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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1996
Page
2
A speaker argues against stereotyping welfare recipients and urges treating welfare as a policy issue. While some abuse exists, most recipients are children or seniors, not career welfare users. The nation should reduce unde rving elements and target the problem with data rather than labels.
Kansas region faces skilled labor shortage slowing expansion at Hutchinson Eaton Alcoa sites and Great Bend Master Machines. Wichita lure of workers compounds the issue, while Hutchinson and Great Bend offer schools and low crime as selling points to attract talent. This period presents a golden opportunity for growth with focused recruitment.
The 10,894 acre Z-Bar Ranch in Chase County Kansas will join the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, a landmark in the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum led the effort with praise for Kansas and the preservation of Flint Hills beauty and history. Editorial notes that guest views express opinions not necessarily those of The Herald.
A fragile Silver Maple, untrimmed and three-trunked, is crushed by a bulldozer clearing a vacant lot for a new home in the neighborhood. The author reflects on rapid change, recalls the Little House book, and notes how roads, gas stations, and modern houses transform a once quiet area as history and memory collide with development.
A personal reflection on the pivotal role of teachers in shaping lives. The author recalls loving teachers, acknowledges some failures, and highlights Karen Cook as an exemplary educator who inspired her sons. The piece celebrates one good teacher as the ripple that shapes success across generations.
Nancy E Fuhrman recalls marriage to Jonathan Hager Williams, son of James Hager Williams born in Ottawa Kansas about 1910. She asks for surviving relatives or clues to James and Martha Glenn Wright, possibly in Cowan Tennessee, with Jonathan born November 19 1946 in Ocala Florida.
A reader responds to the Ottawa Herald October 5 1996 editorial, endorsing the stance that racial bigotry has no place in society and condemning any racial slur as hurtful, stressing collective pain and intolerance.
Readers are invited to submit opinions to the forum but must be hand signed and include the author’s address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for space. submissions should be concise and clearly identify the author.
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