Ottawa High School launches teen peer counseling program
The Ottawa High School introduces five peer counselors per grade level to listen to classmates problems. The program mirrors a decade old WHS model and aims to offer a confidential listening post while training emphasizes confidentiality except in legal or self harm cases. Concerns focus on counselor readiness and liability if advice is given or crises arise.
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Ottawa High School
OHS
Wamego High School
WHS
Marilyn Sigmund
Letter rebuttal on highway plan and tax pledge in 12th district
A reader rebuts Sen. Hensley in a letters column, defending Sen. Tyson on highway funding. The author denies signing a tax pledge and states they voted for the highway plan after a relative’s accident and state needs. The piece accuses Hensley of distortions and urges voters to judge by issues and truth.
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Doug Walker
Sen. Tyson
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Sen. Hensley
Sen
Hensley
Tyson
Reader Forum letters sought for Ottawa Herald submission
Readers invited to send hand signed letters with address and phone number to The Ottawa Herald in Ottawa Kansas or via email. Submissions must be under 500 words and may be edited for space.
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Defense of Tax Cuts for the Wealthy in Debates
The piece argues that tax cuts favoring the rich are necessary and fair, noting data showing the top 1 percent paid a third of federal personal income taxes in 1998 and that overall tax burdens rise with income. It contends top earners subsidize services less equitably and benefits from government are limited, urging relief for wealthy earners as economically efficient.
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al Gore
George W. Bush
Gore
Bush
IRS
Joint Economic Committee
Congressional Budget Office
Clinton
Alex Tabarrok
The
Independent Institute
Oakland
Spin in headlines masks Census child support facts
Readers view three headlines on the Census Bureau report and learn that 41 percent of custodial parents received full support in 1997, while 83 percent of divorced parents with joint custody paid in full. The piece notes both parents pay, joint custody improves outcomes, and headlines often mislead. The piece urges fair portrayal over grabby, one sided spins.
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Spin
Census Bureau
America
United States
The
Baltimore Sun
the Record
Bergen, N.J
Washington Times
Bureau of Birth Control
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Jordan
Harris Group
Deanny Sharp
Fox
Franklin County
Walter Rubel
Tabel
Vernon J. Brown
Vern
Ottawaherald.com
Kathy Miller
Otawaherald
Ken Kistner
Kistner
Tim Millbern
S. Cadar
SRC
Washington, D.C
Kathleen
Parker
Tribune Media Service
Tichoses
Ottawahevald
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