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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 2005
Page
2
Guest editorial notes leaders struggle over school funding as schools and kids suffer. Rich Lowry credits only the military for Katrina praise. Mr Donald Kaul suggests making the poor pay for New Orleans rebuilding. Includes Annie's Mailbox and Heloise hints, comics, community reading, club news, and a new VFW Auxiliary unit. Obituaries Treva Rhue Cole and Anna Marie Gretencord appear on pages 6 and 9.
A traveling Smithsonian exhibit Key Ingredients America by Food visits Ottawa at the Old Depot Museum through Oct 14 with hours vary by day. Admission 3 for adults 1 for students free for preschoolers. The event lineup includes a Food Quilt Show Shop with the Chef cooking class Harvest Lunch a book release party and a Pie Eaters Conclave with tickets 5 available at local venues.
Ad brief notes a two day 20 percent off sale at A Bloomin Florist 231 S Main St with Friday and Saturday events. Also mentions a sign language class starting Oct 4 at Future Visions with contact 242-0107. yoga at Carnegie Thursdays 530 to 7 pm with 242-8478. RMHealth Forum Women’s Health Head to Toe on Oct 8 from 9 to 4 with 229-8310 by Oct 3. $10 non licensed $56 licensed for 7 CEUs.
A casual garden feature covers humane pest management. It suggests removing standing water to curb mosquitoes, attracting insectivores with bird houses, and a non toxic spray recipe with lemon grass and tea tree oils. It also offers slug control with beer, eggshell barriers, aphid strategies, crop rotation, and natural repellents for ants and moths. The writer invites reader tips and yarn donations for animal shelters.
Sunday and Monday schedule lists meetings at Franklin County Courthouse Ottawa City Hall Franklin County Mental Health Office and Princeton City Hall Ottawa School Board The events include county commission city commission gift guidance for families tonight and school board proceedings at 7 PM at the district office and 123 West Fourth Street.
Activities include Oktoberfest in Lawrence and pumpkin patches near Ottawa with petting zoos corn mazes hay mazes and festive foods. Historic tours and the Nordic Heritage Festival at Douglas County Fairgrounds offer crafts music and demonstrations. Hours vary by site.
The Franklin County Breast Cancer Support Group and Ottawa Main Street Association stage Pink Power events at Haley Park and downtown. Activities include a mayoral proclamation, performances by the Ottawa High School Cytones and Ottawa University Dance Team, a lunch break with Pink Passport discounts, recognition of patients and survivors, and red hat prize drawings.
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