Franklin County Moves Toward Countywide Building Control
Franklin County commissioners unanimous on a resolution requiring building permits for non agricultural construction and planning to adopt the Council of American Building Officials code. Aimed at easing life for residents while ensuring minimum workmanship standards, the move signals stronger growth and land use oversight, with zoning still township based.
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Franklin County
Don Slone
Council of American Building Officials
Government contact list for Kansas officials and offices
A compiled list of contact details for federal and state government offices in Kansas. Includes addresses in Washington and Topeka, phone numbers for the President’s comments office Sen Pat Roberts Sen Sam Brownback Rep Jim Ryun Governor Bill Graves Attorney General Carla Stovall and Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius. Related offices cover the Topeka and Overland Park regions.
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Bill Cli White
House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washi C
Talaphone
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Washington, D.C
Fox
Topeka
Frank Carlson
S.E. Quincy
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
S. Kansas Ave
Overland Park
Jim Ryan
Cannon, Hob
Washington
D.C
Ryun
Quincy
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
Responsibility word of the week from Ottawa schools
In Ottawa schools the word of the week is responsibility taught through five guidelines. Students learn to do jobs, clean up messes, ask for help, say something when they like something, and apologize for mistakes. The program highlights reliable, trustworthy behavior and community involvement.
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Ottawa
Ers
Franklin County
Ottawa High School
Renita Abel
Eugene Field School
Kansas
Ottawa Education Association
Encouraging Girls to Join Girl Scouts in Ottawa Pomona
A reader urges girls in Ottawa and Pomona to join Girl Scouts and invites adults to volunteer. The message highlights the mission to build confident, responsible women, outlines the promise and law, notes dues of seven dollars, and details free training, interview process, and contact numbers 242-7205 and 816-358-8750 for volunteering.
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Girl Scouts
Ottawa
Pomona
Chris Jones
Fire coverage sparks reader critique in local paper
A letter to the editors condemns The Ottawa Herald for sensational coverage of a neighbor’s fire. The writer compares the paper’s intrusion into grief to paparazzi, urging more sensitivity in reporting and privacy respect.
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Herald
Ottawa Herald
Diane
Reader Forum Instructions for Letters to The Ottawa Herald
Readers are urged to submit opinions to the Reader Forum. Submissions must be hand signed and include address and telephone number. Send to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar, Ottawa KS 66067 or by email. Long letters may be edited for space.
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The
Ottawa, Herald
Cedar Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Equal treatment and fairness in male female discipline debated
A contrarian column argues disciplinary actions at The Citadel and VMI reflect context but expose gender bias. It contrasts a female cadet reprimand for a remark with assumed harsher male punishment under sexual harassment norms, claiming equal treatment not always fair and fairness should be equal.
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Citadel
Virginia Military Institute
VMI
Nancy Mace
Petra Lovetinska
Knobs
Angelica Garza
Fort Belvoir
Garza
Mike Strickler
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