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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 2000
Page
2
Ottawa fire crews tested thermal imaging cameras from several makers during search and rescue drills at a vacant home. The device could halve search times, help locate hot spots and victims, and justify a $20,000 budget in 2001 with potential use by January if approved.
Wanda Durbin of Ottawa argues that major projects like a recreation complex and police center should be decided by voters. She claims city managers push pricey plans, urges focus on north side growth, and favors keeping the Forest Park swimming pool.
Guest editorials are published to offer readers a variety of opinion. Views expressed are not necessarily those of The Herald or its editor.
Readers are invited to submit hand signed letters with the author’s address and phone number. Submissions must be sent to Reader Forum, The Ottawa Herald, 104 S Cedar, Ottawa KS 66047 or emailed to letters ottawaherald.com. Limit is 500 words and edits may be made for space.
A list of prominent political contacts including U.S. President, U.S. Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, U.S. Representative Jim Ryan, Governor Bud Groves, and Kansas state legislators Robert Tyean Ralph Tanner and Bill Feverbom with their Washington D C and Topeka addresses, phone numbers, and official websites.
A reflective piece on Memorial Day, a Kansas couple’s life across seven states and 19 houses, and a narrator following a lineage of men who planted hedges and shrubs for their wives. He recounts moving, painting, an ax in the garage, and a garden reshaped by his wife’s hand, with humor at the yard’s evolving landscape.
A pair of brown lace up shoes once worn by Capt. Andy Androsko, survivor of the Chosin Reservoir battle, become a quiet symbol of veterans’ lives and losses. Through artist Stephen Chesley, the shoes pass from Androsko’s attic to a desk, marking memory, mortality, and time’s relentless advance.
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