Ottawa board faces demolition bid clash with new officials
Ottawa school board debates who can approve demolition bids for the former middle school at Fifth and Main before July 1. With two new members, Jeanette Lowry and Cal Lantis, set to take seats, the question centers on whether the outgoing board or incoming members should decide. Bill Ketchum urged action before his term ends, a move voters rebuked April 1, while Lowry advocates preservation of at least one building, underscoring the need for new leadership to decide.
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Ketchum
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Lowry
Cal Lantis
John D. Montgomery
Government contact list including senators and offices
A government contact brief lists President Bill Clinton and officials such as U S Sen Pat Roberts U S Sen Sam Brownback U S Rep Jim Ryun and Gov Bill Graves with Washington and state office addresses telephone numbers and faxes for reaching federal and state representatives and their local offices. The document provides multiple addresses in Washington DC Topeka and Overland Park along with corresponding phone numbers and faxes.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
D.C
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Fox
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
S. Kansas
Topeka
W. 95Th
Suite
Overland Park
Community colleges study gains boost from eight-member panel
Kansas lawmakers study reform of governance and finance for 19 community colleges. Rep. Ralph Tanner chairs an ad hoc group pushing coordination, possible move under the Kansas Board of Regents, and removal of some local funding burdens. Ottawa’s NCCC branch highlights branch profitability and mission, with emphasis on keeping campuses where needed.
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NCCC
Ottawa
State Board of Education
BOE
Kansas Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Highway 50 Community Meeting Seeks Local Input
Kansas Department of Transportation plans for Highway 50 as I-35 is rebuilt past Ottawa may include removing the current bridge and redirecting traffic to Eisenhower or Highway 59. State legislators will attend a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Franklin County Annex to hear concerns, with Rep. Ralph Tanner Rep. Bill Feuerborn and others present. Refreshments provided.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Eisenhower
Highway 59
Franklin County
15Th and Main
Ralph Tanner
Bill Feuerborn
Kansas Single Taxpayers Lose Ground as Courts Stand Pat
Editorial notes U S Supreme Court ruling leaves in place a Kansas Supreme Court decision denying refunds to unmarried taxpayers. For eight years singles paid higher rates while Gov Graves backed a four year plan to equalize with married rates by 2000. Guest editorials express reader views, not Herald policy.
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Hutchinson News
Kansas
Rodney Dangerfields
U.S. Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Bill Graves
Ottawa High Renaissance marks strong second year progress
Ottawa High School completed its second Renaissance year, with continued practices from year one and new initiatives. Highlights include perfect attendance wrist watches from Nations Bank, student daily planners costing nearly $4,000, frequent drawings for rewards, and the "Most Valuable Attitude" coupons. The program expands with a Wall of Honor and a $500 Renais sance Eric Piotrowsky Memorial Scholarship, plus numerous monthly and weekly recognitions involving students, staff, and community sponsors.
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OHS
Mike Skidmore
Nations Bank
Bank IV
CREW
Committee of Renaissance Workers
Kansas City Royal
Renaissance
Eric Piotrowsky
Ners
Wal-Mart Foundation
Peoples National Bank
Ottawa Truck and Nations Bank
Intrust Bank
Commercial Federal Bank
South Star
Chrysler
Our Own
Kansas State Bank
Ottawa Lions Club
Mike
Vickie Hall
Cyclone
Jack Okerstrom
Bill Jean Bowers
Porter- Spears and
Bundy Insurance
Vic Mitchell
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Air Technologies Inc
Robert
Reader Forum welcomes signed letters with full contact info
The notice invites opinions from readers in the Reader Forum and requires hand signed submissions that include the author’s address and telephone number. It warns that long letters may be edited for space.
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