County panel frets after Dodson zoning reversal
Franklin County planning and zoning commissioners, unpaid volunteers, fault the county board for approving Dodson International Inc. I-2 zoning despite the planners recommendations for a special use permit and A-2, agriculture, zoning. The decision allows industrial activity on a largely agricultural area and could set a precedent while prompting questions about adherence to guidelines and future implications.
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Franklin County Planning and Zoning Commission
Dodson International Inc
Planning Commission
Airplane Sales and Salvage
Rantoul
County Commission
Dodson
Wal-Mart
Central Heights students win trip to University of Maryland Odyssey of the Mind
Readers praise Central Heights students Danielle Mandi Rebecca and Aaron for earning a trip to the University of Maryland with the Odyssey of the Mind project. Andy the Armadillo and Fred the Fireant are mentioned. Edna Foltz Richmond is noted for a death by own action. Submarine explosives and wartime references appear, including Okinawa, Tokyo Bay, Yokusha, and a December 5, 1945 U.S. return after 28 months in the Pacific.
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Central Heights
University of Maryland
Danielle
Mandi
Rebecca
Aaron
Andy
Fred
Fireant
Okinawa
Tokyo Bay
Yokusha
Japan
U.S
Pacific
WWII Memory Sparks Nuclear Submarine Visit at Yokuska
Fifth grader Mary Frederick from West Ridge Elementary School in Harlan writes a letter recalling a WWII era event at Yokuska Japan. She mentions docking for 47 days at what was Japan's largest naval base and notes 22 Japanese submarines then planned against Allied ships before the atomic bombs ended the war. She asks for postcards souvenirs and articles about the state to aid learning.
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Yokuska
Japan
U.S
Chicago
Yokusha
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Mary Elizabeth Frederick
Harlan
West Ridge
United States
Mary Frederick
West Ridge Elementary School
19Th St. Harlan
Tax-collection push eyed to pull Kansas budget from gloom
Kansas lawmakers face a tight budget with shrinking revenues and potential cuts. Senate President Dave Kerr proposes aggressive tax collection from overdue accounts, plus tapping up to 125 million in mistaken or unused funds, to cover a 185 million shortfall over the next 15 months without tax increases.
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Senate
Dave Kerr
Kansas
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Capitol Report
America the land of the free only for whites
Duane Schrag argues that American imprisonment rates reveal stark racial disparities. He cites 1996 state data showing blacks jailed far more than whites, notes broader social harms, and urges action beyond denial. He connects high incarceration to drug offenses, education, mental health, and voting rights, urging reform.
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Duane Schrag
Chanute Tribune
America
Toronto
Soviet Union
Europe
Alaska
Arizona
Connecticut
D.C
Delaware
Iowa
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Texas
Wisconsin
Kansas
National Catholic Register
Patricia LeFevere
U.S
Scientific American
United States
Tad
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Odyssey
On and
Edna Foltz Richmond
The
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Harris Group
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawaherald
Ottawa
Fox
Franklin County
Otawa
Walter Rubel
Tabel
Bill Gray
Bgray
Kathy Miller
Kymoiller
Ken Kisner
Ottawaherald.com
Tim Millbern
Pogimaaien
Joa S. Cedar
Joe Dean
McVeigh
Martin
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