Local vendors urged as prime budget spending partners
Editorial argues Franklin County and Ottawa should prioritize local businesses for government spending. It notes top local vendors and calls for broader local recruitment to boost jobs, tax revenue, and community support while reducing nonlocal contracts. The piece favors shop locally for road, audit, and engineering work.
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City of
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Killough Construction
Taylor Oil
Martin Tractor
Elizabeth Layton Center
Kansas State Bank
Ottawa Coo Association
Ottawa Library
City of Ottawa
Lybarger Oil
Penny's Concrete
Pay Equity Now: Women Demand Fair Wages and Legislation
Laura Miller writes as Ottawa Business & Professional Women president calling labor leaders and Congress to pass pay equity laws. She cites 77 cents on the dollar, AAUW data, and the Paycheck Fairness Act to close loopholes, boost transparency, and protect workers from retaliation while urging 2008 action and voting.
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America
American Association of University Women
AAUW
United States
Women Work
National Network For
National Committee For Pay Equity
Congress
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Ledbetter
Goodyear
House
Senate
Washington
Aauw Educational Foundation
Laura Miller
Ottawa Business & Professional Women
Locationless John Brown massacre exhibit stirs debate
A local critique questions the Kansas Old Depot Museum exhibit on John Brown by arguing most visitors care only that the massacre occurred. The author doubts whether the Kansas Historical Society has mapped or identified the exact site, suggesting public interest lies in the event itself.
Reader Forum letters urge map and history of Lane area
Readers submit a signed letter to the Ottawa Herald urging documentation of Lane Kansas. The writer cites Mosquito Creek, land ownership, a mass event linked to Henry Sherman, and questions Osawatomie’s focus on John Brown. They urge preserving history and mapping the area, asking why front doors aren’t consulted.
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Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Massare
Henry Sherman
Kansas
Osawatomie
Lane
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