Ottawa candidates discuss tax abatements and school reforms
Ottawa residents expect at least three new city commissioners to back business tax abatements and anticipate debates over state assessments. Seven candidates run for each body, with重点 focusing on sidewalks, trails, and family friendly parks while school board hopefuls weigh graduation rates and AVID programs.
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Ottawa
Fortun
Ebelen Blood
Branklin
David Hood
City Commission
Doh Wise
Aon
Ottawat
Jeff Richards
Oaly Commission
Piesday
Commission
Richards
School Board
David Mason
Susan Ward
Mason
McPherson Public Schools
Kansas
David White
Ottawa festival showcases county students literary delight
Elementary students from across the county visit Ottawa for a Kansas festival featuring storyteller Pris villa flowe and Howe with three puppets. Third to fifth graders experience writers and storytellers, with Aly Van Dyke noting the event nurtures creative thinking for the country’s future.
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Ottawa
Pris Villa Flowe
Kansas City
Kan
Wes
Howe
Baby
Tone
Eisenhower School Vote Leads To Closure Decision
At a Wednesday board meeting, members voted to close Eisenhower despite community pleas to keep it open. Trustee Jones cited fiscal strain and the need to do what is best for the district, admitting personal sacrifice in the process.
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AVID
Ward
Mason
Rick Welton
Welton
Erin Chappell
Jones
Dennis George
Eisenhower
Nancy Johnson
Stevens
Kansas Wheat and World Breadbasket Heritage
Kansas earned its Wheat State title through settler farming and wheat adoption after 1874 grasshopper plagues and drought. Mennonite settlers from Russia popularized wheat, spurring growth in storage, transport, and processing industries that modern Kansas led in wheat and grain production feeding global markets.
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United States
Russia
Glenn Martin
Lloyd Stearman
Amelia Earhart
Walter
Olive Beech
Wichita
Earth
Weright Brothers
Aerial Navigation Company
Girard
Mississippi
Jemore
A.E. Hunt
Goodland
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Oklahoma
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Pang
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Rago
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Travel Air
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Kansas State Historical Society
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Ottawa Herald
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Pearnee
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Dolly Longren
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