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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 2005
Page
1
U S consumers increased spending by 0.5 percent in September as incomes rose briskly. Commerce Department data released Monday show the economy holding up despite Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, signaling resilience in the wake of the storms.
Guest editorial highlights how Latino players have reshaped baseball, reflecting broader cultural shifts. The page notes editorials by Stevens on Lincoln teachers during Red Ribbon Week and Hartmann on sustaining a happy marriage, plus cartoons, advice, and local obituaries.
A review covers Kathy Reichs Tempe Brennan in Cross Bones set partly in Israel with a contrast to Dan Brown like theories, Patricia Cornwell Predator featuring Kay Scarpetta in Boston, and Louise Erdrich The Painted Drum with Faye Travers discovering a haunted Native drum. The piece praises Erdrichs lyricism and notes Scarpetta's forensics influence.
Ten year old Glenn Hall, Katrina survivor from New Orleans, will serve as grand marshal in Greenwich Village's Halloween parade. He will play a newly donated trumpet, symbolizing a phoenix rising from disaster, while displaced survivors dance behind a coffin in a New Orleans themed tribute.
Multiple Halloween and fall activities across Kansas include Howl-O-Ween at Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City and a KC Pumpkin Patch in Gardner. Ottawa University hosts a family Halloween carnival, plus Haunted History at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka. Events run varied hours with activities for children and families.
A weekend of activities includes a Friends of the Ottawa Library book sale at 209 E Second St, Alfred Hitchcock film series at Ottawa Library, ACT Ottawa tribute to Bob Hope and the USO at 301 S Hickory St, and a traveling exhibit Custom Cowboy Boots The Kansas Story at Santa Fe Depot Museum, Osage City. Activities run 10:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. across sites with family friendly options and ticket info via local arts groups.
Noon Lions Club meets at Pon cho s 4298 Main St Ottawa 4 30 p m Ottawa Recreation Commission gathers at Don Woodward Somarunsky Center 517 E evd St 18 pm Alcoholics Anonymous Ottawa Group meets at First Baptist Church basement 410 Hickory St 8 30 a m Franklin County Commission convenes at Franklin County Courthouse Third and Main Ottawa Tuesday and Wednesday report no meetings
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