Community drives seek help from United Way and Rotary
Franklin and Anderson County residents are urged to support local and global humanitarian efforts through the United Way campaign aiming to raise 203000 and the Ottawa and Garnett Rotary clubs polio eradication push. The message highlights past progress, calls for financial commitments, and stresses the role of donors in funding social services and immunization efforts worldwide.
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Franklin
Anderson County
United Way
Rotary
Ottawa
Garnett
Franklin County
Hope House
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Compeer
Rotary Club
Anderson
Ottawa Rotary Club
Question of the Week Vote and Comment Online
Readers are invited to vote and share comments at the Ottawa Herald website or drop responses at The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar by Friday. Survey results will be published in the Weekender edition.
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Ottawaherald.com
The
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Wind energy in Kansas faces growth and siting challenges
The Wichita Eagle notes wind energy’s rapid growth and Kansas’s strong potential, with estimates of up to $1 billion in wind development over the next decade. It highlights Flint Hills advantages of wind, lines, and willing landowners, while warning about landowner concerns, wildlife habitat impact, and the need for careful siting to protect rural life and prairie ecosystems.
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Wichita Eagle
Kansas
Jim Plager
Kansas Corporation Commission
Flint Hills
Vermont
Kansas treasurer race sees tie in effort and party
Kansas voters face a choice between Republican Lynn Jenkins, a CPA, and Democrat Sally Finney, daughter of former governor Joan Finney. Both claim capability, with limited current policy conflicts beyond possible expansion of the farm loan program. Hawver notes no major issue dominates the race, and outcome may hinge on style and party.
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Kansas
Raisters
Lynn Jenkins
Topeka
CPA
Sally Finney
Joan Finney
Railsters
Shallenburger
Finney
Jenkins
Mike Hayden
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Capitol Report
ECKAAA Calendar Sale Supports Seniors Across Counties
The East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging introduces a limited 500 edition 12 month 2003 calendar featuring World War I II Korea and Vietnam servicemen and women with biographies. Proceeds from $5 calendars stay in each county to fund in home services for residents 60 and older and offset about $45,000 in state budget cuts.
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East Central Kansas Area Agency On Aging
Eckaaa
Korea
Vietnam
Community Calendar Supports Elderly Services
The ECK AAA coordinates programs in Anderson Coffey Franklin Linn Miami and Osage counties offering bathing care housekeeping meals case management and more funded by federal state and local dollars with client co pays. Calendars for the project are sold at the ECK AAA office in Ottawa or by Lesley Rickabaugh with delivery for large orders.
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Anderson
Coffey
Franklin
Linn
Miami
Osage
Eckaaa
Franklin County
Main
Lesley Rickabaugh
Blame the Republicans not the Democrats in Ottawa
Betty Watts voices criticism of party governance in Ottawa urging support for Sebelius and a county administrator, arguing Republicans and moderates must vote, noting surplus spending and a looming state bailout tax impact, citing Ogelsby and five commissioners.
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Richard Ogelsby
Sebelius
Betty Watts
Ottawa
Hightower Column Praised for Rural Accessibility
Reader Joan Vibert thanks The Herald for including Jim Hightower’s column calling it accessible to rural America. She urges more of his writing to reach farmers and small communities who share his language.
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Jim Hightower
The
Herald
America
Reader Forum Address Details for Letters
The Ottawa Herald invites readers to send letters to Reader Forum at 1045 Cedar, Ottawa, Kansas 66067 or email letters at ottawaherald.com for submission.
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Jeanny Sharp
Ottawa
Stacy Cohen
Scahen
Ottawaherald
Linda Brown
Kathy Millar
Krmiller
Ken Kistner
Bill Gray
Bgray
Tim Millbern
Reader Forum
The
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