Ottawa Aims To Raise Test Scores To State Average
Ottawa Kansas school district seeks to lift state assessment results toward the state average over several years. Writing excels among 10th graders while math and reading lag across grade levels. a new board and a refreshed plan could drive improvement and attract top teachers. John D. Montgomery for The Ottawa Herald.
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Endgame in Kansas budget balance debate grows
Guest editorial argues lawmakers should not use the ending balance issue to dodge fiscal duties. The 7.5 percent state general fund reserve sparked debate between Rep. Phill Kline and Budget Director Duane Gossen over cash flow needs. With 1999 revenue $73.4 million below projections and $70 million in added spending from last session, critics fear trimming the balance offers only one time relief and delays necessary cuts.
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Labor Day MDA Telethon Event Launches Kansas City Weekend
The Ottawa Herald urges Kansas City readers to join Labor Day events supporting the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, airing on KMBC Channel 9 beginning Sept 5 or 6. Volunteers organize local fundraisers to fund clinics, wheel chairs, braces, camps, and research including gene therapy trials for neuromuscular disorders.
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Reader Forum submission guidelines from The Ottawa Herald
Readers are invited to submit hand signed letters with address and phone number. Send to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or via email to letters ottawaherald.com Submissions must be under 500 words.
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Nut control not gun control says columnist
The writer argues that shootings stem from mental illness and insufficient community mental health care rather than guns alone. He warns against equating rationality with morality, critiques hospital crowding, and calls for involuntary treatment laws while rejecting gun control as the primary solution.
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Cufflinks Battle Signals Moderate GOP Wakeup Call in JoCo
In Johnson County Kansas a conservative woman, Judy Morrison, won a final-year seat over a moderate Republican, Mike Scanlon, in a micro-precinct race. The result signals possible shifts among moderates and social conservatives ahead of 1998 primary battles, with broader implications for statehouse dynamics and aging policy. Morrison is tied to the Kansas Republican Assembly’s leadership through her sister-in-law, Herb Taylor. The piece notes the 1st and 4th districts’ leanings and questions whether moderates are paying attention as aging policy faces funding pressures amid election-year politics.
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