We Care About School Safety and Prevention
A local reflection on recent school shootings, urging communities to take violence prevention seriously. The piece notes Ottawa Wellsville Central Heights and others have enhanced safety plans, urges active listening, bully prevention, and early help for at risk students to reduce tragedy.
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Ottawa
Wellsville
Central Heights
West Franklin
Franklin County
Santee
Calif
Littleton
Colo
Jonesboro
Ark
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Man Seeks Redemption Over Fountain Desecration
Rodney L. Badders writes to Ottawa residents apologizing for the October 31, 2000 desecration of Haley Park Fountain. He notes his mistake harmed the city, asks for understanding rather than forgiveness, and pledges to help fund a new fountain to restore community pride. He appeals for acceptance as he works to rebuild his life.
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Ottawa
Rodney Badders
Haley Park
Rodney L. Badders
Kansas political figures and contact details compiled
A briefing listing U S President Bush White House and Kansas officials including U S Senator Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, U S Rep Jim Ryan, Governor Bill Graves, State Sen Robert Tyson, State Rep Ralph Tanner, and others with office addresses for Washington D C and Topeka Kansas plus phone numbers and web sites. The mixed OCR reflects office locations in Washington D C and Kansas capital with contact lines for constituents.
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President Bush
White House
Washington
D.C
Whitehouse
U.S
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
Pat
Ralph Tanner
Topeka
Bill Faverborn
Kansas lawmakers mull tax cuts to lure power plants
Kansas legislators weigh tax relief to attract private electric generators amid rising demand, debating whether lower assessments on 25 percent rates can lure merchant plants away from natural gas use. House utilities chief Carl Holmes favors coal to shield homes from gas price swings. Martin Hawver notes the debate and points to further study.
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Kansas
Ford Dealership
House Utilities Committee
Carl Holmes
Holmes
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Capitol Report
Hawvernews.com
Faith based funding and church state clash warned
Opinion argues that mixing church and state breeds danger through history and warns against funding faith based programs. It cites Afghanistan, Islamic fundamentalism, and foreign policy as examples while urging cautious separation and referencing Jefferson.
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England
Supreme Court
Bush
Central
South America
Spain
Afghanistan
United States
Kabul
U.S
Osama bin Ladin
Yassar Arafat
Abu Nidal
Iran
Mid-East
Mr. Jefferson
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Bill Graves
State Capitol
State
Robert Tyson
The
Ottawa Herald
Harris Group
Deanny Sharp
Ottawaherald
S. Cedar
Walter Rubel
Ottawaharald.com
Bill Gray
Kathy Miller
Kemillar
Attawaherald
Ken Kismar
Kkisner
Attawaherald.com
Tim Millbern
Plassroom
Ottawaherald.com
Tevet
Martin
Union
Kelly
Clark
Pio
Otters
Suar
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