Editorial on Small Business Week began across America
The piece lauds the role of small businesses as the backbone of the economy noting they employ over half the private sector workforce and contribute about 50 percent of output. It highlights Ottawa competition with Wal Mart and e commerce and praises entrepreneurs for ingenuity, resilience, and local impact while urging recognition.
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Senator Clarifies KPERS Support and Retirement Protection
Senator Robert Tyson Parker explains in Readers Forum that he did not vote for Senate Bill 645 which would have cut state contributions to KPERS for one year. He opposed the bill to preserve retiree funding and supported a later measure guaranteeing increases, vowing to press the state to honor retirement obligations.
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Nursing students thank donors for convention trip support
The NCCC nursing students express gratitude to individuals and businesses that funded their trip to the National Student Nurses Convention in Salt Lake City. They name Leroy and Maxine Hildebrandt, Christian Care Cottage, Andrew Frye, Kathy Petrowsky, Brisco Drug, Kramer Drug, Peoples National Bank, Fred and Marlene Ferguson, Main Attraction, Ernest and Jean Lawrence, Bonnie Harper, Dee Morginson, Ed Ciambrone, Gerald Martin, Jack Pierce, John Dunham, Keith White, Mona Tipton, Ron Mersman, and Will Katz.
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Maxine Hildebrandt
Christian Care Cottage
Andrew Frye
Kathy Petrowsky
Brisco Drug
Kramer Drug
Peoples National Bank
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Jean Lawrence
Bonnie Harper
Dee Morginson
Ed Ciambrone
Gerald Martin
Jack Pierce
Washington and Kansas Officials Contact Addresses List
A garbled OCR passage lists U S Senators and Representatives with office addresses in Washington D C and state capitals. It includes Sen Robes and Sen Som benabock in Senate offices, Rep Jia B bya in Cannon House Office Building, Gov All Graves in Topeka, and State official rooms with phone numbers and zip codes, all presented as a directory fragment.
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D.C
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Benabock
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Adden
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Jia B Bya
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Memoir of Ottawa High and a tainted task force
A writer recalls Ottawa Junior-Senior High School memories from 1941, notes the first school dance, and honors Coach Orlis Cox. The letter scorns a school board task force on the old middle school, laments its dismissal, and accuses the board of steering the process while seeking a Second and Beech PD relocation. The piece concludes with a sense of violation.
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Ottawa
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Tom Brokaw
Ottawa Record
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Bucky Gowans
Ottawa High School
Orlis Cox
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Ottawa Police Department
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Neosho County Community College
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Carnegie Cultural Center
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King
Friends of Historical Buildings
Friends
Million Moms and gun laws debate roils public scene
A lengthy commentary argues the Million Moms movement overstates gun danger and that laws alone can’t prevent child deaths. It compares gun control to MADD, cites CDC figures, and urges changing environments and family dynamics rather than expanding regulations. It notes media leverage and questions numbers and motives behind the protest.
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Washington, D.C
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David Letterman
Susan Thomases
Hillary Clinton
MADD
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