Community resolutions for Ottawa in the new year
John D. Montgomery outlines eleven community resolutions for Ottawa including spruce up of streets and storefronts, downtown prosperity, more retail and housing for all incomes, saving historic School structures, smarter rural zoning, extending the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail, youth crime prevention, increased recycling, political participation, and broad citizen involvement to sustain a progressive city.
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Ottawa
Sears
Fifth and Main
Minnesota
School
Franklin County
Anderson County
Richmond
Flint Hills
Charley Reeses Conflict of Interest Statement
Charley Reese discloses income sources and affiliations in his year end column. He states he earns from his newspaper and syndication, has no speeches, holds a retirement plan, and lists four organizations. He frames his political views as similar to Washingtons, favors a constitutional republic, and asserts readers deserve to know biases. He notes his aim to amuse and provoke thought with plain living and truthful writing. His email is OSOreesead.com.
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The
National Rifle Association
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Southern League
New York Academy of Sciences
George Washington
Charley Reese
Osoreesead.com
Wal-Mart Shows Big Heart in Local Christmas Cheer
Foster parents praise Wal-Mart for replacing a stolen bicycle and gifting toys and clothes to children in Centropolis area. They credit the retailer with a generous holiday act that brightened many needy youngsters and reinforced the community value of care beyond size.
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Wal-Mart
Franklin County
Linda Motter
Wal- Mart
Sharon and
Galen Horton Centropolis
Readers Forum Rules Include Hand Signed Letters
Readers may submit opinions to the forum with a hand signed letter. Include the author's address and telephone number for publication, and note that long letters may be edited to fit space constraints.
New Year's civility pledge aims to ease world ills
In a New Year column Kathleen Parker urges daily civility as a universal remedy. She argues putting others first can curb violence, divorces, crime, and hunger, recounting a personal hospital wait and calling for reader input to promote the ethic.
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John D. Montgomery
Charley
Somalia
King Features Syndicate
John
Kathleen Parker
Orlando Sentinel
Ms. Parker
Kparkerlad.com
Doonesbury
Haider
California
Hera
Jou
Yai
Mallard Fillmore
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