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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 2005
Page
2
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva states that the press should inform people about conflicts and also raise awareness of the need for dialogue, cooperation, and peace across the globe.
Residents can apply for seats on the Ottawa Planning Commission Recreation Commission Municipal Band Board and Library Board. Terms range two to four years with various meeting times. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday via ottawakansas.net or City Hall. No pay, but service benefits the community.
Denise O'Dea, Wellsville schools superintendent, urges recognizing teachers as true heroes. The piece highlights teachers who encourage, save lives, and spend personal funds on students, noting their daily impact beyond fame.
Comment urges learning over blame to foster love and unity. It laments leaders who claim sole salvation and compares current intolerance to the 1930s and 1940s, urging readers to seek knowledge and broaden horizons.
The Ottawa Herald letters urge public debate on issues, condemn sexual harassment remarks by a county official, and call for recalls or resignations to avoid legal action. They criticize budget cuts, a new county administrator, and a human resources department for payroll control while noting long standing land division statute breaches since 1987.
A letter recalls the April front page photo and honors military spouses and children. The writer notes 20 years in the Air Force for both husband and son, two overseas tours, including Vietnam, and the frequent hellos and goodbyes.
The Ottawa Herald reports in late April that Franklin County officials including Commissioners and County Clerk Shaun Perry mishandled duties and produced a partisan dispute. Residents are urged to demand resignations, arguing court involvement is a frivolous diversion from professional governance.
An elderly woman reports a cane stolen at Commercial Federal Bank last Thursday at 12:15 PM while she was with a teller. She describes only a young couple nearby and pleads for the return of the cane, offering it be given to someone in need and criticizing the thief's cruelty.
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