Ottawa needs a local gang prevention task force
An editorial urges Ottawa and Franklin County to form a Koch Crime Commission style group to coordinate youth programs, prevention efforts, and law enforcement. It laments persistent gang activity including three drive by shootings in Lawrence and calls for decisive action by city or county commissions rather than more talk. John D. Montgomery.
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Ottawa
Lawrence
Heath Griffin
Paula Ellis
Princeton
Kevin Rodgers
St. Charles
Ellis
Griffin
Stephanie Perez
Koch Crime Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County
John D. Montgomery
Editor replies to anonymous letters on public discourse
A Mr Editor letter column responds to anonymous readers about It’s Your Quarter and the accountability of signed letters. The editor defends openness, urges readers to sign opinions, and condemns anonymous attacks while defending free discussion in town governance.
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P.S
City Hall
Ottawa Nazarene Youth Car Wash Thanks Local Support
The Ottawa Church of the Nazarene Youth Group thanks Ken Froggate of Kenco Car Wash for donating a bag and helping run a car wash to raise funds for Encuentro 96 in Mexico. The event reflected environmental care and community generosity from Ottawa’s business community.
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Ottawa Church of the Nazarene
Ken Froggate
Kenco Car Wash
Mexico
Ken
Ottawa
Bruce Beatty
Brookside Lane
Belated thanks for Skunk Run Days support
Belated thanks to Watts Auction Service and Cecil Beatty and to the Ottawa school district for invaluable equipment at Skunk Run Days. The Ottawa community shows readiness to help in any way, and contributors are greatly appreciated for their lifesaving assistance.
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Watts Auction Service
Cecil Beatty
Ottawa
Readers urged to sign letters with address and phone
The newspaper invites letters to the editor and requires signatures with the writer’s address for publication. Unsigned submissions will not be printed, and a telephone number is requested to speed verification of the letter.
Contact information for Kansas federal and state representatives
A list provides addresses and phone numbers for U S Senators Sheila Frahm and Nancy Kassebaum, U S Representative Sam Brownback, and Governor Bill Graves. Includes Washington D C and Topeka offices, with emails and phone lines for public inquiries and comments.
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U.S
Sheila Frahm
Hart
Senate
Washington
D.C
Telephone
Topeka
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Fox
Sam Brownback
Longworth
Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C
S. Kansas Ave
Brownbak
House
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Brownback Frahm clash mirrors Putty politics in Senate race
A Kansas Senate campaign scene critiques voting records as malleable and prone to distortion. Brownback accuses Frahm of backing a 1992 school tax plan while she defends opposing a tax-shift plan for local districts. The piece argues voting records are often imperfect, with unrecorded votes and compromises shaping truth.
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Aresotzin
U.S. Senate
Sam Brownback
Sheila Frahm
Frahm
Brownback
Kansas
Worst Analogies From High School Papers Rebound Online
A columnist cites an online list of deliberately awful analogies from high school papers gathered by unknown Maryland contributors. The notes include lines likening eyes to brown circles with dots and hair glistening in rain, with witty commentary on the backstory and authorship.
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Maryland
R.M
Fairfax Station
R.B
Springfield
McBride
P.S
Silver Spring
R.A
Washington
C.S
Woodbridge
Bob
K.K
Landover Hills
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Lincoln
J.B
Chevy Chase
G.F. Hevel
Cleveland
J.H
Arlington
W.G
Madison
Ala
Nancy Kerrigan
P.K
Syracuse
N.Y
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