Ottawa Airport Open Day Showcases Flight and Future
Ottawa Community Day at the airport offers free flights from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weather permitting and static displays including a historic DC-3. A 4 p.m. meeting by the Experimental Aircraft Association aims to form an Ottawa chapter, as Friends of the Ottawa Airport urge residents to evaluate the airport’s condition and its role as an economic link for Ottawa and Franklin County.
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Ottawa Municipal
Ottawa
Experimental Aircraft Association
Friends of
Olathe
Kansas City
Kansas Speedway
Franklin County
Reader Forum sparks fury over school demolition vote
Frank and Vista Hanson of Ottawa condemn the Monday school board demolition vote as alienating older voters and stirring distrust. They accuse trustees Reed and Allegre of cowardice and allege a deal with ASJ to divert $250,000, urging others to see 80 to 100 viable uses for the building and to vote against demolition.
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Cleon Rickel
al Gore
Ottawa Herald
Reed
Bill Allegre
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ASJ
Denmark
Frank
Vista Hanson
Ottawa
Political contact list for Kansas and Washington figures
A compiled set of names and addresses for U S Senators Pat Roberts Sam Brownback and Representative Ryan along with Kansas Governor Bill Graves and several state legislators including Robert Tyson Tanner Bil Feyerbom. It provides street offices in Topeka and federal offices in Washington D C with phone numbers and websites.
Honoring Veterans by Fighting for Their Rights
Ray G. Smith urges public action on Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day to protect veterans. He cites Salem Oregon trimming Tricare retirees, VA budget shortfalls, and DoD shifts, urging Congress to fund broader veteran health care, protect benefits, and support concurrent receipt legislation.
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Ray G. Smith
American Legion
America
Salem
Ore
Tricare
Department of Defense
Portland
Department of Veterans Affairs
Dod
Pacific Northwest
White House
Congress
Harry Reid
Nevada
Mike Bilirakis
Florida
Content over government schooling shapes American education
The author argues education should be judged by content not system. State controlled schools aim to indoctrinate, reflecting totalitarian and secular humanist trends. He cites Lenin, Prussian roots, 19th century clashes, and Benjamin Franklin as examples favoring private, practical learning over prolonged government schooling.
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V. I. Lenin
France
America
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
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George Bush
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Whitehouse
U.S
Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
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Dim Ryan
Cannon House
Bil Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
State
Robert Tyson
Tanner
Bil Feyerbom
The
Harris Group
Jeanny Sharp
Sharp
Ottawaherald
S. Cedar
Walter Rubel
Rubel
Bill Grey
Oattawaherald
Keathy Mier
Ken Kigner
Kkismar
Ottawaherald.com
S. Addat
Tim Millker
Ivestigntig
Ned
Charlie
King Features Syndicate
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