Franklin County opens new Visitor Information Center boosts tourism
The Franklin County Visitor Information Center opens as a growth engine to attract travelers who may spend about $80 per visitor, supporting infrastructure and local services. Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce president Tom Weigand touts the ribbon cutting and urges signs, pride, and active hospitality to draw guests to Pomona Lake Old Depot Museum Prairie Spirit Trail and local architecture.
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Question of the Week on publishing offenders' names
The Ottawa Herald invites readers to vote on whether to publish the names and addresses of registered sexual offenders in the area. Comments can be shared online or dropped at 104 S. Cedar by Friday.
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Survey results set for Weekender edition
Voters and residents await the Weekender edition as survey results are planned to run. Officials and editors prepare charts, analyses, and summaries to accompany the release.
Officials took into mailbox bombs
A reader critique argues the front page report on mailbox bombs displayed poor judgment by including a bomb making recipe. The writer warns such details could entice wrongdoing and urges stricter editorial oversight and restraint in future coverage.
Bush deserves credit for election gains
President Bush leveraged his prestige and nonstop campaigning to energize Republican voters, helping the party maintain its House majority and seize Senate control. Turnout, not ideology, decided many races, with Republicans drawing stronger support and raising about 140 million dollars. The shift could empower conservative judicial nominees, though Senate filibusters require 60 votes. The piece argues for legislative supremacy and criticizes activist courts, urging readers to support traditional constitutional roles.
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Lame duck session looks to deliver little leadership
In the lame duck period, Congress faces a two month window of limited action as outgoing officials prepare for retirement and incoming members await their start. Amid pre holiday rapid gifting and high priced offices, pressure mounts on Bush to outline an agenda for the new Congress and on lobby groups to press aims like campaign finance reform, affordable drugs, and health care cost controls. Kelly Clark can be reached at ded lineink sisna.com.
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