City pushes action on dilapidated housing and blight Ottawa
The Ottawa editorial praises extensive remodeling and new homes while urging stronger enforcement of dilapidated building and junk vehicle ordinances. It notes forums showing need for more housing and calls City Hall to remove dangerous structures, a move Chamber of Commerce supports to boost civic pride.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
David Warren
Ottawa Area
Ottawa High School biology teacher offers paid summer field biology course
Kevin Allan, Ottawa High School, conducts a June Field Biology class for about a dozen students who pay 50 dollars each for four hours daily, five days a week. The course emphasizes outdoor study, plant and tree identification, stream sampling, and environmental projects, including nesting boxes and a fall Student Naturalist program.
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Ottawa
Kevin Allan
Allen
Allan
Gary
OHS
Chippewa
Jacks Fork River
Missouri
AID under fire from three major reviews this year
The Washington Post reports that aid agency AID faces at least three overlapping studies this year. GAO and an OMB-AID SWAT team probe management flaws, while a presidential commission calls for a forced merger with State and a new charter.
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U.S
General
Agency For International Development
White House
State Department
Inspector General
GAO
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Carlucci Commission
Ronald Rosken
AID
Commission
Congress
Europe
Soviet Union
Washington Post
Editorial letters welcome with signatures and contact details
Readers are invited to submit signed letters with the writer’s address and a phone number for verification. Unsigned submissions will not be published.
New jobs commitment guides Kansas development plan
Kansas aims to create and protect jobs through a three-prong strategy led by Commerce with KDOC divisions in Community Development Existing Industry Industrial Development Trade Development Travel Tourism and Film plus a Housing division. An evaluation by Kansas Inc. affirmed program efficacy while stressing stronger performance tracking and broader partnerships to boost workforce excellence community growth and global opportunities.
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Laura E. Nichols
Kansas Department of Commerce
Kansas
Kansas Inc
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
KTEC
Finney
Institute For Public Policy and Business Research
University of Kansas
Commerce
KDOC
Eco
U.S
Economic Development Coordinating Council
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