Lights brighten Stevens Park as Hopkins family plans last year
Local optometrist George Hopkins and his family will oversee Stevens Park lights next month for the final time. He has managed the display for years with help from the community, hoping a service group steps forward to carry on the tradition after his departure.
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Stevens Park
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Hopkins
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce Board
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Leader voices call for decisive action after terror and crisis
President Bush urged a firm pursuit of killers after terrorists seize a country. A New York teacher warned of the market’s impact on the future. A Washington suburb shooting prompted fear. Ariel Sharon urged Palestinians to oust Yasser Arafat’s despotic regime.
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Bush
Ariel Sharon
Yasser Arafat
On This Date: Highlights From History Oct 15
Notable events on October 15 cover Mata Hari’s 1917 execution in Paris by French firing squad, the 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act, Hemingway’s 1937 novel To Have and Have Not, Chaplin’s The Great Dictator 1940 opening, Laval’s 1945 execution, Goering’s 1946 suicide, Johnson’s 1966 DOT creation, and 1969 Vietnam War candlelight protests nationwide and near the White House.
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Paris
Ernest Hemingway
Charles Chaplin
the Great Dictator
Adolf Hitler
New York
Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
Vichy France
Pierre Laval
Hermann Goering
Lyndon Johnson
Department of Transportation
White House
Residents split on funding police to boost safety after dark
A survey shows 61 percent of respondents do not feel safe walking after dark. They were asked if they would support more funding to recruit and retain police officers, even if it required higher property or local-option sales taxes. The prompt ends with the respondent replying by email.
Democrats Pin Economic Woes in Bush Years Debate
The article outlines Democratic charges against the Bush administration's economy, citing 2 million private sector jobs lost, higher poverty and uninsurance, 1% growth, stock and IRA declines, and a shifting budget from surplus to deficit. Republicans counter with an inherited bubble, Fed rate cuts, and ongoing growth, while cautioning about another shock from terrorism.
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al Gore
Senate
Tom Daschle
House
Dick Gephardt
Washington Area
George W. Bush
Fed
White House
Pingree in light blue fight for Maine Senate seat
Kellie Pingree, 47, campaigns against Susan Collins across Maine, emphasizingModerate credentials and reform record. Her island beginnings, Maine Rx, and stance against tax cuts frame a race seen as pivotal to party control. Debates loom as both candidates appeal to independents in a center minded state.
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Bath Iron Works
Susan Collins
Senate
Karl Rove
Pingree
North Haven
Maine Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Collins
Washington
Trent Lott
Missouri
White House
House of Representatives
Bush
Kittery
Canada
Externalities in Agriculture Shape Kansas Food System
Jim French, Reno County farmer and Prairie Writers Circle member, reflects on 1980s farm policy, research externalities, and the social costs of industrialized farming. He notes findings by Goldschmidt and Peters on community health, soil, and youth outcomes, urging consideration of environmental and public costs in agricultural progress.
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Land Grant
U.S
University of California Agricultural Departments
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Walter Goldschmidt
Missouri
David Peters
Peters
Iowa
Oklahoma
Jim French
Reno County
The
Prairie Writers Circle
Land Institute
Natural Systems Agriculture Research Organization
Salina
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