Kansas House forms new committees for future focus
Kansas House Speaker Kent Glasscock names four new panels to take a long term view on education economics and demographics. The Higher Education Committee will oversee post secondary issues while e government and economy groups push growth and service changes. A Kansas Futures panel will study demographic aging.
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Manhattan
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New Higher Education Committee
Questions and judgments in Mark Shields column
A year end column by Mark Shields offering sharp questions on media language, politics, and economics. It critiques calls for non judgmental terms, executive pay and labor wages, tire safety liability, Bush Gore debates, Prince and Knight, China Cuba policy, smoking nostalgia, 2004 candidacy, and sports business, urging clear accountability.
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China-Cuba
Bill Clinton
Mark Shields
Creators Syndicate
Waste Nothing: Public Forum Letter on Resource Use
Kent Smarter of Lawrence urges Americans to curb waste as water plants grow, trash piles up, and consumption soars. He recalls 1960s protests and questions the nation’s legacy to future generations in a call for conservation and responsible leadership.
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Generation X
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Toys for Tots delivers playthings to Lawrence Douglas County
Wes Santee and Mrs Jimmy Cole reported more than 4000 toys delivered to 530 children in Lawrence and Douglas County. Leonard Axe, former KU business dean, died in Topeka after being struck by a truck. He was 75. A 1900 Lawrence Journal note reflects on Christmas joy as the old century ends.
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Jimmy Cole
Lawrence
Douglas County
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Kansas University School of Business
Topeka
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Watkins Community Museum
Imperfect holidays color the season with magic
Geneva Overholser notes the ideal Christmas in which every detail and relation aligns, from perfectly timed trees and gifts to flawless gatherings and cards. For most, reality holds blemishes yet still carries magic, and she wishes a Merry Christmas to the rest of us.
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Geneva Overholser
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