Ottawa Parks Get Lighting and New Heritage Park Planned
The Ottawa City Commission backs lighting and amenities for the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail with Friends of the Prairie Spirit applying for a city-limited grant. Heritage Park, the north side green space at Powhattan Street between Cherry and Spruce, is named and will see work during Make a Difference Day in October, with a fall and winter program leading to a spring debut featuring a walking path a pond and playground.
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Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa Parks
Kanza Park
Prairie Spirit
Friends of the Prairie Spirit Group
Friends
Heritage Park
Powhattan Street
Cherry and
Spruce Streets
John D. Montgomery
The
Ottawa Herald
Constitution for a Stronger Confederation
A defender argues the United States was meant to be a stronger confederation of sovereign states with most governance at the state level. The author cites Washington and Madison, noting nine state ratifications, state legislatures selecting senators, and argues centralized power breeds corruption, inefficiency, and detachment from the people, advocating state autonomy and diverse approaches.
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United States
George Washington
James Madison
Washington
Rome
Moscow
Political contact list fragment from Washington and Kansas
A fragmented OCR style listing addresses and phone numbers for national and state officials in Washington, Topeka and Kansas City regions. Mentions President Clinton White House contact route, Hart Senate Office Building offices, and state lawmakers including Governor Bill Graves and several Kansas legislators with offices and numbers.
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White House
Washington
D.C
Wneacione
San
Pat Rabate
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Patro
Harts
Roberts Senate
Bulding
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Steve Noe Nichols sails Missouri River on long voyage
Ottawan Steve Noe Nichols and his wife Nancy embark on a months long voyage aboard their 30 foot Newport sailboat Telesis. Start from Atchison Missouri down the Missouri to the Mississippi then Ohio and Tennessee rivers en route to the Gulf of Mexico and finally to Florida. Dorothy Nichols notes the adventure in her Community Viewpoints column.
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Steve
Missouri River
Newport
Kansas City
Nancy Noe-Nichols
Jacksonville
Fla
Nancy
Prairie Village
Lake Perry Yacht Club
Topeka
Florida
America
Atchison
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio River
Ohio
Tennessee River
Alabama
Tambigbee
Mobile Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Telesis
Lake Perry
Coast Guard
River House
Yacht Club
Missouri Riverfront
Amelia Earhart
Shane
Fran
St. Louis
Sail-Telesis
Dorothy Nichols
Kansans For Life blasts Arizona abortion action
David Gittrich of Kansans For Life condemns Arizona for sending a 14-year-old girl to Kansas for a late term abortion. He calls the Arizona Supreme Court action state sanctioned execution and warns of Kansas’s national reputation for permitting partial birth abortions.
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Arizona
Kansas
George Tiller
Supreme Court of Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court
Carolyn Gerster
Board of Education
David Gittrich
Kansans For
Greater KC raises over $800000 in local MDA telethon
Don Post, chapter president of MDA Independence, Mo, thanks the Greater Kansas City area for 1999 Labor Day telethon support. Final tote board shows $801,962 from KMBC Telethon pledges and local MDA events, with sponsors Station Casino and Olathe Ford noted for special site support.
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Greater KC
MDA
KMBC
Station Casino
Olathe Ford
Greater
Kansas City
Don Post
Independence, Mo
Reader Forum Submissions Open to Opinions and Signatures
Readers are invited to submit opinions to the Reader Forum at The Ottawa Herald. Hand signatures and full contact details including address and telephone are required. Mail to Reader Forum 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or email leters ottawaherald.com. Submissions capped at 500 words.
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Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Otttawa
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