Ottawa seeks new leaders for city roles and economic groups
Editorial urges thorough background checks and interviews as Ottawa searches for a new city manager eight candidates, five for Main Street director, and a new leader for the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce. Emphasizes communication, innovation, consensus building, and results.
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Ottawa
Scott Lambers
Leawood
Ottawa Main Street
Julie Prideaux
Midland Hospice
Topeka
Public concern over front page exposure of elderly man
Readers criticize The Ottawa Herald for a full-page feature on Mr. Egidy and his private plight. They deem the coverage unnecessary and troubling while praising photographer Ron Bishop for workmanship.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Herald
Egidy
Ron
Bishop
Reader Forum submissions sought with signatures and contact
Readers are invited to send hand signed letters with the author’s address and telephone number. Submissions must be mailed to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S. Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or emailed to letters ottawa herald.com. Limit is 400 words.
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
The
Herald
Franklin County
Ottawaherald.com
Farm policy must embrace diversified, local food systems
Mark Ritchie of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy argues against a subsidy focused farm bill and urges support for smaller diversified farms, local food production, and processing locally. He cites past failures of the 1996 bill and highlights regional projects in Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa as models for energy and food system resilience.
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Congress
Ranitte
U.S
Alaska
Great Lakes
Midwest
Europe
Asia
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Wisconsin
Coulee
CROPP
Iowa
Practical Farmers of
Mark Ritchie
The
Institute For Agriculture and Trade Policy
Irreconcilable differences a natural part of marriage
Sean Carter discusses divorce trends and no fault grounds in Illinois, tracing the shift from strict reasons to irreconcilable differences. The piece blends social satire with legal history, noting how breakup logic evolved from annulments to modern no fault proceedings.
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Prince Charles
Milli
Vanilli
Michael
Juanita Jordan
Illinois
Bill Clinton
Michael Jordan
Sean Carter
Lawpsided.com
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