County urged to deny fund requests
Douglas County commissioners wrapped hearings on the 1997 budget with calls to curb funding for social services. Local taxpayers urged frugality as the administrator proposed 3.55 percent greater expenditures and a steady mill levy. Don Cashatt blamed morals and family decay for social problems, while Commissioner Buhler argued funding must fit affordability and practicality.
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Douglas County
Jim Stokes
Douglas County Property Owners Assn
Craig Weinaug
Don Cashatt
Property Owners Group
Hannah's House
Cashatt
Mark Buhler
Buhler
Old Settlers Reunion Opens In Jefferson County
The three day Old Settlers Reunion kicks off Thursday at 6 p.m. in the downtown square Oskaloosa, linking past and present with food music carnival and family memories. Co chair Cathy Dailey notes the event traces to 1898 with first official reunion in 1901 drawing hundreds of settlers. The original registry sits in the Jefferson County Register of Deeds and organizers prize the oldest settler each year while Buffalo Phil from Topeka performs Saturday morning dressed in buckskin.
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Oskaloosa
Jefferson County
Old Settlers
Cathy Dailey
Ireland
Scotland
Australia
Canada
Dailey
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Phil
Phil Ray
Topeka
Old Settlers' Reunion Schedule in Oskaloosa Weekend
The guide lists events for Thursday and Saturday including carnival, food booths, ice cream social, concerts, political rally and crafts, Kiddie-power tractor pulls, adult games like hay-bale and tug of war, middle school contests, karaoke, pet parade, parade lineup, parade, cheerleader show, street dance with Buffalo Bill Cody, nightly concerts, a pork burger stand, and a rally with area candidates.
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Old Settlers
Oskaloosa
Eagles
City Hall
Jefferson County
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Prairie Commons low income elderly complex breaks ground
Officials broke ground on Prairie Commons at Alvamar a 128 unit independent living project for residents aged 55 and older in Lawrence. Thirty percent of units are reserved at reduced rents for qualifying low income renters with income caps and federal tax credit financing.
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Prairie Commons
Alvamar
Lynn Goodell
Harold Washington
Congressional Cir
Sixth Street
Wakarusa Drive
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Lawrence
Brownback stresses tax vote split in Senate primary
U S Rep Sam Brownback casts his race against incumbent appointed Sen Sheila Frahm as a clash of philosophies on term limits campaign finance reform and government downsizing He asserts Frahm backed tax increases while he backed tax cuts and claims their voting records reflect distinct paths for Congress and Kansas politics
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U.S
Sam Brownback
Sheila Frahm
Bob Dole
Senate
Brownback
Phillipsburg
Kansas City
Journal-World
House
Frahm
State Senate
Congress
Bill Graves
Dole
Graves
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Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Journal-World
Democrat Pol
Findley
State
Jean Brune
County Commission
Larry Kipp
P.O. Box
Phyllis L. M. Fantini
Motion
Shoe Fit Co
Massachusetts
Washington
Jayhawk
AWE Journal
CLUB
Tom Jones
Ood
Lawrence Air Services, Inc
Scuc Topeka
Journal-Woklp
Ournd Yportd
Carol Boncella
EUS
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