Ottawa school board forms committee to study reuse of former downtown buildings
The Ottawa school board voted to create a diverse committee including school district and city officials, recreation, chamber and historical society representatives to explore two or three viable reuse options for the former Ottawa Middle School buildings, with open meetings and public input. If reuse proves impractical, preservationists hope for a fair hearing before any demolition.
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Tready
Ottawa School Board
Ottawa
Recreation, Chamber and Historical Society
John Coen
Hope House Thanks Volunteers After Harvesters Food Drive
Hope House expresses deep gratitude to KOFO KRBW newspapers and the Ottawa community for a large food drive. The effort drew 50 plus volunteers including 4-H members scouts church groups Wal Mart Habitat for Humanity and Hope House staff. In June the tally served 99 households 163 adults and 123 children.
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Hope House
KOFO
KRBW
Wal-Mart
Habitat For Humanity
Hope House Board
Ottawa
Structurally Unsound Ottawa School Turned Shelter Proposal
After a June 28 storm hit Ottawa and nearby areas, officials noted the Ottawa Middle School survived with little damage while the park nearby suffered. A reader proposes converting the school into a community bomb and severe storm shelter, juxtaposing historic Nile pyramids with modern building concerns.
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Ottawa
Egypt
Pyramids of the
Nile Valley
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Readers are invited to share opinions in 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. Submissions should not exceed 500 words.
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Supreme Court narrows disability rights ADA ruling limits
The Supreme Court limited the Americans with Disabilities Act by ruling that certain government agencies overstep. It rejected claims by two pilots with 20/200 vision and a Kansas truck driver who failed a DOT test. The decision curbs agency overreach and warns against broad ADA expansions.
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Ertain
Justice Department
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Supreme Court
United Airlines
Kansas
Department of Trans
Supreme Court
ADA
Edwards Dam slated for removal over environmental claims
F R Duplantier argues Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Augusta Maine will be torn down by the Federal Regulatory Commission to aid fish migration. He contends environmentalists sacrifice humans to preserve nature and urges readers to fund or resist the move.
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F.R. Duplantier
Peter Schwartz
Ayn Rand Institute
Edwards Dam
Kennebec River
Augusta
Maine
Federal Regulatory Commission
DeWeese
Schwartz
Greens
America’s Future
Sted Ey
Talking tax cut but picking your pockets
Karl Peterjohn argues that Washington uses deceptive fiscal rhetoric to justify tax hikes while claiming deficits can vanish. He cites Clinton proposals, Medicare expansion costs, and rising taxes, urging a mandatory national tax referendum and highlighting increases like airline tax and a Gore tax on phone bills as stealth revenue grabs.
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Karl Peterjohn Iis
Washington, D.C
Clinton
Wall Street Journal
Washington
Breaux Commission
Tax Foundation
Potomac
Americans For Tax Reform
Congress
House
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
al Gore
Colorado
Missouri
Switzerland
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