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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 2004
Page
2
Quote from Nancy Kranich former American Library Association president 2003 praising libraries for democratic access after September 11. It stresses that a free and open society relies on libraries now more than ever with millions seeking information from library resources.
Regular school attendance is tied to student success. Ottawa High considers an attendance policy mirroring workplace rules with excused and unexcused absences and penalties like involving truancy officers. Central Heights uses finals exemptions for good attendance, while smaller Pomona relies on peer accountability and strict pursuit rather than incentives.
The First Amendment protects religion by prohibiting an establishment and guaranteeing free exercise. It also ensures freedom of speech and of the press, and the right to peaceably assemble and petition the Government for redress of grievances.
Michael Pollan argues that cheap U S corn flooded into Mexico after NAFTA’s 1994 start, devastating 1.3 million small farmers, driving landless migrants north, triggering factory farming, water and soil harm, and eroding Mexico’s maize genetic diversity preserved by landraces. The piece cautions against viewing free trade as purely economic.
Hawthorne School Board prepares a bond issue for elementary facilities in the November election. A 49 percent survey response shows 50 of 58 favor a one to two unit school, seven prefer two to three units, and none want facilities with more than 480 students. Three want Hawthorne Elementary closed, 55 oppose.
In a Site Council survey Ottawa residents favored renovating the Hawthorne facility as the top option, followed by enlarging the site. A new school in Hawthorne ranked third, with leaving Hawthorne as is fourth. A 90 percent last-resort preference favored closing Hawthorne. The Board weighs plans for 400 to 650 students in new facilities.
A nutritionist warns that mercury in tuna and other fish risks fetal and infant brain development. Pregnant and nursing women may pass mercury to their babies, with neurotoxin effects from exposure. Variations in mercury and other pollutants mean no fish is fully safe. reducing intake protects health.
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