Ottawa Candidates Clash Over Airport And Tax Plans
Ottawa City Commission hopefuls debated most issues Tuesday night. The sharpest gaps emerged on the municipal airport funding and raising sales tax for large facilities. Blake Jorgensen, a banker, cited missed opportunities to develop the airport and discussed past efforts with the project.
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Cleon Rickel
Ottawa City Commission
Blake Jorgensen
Jorgensen
City Commission
Deborah Henningsen
Ottawa
Franklin County
Mark Retzer
Kenneth Woods
Rocky Fleer-Husted
Airport plans and board race draw local interest
Prospect eyed hangar development at the city airport but moved to Osage City amid delays awaiting an airport master plan. The commentary notes airport potential for jobs and economic growth. Commissioner Rocky Fleer-Husted, seeking re-election, accuses past city neglect and touts improvements made under her tenure.
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Osage City
Rocky Fleer-Husted
State's short line rail at risk in Kansas
Kansas faces abandonment of over 200 miles of rail in coming years. Kansas Rural Development Council says the shrinking network harms rural communities reliant on shortlines for grain, manufacturing, and connection to main railroads. Executive director Steven Bittel urged expanding low interest loans to rehabilitate tracks under the next transportation plan beginning in 2009.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Rural Development Council
Council
Steven Bittel
House Agriculture Committee
Bittel
Bodies of Iraqi soldiers found in two sites
Iraqi officials reported 35 bodies discovered at two locations near Rumana and Latifiya. Most showed bullet wounds or beheading, with civilians among the dead. One woman was identified among the remains.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Rumana
Qaim
Muzahim al-Karbouli
al- Karbouli
Latifiya
Move it Plans to Move Semple Sanitarium Shelter Idea On Hold
The 103 year old Etta Semple home at 128 North Locust Street faces demolition or relocation as planners await a moving cost estimate from a Burlingame firm. Owner Bonnie Smith and retired architect Bob Marsh briefed officials on potential reuse as a homeless shelter while weighing parking and site constraints.
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Etta Semple
Semple
N. Locust St
Mike
Bonnie Smith
Bob Marsh
Marsh
Franklin County Emergency Transitional Shelter Association
Burlingame
Ottawa
Smith
No tears to shed upon leaving Iraq 4 March 2005
Ottawa resident Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Bien serving overseas reports on a busy final week at FOB Marez. He details unloading gear, hopes containers ship home to Kansas, and ongoing flight coordination while weather and bureaucratic hurdles complicate plans. He reflects on the long deployment, birthdays, and the prospect of promotion.
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MWR
Marez
Ottawa
Aaron Bien
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Kuwait
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