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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 2003
Page
2
Quote attributed to OTeeker warns that hostile press can threaten stability more than armed force. The remark reflects tension between media and state power during upheaval, suggesting media influence as a potent political force.
Franklin County Commissioners propose a $6 million road paving project over two years pending state approval of a low interest loan. The CHIP funds would cover annual payments, widening and adding shoulders on 34 miles of gravel roads to connect Centropolis Williamsburg and Lane, with speed limits possibly increasing and some curves straightened. Construction will close busy routes temporarily, but no new taxes would be raised.
The First Amendment limits Congress from establishing religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It also protects freedom of speech and the press, and the right to assemble peacefully and to petition the government for redress of grievances.
Dorothy Nichols, longtime Ottawan and former mayor, marked her 80th birthday on November 13 with more than 200 friends and family at a gala at the Convention and Tourism Center. Attendees from California to Florida joined Kansas colleagues and state legislators in a day featuring performances by the Ottawa High School Cyrones, speeches, and a birthday serenade.
Margaret Kuhn explains Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving Proclamation on October 3, 1789 designating November 26 as a day of public thanksgiving. He influenced Lincoln's 1863 proclamation. Thanksgiving became a legal holiday in 1941. Kuhn is Mount Vernon Media Relations Manager.
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