Ottawa City weighs residency rule for key officers
An editorial notes the Ottawa City Commission plans to vote on an ordinance requiring certain city staff to reside within city limits or Franklin County. The rule targets many senior posts including city manager, clerk, finance director, engineers, police and fire chiefs, with the city attorney staying in the county. Public input is limited as the measure advances from executive session.
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Ottawa City Commission
Franklin County
City Commission
John Richeson
Olathe
Richeson
Requi
Ottawa
Guest Opinion Editorial Note
A guest editorial note explains that guest editorials offer varying opinions to readers and do not necessarily reflect The Herald's official stance. It clarifies the distinction between reader viewpoints and the newspaper's editorial position.
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Herald
Presidents Day Provokes Textbook History Errors
The Topeka Capital-Journal laments widespread history textbook mistakes found in 10 books near approval in Texas. Errors misstate Truman and Eisenhower roles, MacArthur versus McCarthy, Vicksburg location, Pearl Harbor date, and more, prompting humor about what Washington and Lincoln would think on Mount Rushmore.
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Washington
Lincoln
Mount Rushmore
Texas
Truman
Eisenhower
Napoleon
Waterloo
Douglas MacArthur
America
Sen. Joseph. McCarthy
Vicksburg
Tennessee
Mississippi
Pearl Harbor
Abe Washington
George Lincoln
Topeka Capital-Journal
Kudos to Kansas troopers for lifesaving blood delivery
FRIEDA FOLTZ thanks the Kansas Highway Patrol for rapid transport of platelets from Wichita Blood Bank to Ransom Memorial Hospital after a call on Tuesday Feb 11. With red lights flashing, troopers delivered the platelets by 10:30 p.m. and her mother received a transfusion before returning home.
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Wichita Blood Bank
Ransom Memorial
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Frieda Foltz
S. Cedar
War economy and paradigm paralysis in postwar thought
Commentary argues war boosts and drains economies, notes long Cold War gains, and questions the current military scale. Proposes repurposing part of the force into nonmilitary work while challenging fixed thinking, warning that nothing lasts forever and urging new paradigms beyond “the way we’ve always done it.”
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United States
Confederacy
Commonwealth of Independent States
Soviet Union
Europe
Fountain of Youth
Welfare reform critics lament punitive birth control proposals
A column argues forthcoming federal and state welfare plans threaten benefits for any additional children, criticizing male policymakers and urging humane remedies. It champions counseling, education, job training, and empowerment rather than punishment, asserting infrastructure includes people and condemning blame of the poor for poverty.
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Washington
Catholic Heirarchy
George Bush
Randall Terry
Cardinal O'Connor
China
Mr. Bush
Ottawa fire department praised after dealership blaze
Friday morning Feb 14 Jim Jimer son of ATF Kansas City area spoke to the Kansas Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators. He commended the Ottawa fire department for rapid investigation of a recent dealership fire cutting typical time from four or five days to two due to local officers. The writer expresses pride in local fire protection and congratulates the department on its turnaround.
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Kansas
International Association of Arson Investigators
Jim Jimerson
Kansas City
ATF
Ottawa
Women's Care Plus offers nurse practitioner led care in Ottawa
In response to Franklin County health gaps we opened Women s Care Plus in Ottawa in 1991 focusing on nurse practitioner led care and holistic services like therapeutic massage. The clinic provides family health care with evening hours, is insurance reimbursed, and will add gynecology obstetrics services from Dr Herbert Hades in 1992.
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Franklin County
Women’s Care Plus
Ottawa
Kansas
America
Women's Care Plus
Herbert Hades
Overland Park
Sandi Staneart
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Senate
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Russell
Washington, D. C
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Longworth
D.C
George ‘Teagarden
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Dave Webb
Nall
Stillwell
Walker Hendrix
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