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Friday, March 13, 2009 12:15 PM

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Ottawa school board candidates prepare in the background as Bill Henningsen, moderator of Thursday night’s candidates forum, explains the questioning format before the school board portion of the forum at the Franklin County Office Annex, 14th and Main streets in Ottawa. Ottawa City Commission candidates also answered questions Thursday night.

Budget talk highlights candidates forum

The Herald Staff

With the economic downturn, many of the questions at Thursday’s candidates forum revolved around budgets.

Ottawa City Commission candidates Gene Ramsey, Rocky Fleer, Linda Reed, Jeff Richards, Shawn Dickinson and Helen Hood and Ottawa School Board candidates Jeanette Lowry, Marge Stevens, Darrell Bourque, Brandon Jones, Roger Lawrence and MaLinda Manis voiced opinions on topics like city spending, organization funding, all-day kindergarten and No Child Left Behind.

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