Beech Street cul de sac dispute looms in Ottawa
Ottawa officials face a stalled Beech Street cul de sac dispute south of 13th Street. Property owners Waymire and the Griests risk landlocked lots after an easement extension, with negotiations veering toward possible condemnation and litigation unless a fair settlement is reached before Weldon Padgett takes over as city manager.
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Weldon Padgett
Bonner Springs
Bob Bezek
Scott Bird
Public Building
City Commission
Padgett
Beech Street
13Th Street
Ottawa
Arrowhead
Chuck Waymire
Denton
Cheryl Griest
Waymire
Griests
15Th Street
Scott Lambers
Hope House Reader Forum Sends Thanks and Notes Meetings
Hope House thanks volunteers and supporters for gifts and time. The forum highlights a new Friendship Craft Group for women, monthly at First Christian fellowship hall with nursery. March 14 meeting at ECKAN Central office to discuss emergency housing needs. Hope House Coordinator Mary Lois Yates signs the note.
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Hope House
First Christian Fellowship Hall
Franklin County Service
Eckan Central
S. Maple
Mary Lois Yates
Linemen Bill Ferguson and Ed Thompson praised for risky storm work
After a severe ice storm, a city crew cut a dangerous line and safely restored power. Neighbors faced 220 volt conditions due to a blown neutral and a night work scene on icy roofs. The workers, Bill Ferguson and Ed Thompson, reconnected the system and earned commendation for going beyond the call of duty.
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Bill Ferguson
Ed Thompson
Readers invited to send signed letters to forum
Readers are invited to submit opinions to the Reader Forum. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author’s address and telephone number. Send letters to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or by email to letters ottawaherald.com.
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Sebelius Denies Blue Cross Anthem Merger Sale Rejected
Ottawan readers learn Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius rejected the sale of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas to Anthem. Blue Cross directors appeal while former supporters raise questions on voting, management change, and the promised $320 million for policyholders in this biweekly Community Viewpoints column.
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Blue Cross-Blue Shield of
Kansas
Anthem
Kathleen Sebelius
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
John W. Knack
Blue, Cross-Blue Shield of
Blue Cross
Sebelius
Blue Cross of
AnthemWest
Colorado
Nevada
Anthem West
Knack
Blue Shield
Anthem Public Relations Department
Ottawa Family Physicians
Kansas Medical Society
Kansas Hospital Association
Kansas Association For the Medically Underserved
Kansas Blue Cross
Bud Gollier
Campaign finance reform risks political freedom in U S
The article argues that Shays Meehan campaign finance reform limits free political speech and criticizes modern liberalism and constitutional safeguards. It links regulation to expanding government power, citing figures like Roosevelt and Johnson as enabling the modern welfare state and warning of a cycle of increased regulation and spending in politics.
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Claremont
U.S. House of Representatives
Shays-Meehan
House
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
John Dewey
Herbert Croly
Georg Hegel
Max Weber
FDR
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