, and other contemporaries shaping Ottawa’s early society.
Ottawa leaders Sara Caylor Lisa Johnson and Jeanne Stroh highlight women in government education and business. Biographical notes cover Viola Reusch Ottawa High School honor inductees and 2012 census data on women in Franklin County. The piece profiles 19th century authors Etta Semple Carrie Burns and Ben Jenness in Ottawa history.
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