Volunteerism grows as communities rally in service
Editorial notes a surge in volunteering after Sept 11 with examples from Ottawa and Franklin County. It highlights National Volunteer Week and National Youth Service Day, outlines USA Freedom Corps goals, and lists local needs at RMH, Habitat for Humanity, schools, churches, and organizations like Red Cross and United Way. Volunteerism offers personal fulfillment and community impact.
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William Penn
Albert Schweitzer
Franklin County
United States
Sandy Lovgren
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
RMH
Lovgren
Bush
USA Freedom Corps
Citizen Corps
Freedom Corps
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Clinton
AmeriCorps
Habitat For Humanity
Girl Scouts
The
Red Cross
Salvation Army
United Way
Goodwill
Dena Bennett
European reaction to French election tests EU strength
Daily Telegraph notes European leaders avoid sanctions after Jean Marie Le Pen win. It argues Le Pen reflects EU frustration and loss of sovereignty. It treats French democracy as eroded by Brussels while warning against overreach of integration.
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Orlando
Fla
Hugh Wallace
Daily Telegraph
London
Europe
Jean- Marie le Pen
Jorg Haider
Austria
Sanc
M. le Pen
Bruiser
Brussels
de Gaulle
Graves pressures Legislature to finish budget or face early session
Governor Bill Graves signals he will reconvene lawmakers after adjournment if a workable budget is not ready by mid May. He warns of a possible state shutdown from July 1 without new appropriations, framing a high stakes clash over taxes and spending amid a tight political timetable. Martin Hawver notes Graves’s authority and predicts tense posturing as the session wraps.
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Bill Graves
Kansas
Graves
Atlanta
Jayhawks
Statehouse
House
Senate
Paign
Radio Sawa aims to win Arab hearts with music and policy
VOA launches Middle East Radio Network Radio Sawa to reach Arabs from Morocco to Oman with music and U S policy. It targets listeners 25 and under using hits by Jennifer Lopez and Arab stars while airing Powell speeches and editorials to counter anti American sentiment amid post September 11 tensions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Newton Minow
Federal Communications Commission
Voice of America
Middle East
VOA
Morocco
Oman
Radio
Sawa
Jennifer Lopez
Egypt
Lebanon
Norman Pattit
Broadcasting Board of Governors
U.S
Colin Powell
Pattit
Al-Jazeera
Minow
Osama bin Laden
Afghanistan
Taliban
Israel
United States
Bush
America
Powell
Pattiz
Westwood One
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Ksmiller
Ken Kistner
Kistner
Tim Millbem
Kent Glasscock
Ome
Jous
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Hawvernews.com
Owus
Ly George Gedda
Voottawa
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