ORV option surfaces for Franklin County nursing home
Franklin County and Ransom Memorial Hospital weigh buying Ottawa Retirement Village to replace Crestview Nursing Home. ORV could absorb Crestview’s 23 residents, easing patient placement concerns while offering potential revenue. Decision hinges on health care benefits and hospital role in future operation. John D. Montgomery
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Franklin County
Crestview Nursing Home
Crestview
County
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
ORV
John Howe
RMH
Kansas
John D. Montgomery
Editorial Opinions From Guest Editors
Readers receive a range of viewpoints as guest editorials appear in the Herald. The pieces express diverse stances and do not necessarily mirror the Herald's own positions.
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Ottawa Parents Help Son Reach Speech Milestones
A family describes using school district speech and child development specialists and two programs, Parents as Teachers and district resources, to aid son William’s language and overall growth. Paula Hughes and Stella Tharp provide monthly visits, guidance, and materials, with contacts 229-8110 and 242-7011.
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Ottawa
William
Paula Hughes
Southeast Kansas Education Service Center
Girard
Pat
Stella Tharp
Tharp
Paula
Stella
Hughes
Rail-Trail dispute raised over private land use in Ottawa
Reader comments condemn Prairie Spirit Rail-Trail actions as unlawful land seizure. Critics accuse rail-trail supporters and KDWP of bypassing due process to seize a 100 foot wide strip for public use, urging Ottawa to avoid such dealings while highlighting potential federal aid reform. Dale E. Anderson cautions about lasting bad blood.
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Rep. Ryan
Rail Trail
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Ottawa
KDWP
Trail “Friends
Dale E. Anderson
National Association of Property Owners
NAAPO
MidAmerica
Gamnett E
Kanza
Sweden's Silence on Sterilization Revealed by Le Monde
Le Monde editors in Paris disclose Sweden's ongoing sterilization practices, noting Nazism failed to halt them for thirty more years. A respectable regime and Puritanism fostered social conformity that masked the acts, leaving Sweden largely unaware of discreet texts that later justified them.
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le Monde
Paris
Sweden
Ottawa editorials and local concerns raise audit urges
Letters to the Ottawa Herald critique city spending on the animal shelter with double-digit budget jumps, urging voter input on appropriations above inflation and cautioning about checks and balances. A separate reader defends teachers amid noise concerns over window AC units and calls for accountability. A mother pleads for fair treatment of a Sirloin Stockade incident and asks not to convict before trial while praising staff who helped avert tragedy.
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Animal Shelter
Ottawa City Commission
Shelter
Bemis
USD 290
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa
Herald
Cathy Sumner
Georgia Road
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