Building for the Future in Ottawa and Franklin County
The Herald profile highlights 1995 growth across housing industrial and retail sectors in Ottawa and Franklin County led by Wal Mart Distribution Center with 800 jobs. County unemployment fell to 3.7 percent from 8.2 percent in 1993 and a task force seeks better workforce training. New housing rose 38 percent from 1994 with 1995 permits for 25 single family, six multi family and 62 apartments in Ottawa. county totals 134 units. Estimated 1995 investment surpasses 67 million dollars with 40 million from Wal Mart and 27 million from other projects.
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Lou Atherton
Editorial Critique of Kansas Gambling Expansion Plans
Guest editors argue that parimutuel tracks and proposed casino gambling measures threaten Kansas’s finances. They note Camptown Greyhound Park’s bankruptcy before operation, urge limiting revenue leaks, and warn that expanding gambling via constitutional amendment risks broader harm to state economy and existing tracks.
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Camptown
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Aksarben
Community Opposes Court Closure of Richmond Ball Field
Readers urge reopening the Richmond ball field for summer play and safer bike routes, while opposing a golf course and praising Judge Sachse for a ruling in the Paula Ellis case. Commentary also touches on local streets, trails, and municipal priorities amid traffic and safety concerns.
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Barbara Freeman
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Paula Ellis
Sachse
Ottawa High notes and community calls on growth and school teams
Voices from Ottawa share praise for Ottawa Middle School cheerleaders and discuss local tax issues, Wal Mart expansion, juvenile detention costs, property values, rails to trails, and OHS track team league history. Listeners urge positivity and invite further input on It's Your Quarter.
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Ottawa
Wal-Mart
Remembering George Burns A Centenarian Entertainer
The writer reflects on George Burns who died at 100 on March 9. He champions Burns as a lifelong lover of his craft, a model of positivity, and a vaudeville icon who adapted with time, cherishing Gracie Allen and Jack Benny, while noting his humor, loyalty, and philosophy of living in the present.
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George Burns
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Vaudevillians
Jack Benny
Gracie
Benny
Angels
Contact details for Kansas officials and offices listed
A compiled directory of contact addresses and phone numbers for U S senators Nancy Kassebaum and Bob Dole, U S representative Sam Brownback, Governor Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, and state legislators Bill Feverborn Ralph Tanner and Doug Walker with their Topeka and Washington contacts.
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Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Washington
D.C
Fox
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Sam Brownback
Longworth House
Washington, D.C
S. Kansas Ave
Topeka
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
Bill Feverborn
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Doug Walker
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