Sticker shock as Ottawa faces high electric bills
Ottawa residents confront steep charges after a hot August with 100 degree days and 73 degree nights. City officials say per kilowatt hour rates were not higher than last year, while weather and peak usage drove bills up. A senior access program aids about 50 locals with two months of summer bills as fuel and natural gas costs threaten winter rates.
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Letter praising Reese column and urging reading of political books
Lorene Finch of Ottawa urges readers to study Al Gore’s America in Balance and related works, cites Judicial Watch alerts and Liberal media bias, warns of United Nations influence, calls for active citizen engagement, taxes, and accountability, and promotes political discourse through libraries and the American Conservative Union. She lists contact info and prices for related copies.
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American Conservative Union
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Elwood secret deal sparks EPA water worries in Kansas
In Elwood Kansas the city council secretly signed a preliminary tax-cut deal with Seaboard to bring a 16,000 hog a day slaughterhouse. The move draws EPA concern over water quality and highlights tensions between farm interests and environmental rules. columnist George B Pyle notes public secrecy undermines trust and urges strong state water standards and firm action against mega hog operations.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Topeka
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EPA
Nebraska
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George B. Pyle
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Virtual lynching of Dr Laura sparks debate over opinion
The piece argues media scrutiny of Dr Laura Schlessinger and her remarks on homosexuality amounts to a lynching. It defends her stance as opinionated entertainment and urges open discussion on family structures and child rearing without silencing dissent.
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