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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 2000
Page
2
Proposals for a new Ottawa police station and an 80 acre regional recreation complex total over 11.5 million dollars. Officials warn costs will rise beyond estimates and urge full cost analysis before the November ballot.
Readers forum praises Ottawa High School students for two May events. On May 5 fifty five students joined a fundraiser at the school raising donations for Muscular Dystrophy Association with Jamie Little leading by example. The following Monday seniors and staff celebrated with a ceremony featuring many awards and scholarships as Ottawa High School prepares for graduation.
Sunflower Plaza residents funded and built Memory Lane with bake sales and yard sales over nearly two years. Dave Farrell’s dream became reality through community effort, thanking seniors, families, and Killough onieaurtiar for asphalt work and broad support from Ottawa community.
A humorous tale contrasts LL Bean’s failure to track Kansas sales tax with the state's Streamlined Sales Tax effort. The bill would link retailers to a nationwide database to automatically apply state, county, and city taxes by zip code, potentially starting as a pilot this fall. Martin Hawver notes the irony and outlines the legislative path ahead.
The piece argues peace is unattainable as Israel will not dismantle West Bank settlements or cede East Jerusalem, and the Palestinians lack leverage. It contends US backing of Israel doomed negotiations, notes Palestinian disconnected lands, restricted travel, and potential Hamas shift if talks fail.
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