Ottawa Middle School shut as structural study urged action
Ottawa Superintendent Don Duncan ordered the closure of Ottawa Middle School after a preliminary engineering report flagged serious structural concerns. The board will meet with Topeka engineer Richard H. Finney at 7 tonight in the Ottawa High School library to discuss housing grades elsewhere and a future bond for a new facility.
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Ottawa Middle School
Ottawa
Don Duncan
Richard H. Finney
Topeka
Ottawa High School
Duncan
Finney
John D. Montgomery
Great Bend Embraces Quality Performance Accreditation Push
Guest editorials note Kansas schools mandating standards. Great Bend moves quickly as the school board avoids flavor-of-the-month programs yet pursues block scheduling cautiously. On-site teams visited Great Bend schools to assess QPA progress, touring buildings and reviewing improvement plans. Visitations were tiring yet energizing, signaling that Quality Performance Accreditation is yielding benefits locally.
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Kansas
Great Bend
Babies as Accessories Spark Fashion Trend Alarm
A columnist denounces the baby as accessory craze in Neiman Marcus catalogs and Vogue, noting models pose with babies as fashion props. The piece critiques teen pregnancy messaging, media influence, and moral panic around motherhood as style, urging shifts in public perception.
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Neiman Marcus
Vogue
Mfairly
Brigitte Bardot
Jane Mansfield
Clinton
Mothers Day origins and call for renewed duties
Donna Beth Blythe urges reaffirming the original goals of Mother's Day, tracing roots to Anna Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe, noting congressional designation in 1914, and calling for child protection, anti violence measures, health care, gun control, and solidarity with mothers abroad and reform groups.
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Anna Reeves Jarvis
West Virginia
Appalachia
Julia Ward Howe
Congress
Chile
Guatemala
Argentina
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Welfare Mothers
Lowell Factory
Donna Beth Blythe
Rockwood Drive
Lane resident worries over road conditions and safety
George N. Finley of Lane argues a full time commission could inspect roads. He warns the road east of Lane is nearly one lane with potholes and brush crowding traffic, and that John Brown Highway west of Lane could be worse. He urges action before a dangerous slide off icy curves.
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Skeets
Sa-School
George N. Finley
Readers urged to sign letters with full address
Letters to the editor should be signed and include the writer address. Unsigned submissions will not be published. A telephone number is requested to speed verification.
Is cigarette smoking really addictive and why
The text explains nicotine in cigarette smoke as the addictive factor, compares nicotine to heroin and cocaine, notes pleasurable effects at low doses, and cites toxicity and numerous compounds. It then cites death figures from smoking and secondhand smoke, and contrasts persistent addiction with tobacco industry awareness. It also contains unrelated local opinions about a school board and politics in Ottawa.
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American Cancer Society
It's Your Quarter: Ottawa readers urge tax cuts for school needs
A community letter urges city county and school leaders to lower taxes and reuse existing buildings to fund a new Ottawa Middle School. The writer argues against bonds and notes nearby older buildings remain solid while OMS is unsafe. Call-in forum details and political remarks follow.
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