Ottawa Eyes Speedway Visitors Boost Through Airport Upgrades
Ottawa could cash in on Kansas Speedway visitors by upgrading the airport and tourism services. The 82 million Kansas City track opens spring 2001 and may draw 75,000 fans with 70 percent from outside the metro area, spending on hotels cars fuel and restaurants. Enhancements include diesel fuel, hangars for private jets, shuttle service, and improved rental cars to capture corporate travelers.
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Ottawa
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Speedway
Ottawa Municipal
Speedway
Franklin County
Iary
South and West
Boerger
Community letter urges historic listing for old middle school
The Ottawa reader pleads to the USD 290 Board to place the former middle school on both the Historic Kansas Places and National Register lists. The author cites its significance to Main Street, Washburn connections, and community healing, and also requests skylight protection for the north gym.
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USD 290 Board of Education
Fifth and Main
James Smith
Kansas State Historical Society
Ottawa
Main Street
Washburn
George Washburn
Municipal Auditorium
North American
Carnegie Library
Santa Fe
Franklin County Historical Society
Mattie Perry
Political Contacts List From Kansas and Washington
A compiled page of political contacts lists presidents senators and representatives with addresses in Washington D C and Kansas Topeka. It includes Bil Clinton Roberts Brownback Graves Tyron Ralph Tamas and Feuerbom with their offices and phone numbers.
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Bil Clinton
White House
Washington
D.C
Ped Roberts
Hart Senate
Pat
Washington, D.C
Tax unpaid by Congress and federal workers noted
The piece reports IRS data showing about 10.5 million dollars in unpaid taxes by Congress members and staff as of October 1999, with 8.4 percent nonpayment in the House and 7.5 percent in the Senate, plus a 6.5 percent rate in the White House and higher rates in Education and FBI staff. It discusses political reaction, enforcement, and a Syracuse study on audits, arguing poor people face greater bullying in tax audits.
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Uncle Sam
United States Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
IRS
House
Senate
Colleen Kelley
National Treasury Employees Union
South Carolina
William Roth
Senate Finance Committee
Delaware Republican
Associated Press
White House
Education Department
FBI
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse
Syracuse University
Clearinghouse
Syracuse
Duct tape scandal highlights day care safety failures
A Massachusetts day care fired a director and two staff after they allegedly duct taped an eight month old to a wall. The incident sparked discussion on child care quality and family planning as researchers note rising use of multiple care options among working parents.
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Massachusetts
Office of Child Care Services
Suzanne Foley
Foley
The
Urban Institute
Nikole
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el Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
State
Luis Sen
Robert Tyron
Ralph Tamas
State Coast
Shake
Feuerbom
Wogenes Senches
Walter Rubel
Ottawa Herald
Kathleen
Parker
Tribune Media Service
Pnoush
Veutner
Ana
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
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