Ottawa Grocery Decline Prompts North Side Balance Call
Ottawa faces a retail shift as Apple Market closes, leaving two small stores and two mega players on the south side. City planners urge geographic balance, noting northside grocery viability and a growth plan around a new east sewer line and interstate access to spur balanced development downtown and beyond.
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Reader Forum submissions welcome at Ottawa Herald
Readers may submit hand signed letters including author address and phone number. Send to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or email letters ottawaherald.com Submissions must not exceed 500 words.
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Pink Quilt Tells a Family History Across Generations
A Hutchinson Missouri woman Josephine Garrison began a pink quilt from scraps in the 1930s she mentored by her daughter Winnie Lasure who later had the work finished by church ladies. The quilt passed through generations, embodying resourcefulness, female labor, and heritage.
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Kansas district Sabbath: superintendent takes pay cut to save jobs
In Morland, Hart reduced his salary by 31,600 annually by reclassifying his post as part time at 15,000, enabling retirement benefits and freeing funds to protect a teacher’s position. The move underscores chronic funding strains in rural Kansas districts losing students and state support, urging funding reforms and possible district consolidation or shared central services.
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When Hatred Becomes Our Kids Disordered Souls
Kathleen Parker reflects on the Columbine tragedy and asks how families and society must act to notice signs of hate and violence in youth. She argues spiritual guidance and compassionate parenting prevent drift toward extremism, urging attentive, proactive care by parents and communities.
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Contacts for Senators and Governors in Kansas and Washington
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