Ottawa Bans Trash Burning In Sweep For Progress
The Ottawa City Commission unanimously banned burning trash by all residents with penalties up to a month in jail and 500 dollars. The move shifts trash hauling to individuals or city services and prompts tighter enforcement, littering, and nuisance controls while exploring curbside recycling and yard waste policies.
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Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
Kansas
Vicki Cummiskey
Gene Ramsey
Franklin County
Commission
John D. Montgomery
Reader Forum From Letters to Signed Submissions
Readers are invited to send opinions to the forum audience. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author address and telephone number. Very long letters may be edited for space.
Springer saga signals decline of TV news ethics
Jacquelyn Mitchard warns that NBC Chicago's WMAQ hired Jerry Springer amid a wave of sensationalism that pushed Carol Marin and Ron Magers to quit. The column traces how talk-show sleaze, entertainment framing, and budget cuts erode serious reporting, framing news as business and spectacle rather than public service.
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Jerry Springer
NBC
Chicago
WMAQ
Carol Marin
Ron Magers
Springer
Cincinnati
Magers
Edward R. Murrow
Crown Prince
Williamsburg After Prom Party donations thanked
Williamsburg After Prom Party donors are thanked for supporting teen safety and memories. The event kept students off roads with activities at Burlington Recreation Center and a return bus trip to Williamsburg. Chair Eudora Evans expresses gratitude from the Jr/Sr committee.
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Williamsburg
Burlington Recreation Center
Williamsburg Jr/Sr
West Franklin District 287
Messenger's Furniture
Lumber Yard
Bayond Video
Larry Maes State Farm Insurance
Heirport
LaRosa Floral & Gifts
Farmers Insurance Group
Jim's
A Cut Above
American Family
Sonic
Total
Pizza Hut
Best of Show
Country Mart
Budge's
Litwins
Allegre’s
Nautilus
Didde’s
Pizza Village
Kramer's
Pawn Shop
Export Tire
Country Living
Olmsted Electric
Sutton’s Jewelry
Drake's Jewelry
Sears
Positive Impression
Ottawa Sanitation
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Peoples National Bank
Screen and Holler
Louise O'Neil
Lindale Grain
Ottawa Coop
Williamsburg Mercantile
Williamsburg Recreation Board
Williamsburg Booster Club
Jensen Cablinats
Paul Hays Farm Bureau
D & L Electric
Farm Bureau Insurance
Hilltop Horseshow Cale
Ottawa Ready Mix
Wolken Oil
Jim Hoganfarm Bureau Insurance
CMI
Debbie Soyage
Ginger Baulmer
Penny Ready Mix
Anchor Lodge-Willamsburg
Willam Burks
Kenco Car Wash
TCI
Baker University
Ottawa University
Farm Credit Services
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Big A Auto Parts
Helton's Hallmark
Town & Country
KOFO
CellularOne
Donna's Diamond Cuts
Vanderbilt's
Old Chicago
the Lazer
Guy & Mae's
Dove and Gail's
Lucille Cafe
Pure Country
Kansas State Troopers Association
Homewood Christian Church
Burlington
New life for an old school prompts reader complaints
Letters cite bond vote for a new school and demolition of the old building. Readers question board motives and warn that keeping the structure could invalidate the bond. Memorial Day reminder emphasizes honoring veterans sacrifices with services at Highland Cemetery and Pomona on May 26.
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the Herald
Joe Schirck
Ottawa
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Highland Cemetery
Pomona
Southern food and the ties that bind families
Opinion piece argues Southern fried chicken collard greens represent culture not race. It links cooking to family stability, condemns stereotypes, and urges teaching girls to cook good Southern food to restore family life and social harmony.
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Tiger Woods
Fuzzy Zoeller
Woods
Zoeller
Rhode Island
New York
California
Maryland
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Jacquelyn Mitchard
Mitchmailbag.com
Jacquelyn
Burg
Eudora Evans
America
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Doonesbury
MR. Hung
Whiee
Mallard Fillmore
School
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