Ottawa voters face odd year primary in tight seven-candidate races
Franklin County residents prepare for Tuesday’s Ottawa city commission and school board primaries. Voters must choose from seven candidates with one advancing per race as turnout challenges persist. Officials trimmed polling sites to save costs amid shifting attitudes toward zoning and growth.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa City Commission
Shaun Perry
Ottawa School Board
Cutler
Harrison
Ohio
Peoria
Pottawatomie
Harrison Township Hall
Rock Creek Road
Hayes
South Centropolis
Ottawa Township Hall
Sand Creek Road
Greenwood
Homewood
Lincoln
Lincoln Township
Kentucky Road
Franklin County
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We are failing our youngsters ethic and work ethic
The piece argues a failing Midwest work ethic since the 1970s, blaming parents for juvenile crime, urging swift juvenile justice reform, better school focus on learning methods, and higher wages for workers, while noting family strain from dual earners and rural Ottawa area's resilience.
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America
Ottawa
We Women and the Cruelty of Childbearing Remarks
Vickie Hull reflects on how women often fat shames, judges newborns, and shares grim childbirth tales among mothers. She contrasts female criticism with men’s warlike storytelling, urging support and kindness rather than negative, gory details. Hull signs as a Lawrence, Kansas columnist.
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Vickie Hull
Lawrence
Legislation Seen As Failing To Break Child Molestation Chain
A DOJ study notes 60 of the nation's 234000 convicted sex offenders were released in 1994. Megan's Law and the Sexually Violent Predator Act aim to warn communities and detain offenders, but critics say both are flawed and constitutional. Recidivism among pedophiles runs high at 83 percent per CDC data, fueling calls for harsher measures including life sentences without parole.
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U.S. Department of Justice
Jesse Timmendequas
Megan Kanka
New Jersey
Leroy Hendricks
Kansas
Timmendequas
Hendricks
Robert A. Prentky
Joseph J. Peters Institute
Philadelphia
Prentky
California
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Wisconsin
Washington
Minnesota
Arizona
Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
Hood
Samuel Heath
Bodfish
Calif
Heath
Clinton
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