Garden City Holiday Weekend Draws Crowds and Parade Tribute
Our View notes a bustling holiday weekend with shoppers from neighboring counties and a regional draw for Garden City merchants. The Main Street Christmas parade, capped by a revised Sunday night showing, honored Megan Frazier and Megan Price as they end their coordinating run.
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Seward
Ford
State Plate
Garden City
Mother Nature
Main Street
Main
Megan Frazier
Megan Price
Frazier
Price
Campaign reflections and leadership calls amid political tension
Excerpts show Al Gore opting out of 2004 run and urging focus on the future. Senator Don Nickles urges new leadership elections after Trent Lott’s racially charged remarks. Governor George Pataki resists intervention in transit labor talks with NYC unions threatening a shutdown of the nation’s largest mass transit system.
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Don Nickles
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Trent Lott
New York
George Pataki
New York City
Historic December 16 events and milestones
This date marks the 350th day of 2002 with 15 days left. Notable anniversaries include the Boston Tea Party in 1773 protesting tea taxes, Cromwell becoming lord protector in 1658, Beethoven's birth in 1770, Napoleon's divorce in 1809, and Rasputin's murder in 1916.
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Boston
Oliver Cromwell
England
Scotland
Ireland
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bonn
Germany
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine
Gregory Rasputin
Cities Debate Smoking Ban in Public Places
The message notes several cities like Salina banning smoking in public venues such as restaurants and asks if Garden City should adopt a smoking ban ordinance. It presents options to vote or remark with Yes a limited one Not sure.
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Ome
Salina
Garden City
Tolkien and Rowling on screen a year after book boom
A retrospective note on J R R Tolkien and J K Rowling as film adaptations arrive. It covers Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy with The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, plus Rowling’s Harry Potter series and its seven volume arc. The piece notes author bios, publication history, and public reception, ending with a theater anecdote about confusing The Ring with The Ring film.
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien
C. S. Lewis
Middle-earth
the Sequoyah
J.K
Joanne Kathleen
Exeter University
London
Amnesty International
Harryis
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Lott remarks ignite clash over media bias and Thurmond praise
Analyzing reactions to Senator Trent Lott's remarks about Strom Thurmond, the piece argues media bias claims, defends conservative values, and notes Lott's apology. It contrasts coverage with Clinton's praise of Fulbright and highlights the danger of equating conservative opinions with racism. Roger Hernandez critiques biased discourse and calls for discarding extreme rhetoric.
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Trent Lott
Rush Limbaugh
Sean Hannity
NewsMax.com
Mississippi
Bernard Goldberg
CBS
Regnery
CBS News
Wcbs-Tv
Goldberg
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Lott
William Fulbright
Thurmond
Clinton
Fulbright
Chavez Coup and Oil Drive U.S. Regime Change Push
Mark Weisbrot argues Washington seeks to topple Venezuela’s democratically elected president Hugo Chavez to control oil and influence. He cites coup support, funding, and delayed sanctions while noting oil price risks and a recession aiding such aims. He notes media bias and a misreported Chavez praise incident.
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Iraq
Bush
U.S
Washington Post
Chavez
Venezuela
Business Federation
Supreme Court
Americas
Bush Administration
United States
Washington
White House
State Department
Reagan
Chicago Tribune
Hugo Chavez
Osama bin Laden
Tribune
Cops
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