Main Street debated historic district changes and incentives
Ottawa Main Street describes tax credits for rehabilitating historic and pre 1936 properties and outlines proposed district boundaries. Residents fear loss of modification freedom while officials note permitting stays mostly smooth. state approval hinges on preserving integrity, with a study grant leading to a year of meetings before city commission appeal.
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Wayne Kissinger
W. Fourth St
Kissinger
Marais Des Cygnes Bridge
Main Street
Park Street
City Park
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Hickory Street
Walnut Street
Seventh Street
Marais Des Cygnes
Locust
Cedar Streets
Haynie
Sears
S. Main St
Wynndee Lee
City Planning and Codes
Fifth and Main Streets
Ottawa Main Street
McGovern and Dole Push Global School Lunch Plan
McGovern argues the United States can repair its image by aiding world education. He cites a proposed McGovern Dole International School Lunch Program with Sen. Bob Dole to fund free meals for hungry children through UN and EU support, hoping better nutrition reduces radical impulses.
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George
Bush
U.S
United States
McGovern
Bob Dole
Tom
Congress
United Nations
European Union
Bien reflects on Iraq deployment and home life adjustment
Veterans experience with insurgent fire drops from 120 rounds weekly to fewer than 40 as Bien returns home to Oklahoma. He recalls a store incident in Lawton, prepares to buy his brother’s Ottawa shop, and marries next week in Olathe. He notes personal changes in speaking up, caution in reactions, and media skepticism amid a challenging transition.
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Kansas
Bien
Iraq
Lawton
Okla
Kuwait
Fort Sill
Texas
Olathe
Ottawa
Pye
Lawmakers weigh covenant marriages amid gay adoption debate
The Missouri debate considers limiting gay and lesbian adoptions while exploring covenant marriages with premarital counseling. Some lawmakers warn a blanket ban could be unconstitutional, and others push tougher measures like house arrest for delinquent child support. Clergy leaders pledge outreach to preserve marriages.
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Mike Devies
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Mathew Staver
Liberty Counsel
Orlando
Fla
Staver
Phil Journey
Raysville
Journey
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
O'Connor
Mountain bike riders tour Osborne plains in Kansas
Central Kansas Mountain Bike Club hosts a free historical bicycle tour in Osborne County starting and ending in Osborne. The April ride, led by Sara Kay Carrell, features a noon lunch, a 20 mile gravel and sand route visiting pioneer homesteads, stockades, a log cabin, churches and old schools.
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Osborne
Central Kansas
Osborne County
Kansas
Sara Kay Carrell
Mountain bike tour links history with trails in Osborne
Sunday riders meet at 202 S Fourth St Osborne for a county roads tour on mountain or hybrid bikes. Contact Carr ell at (625) 5685. The first leg ends around 4 30 pm. Club member John McClure says biking lets people see historic sites like past travelers did, and Kansas offers great trails attracting riders from Wichita and beyond.
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S. Fourth St
Osborne
Carrell
John McClure
McC
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