Community weighs options for old middle school site
A task force appointed by the USD 290 School Board will meet at 7 p.m. at the Franklin County Courthouse to discuss preserving or demolishing the Fifth and Main Street middle school. The group will consider converting the site into a county wide community center with phased improvements, a 1/4 cent sales tax, and transfer to a not for profit for $1. Public input is urged.
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McGruff Club educates Ottawa youth on safety
Ottawa Police Department sponsors a Saturday McGruff Club for elementary children. In February 237 signed up with 300 to 350 weekly attendance counting parents. Presentations covered crime prevention fire safety Just Say No and Stranger Danger. Special services spoke on 911 use. Local business and civic group donations funded prizes including four bicycles from Wal-Mart Supercenter.
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Dennis Nowatsky
Don French
Fire Pup
National Guard
Terresa Reidel
Bryan Wendling
Richard Renner
Woolvil Klown
Wal- Mart Supercenter
Reader Forum letters require signature and contact info
The Ottawa Herald invites reader letters to the Reader Forum but requires hand signatures and the author’s address and telephone number. Submissions must be mailed to Reader Forum at 104 S. Cedar Ottawa Kansas 66067.
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Ottawa critics rail at downtown move for county and court
Local observers challenge Franklin County and Ottawa plans to relocate offices and a new police court facility to the city’s edge on Ash Street. They warn the central core has long drawn government, finance, and retail activity and question public input, site choice, and the loss of downtown accessibility. The column argues central development made sense and laments expanding gov t footprints away from the core.
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Ash Street
Washington D.C
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People Times
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The 2000 GOP Nomination Showdown Heads Toward Bush
A lively critique argues the Republican race centers on George Bush and John McCain. It surveys Bush's rightward pivot after New Hampshire, his Bob Jones University gambit, and the risk of a party pariah atop the ticket. The author forecasts 27 state contests ahead and a likely Bush nomination.
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