Ottawa honors season with lights and holiday events
Ottawa Winter celebrations fill the weekend with the Gallery of Gifts at Carnegie Cultural Center the Carnegie Candlelight Christmas program with the Ottawa Suzuki Strings the annual Christmas parade and Nativity at First Baptist Church plus Whistle Stop Christmas at Old Depot Museum and a holiday concert at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium featuring Janie Fricke well as Wellsville crafts and a parks luminary display at Kanza Park Sunday vespers at Ottawa University Chapel and the Rockwood luminarias with 1 500 candles.
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Ottawa
Carnegie Cultural Center
Fifth and Main
Carnegie
Ottawa Suzuki Strings
First Baptist Church
Fourth and Hickory
Old Depot Museum
W. Tecumseh
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Janie Fricke
Oma
Hickory
Wellsville High School
Walnut
Wellsville
Ottawa University Chapel
Kanza Park
Rockwood
John D. Montgomery
Ottawa Herald
Politician Promises to Fund Education as Pledged
In a reader forum Ralph Tanner, State Representative Baldwin, urges honoring education funding commitments from the 1999 legislature. He cites added per pupil funding promises for K12 and commitments to community colleges and state universities, noting no tax hikes but adherence to the April course set by the governor.
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Hanrghay
Senate
Regents Universities
Ralph Tanner
Baldwin
Government, religion and the church state debate
Dorothy Fiscus argues against John Walburns view of premillennialism and Bible authority. She asserts Mosaic law and Sabbaths contrast Romans and Hebrews and defends first amendment separation of church and state citing Constitution text and ongoing religious references in government proceedings.
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John Walburn
Mr. Fiscus
Donna Clark
Congress
Walburn
America
Dorothy Fiscus
Reader Forum letters sought with signatures and contact details
Readers are invited to submit letters to the Reader Forum at The Ottawa Herald. Include the author’s address and telephone number and mail to 104 S. Cecir, Ottawa KS 66067 or send them by email to okowaharold.com.
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The
Ottawa Herald
Cecir
Ottawa
Okowaharold
Repeal Compulsory Attendance Laws for Real School Reform
An opinion arguing repeal of compulsory attendance as a path to reform. It calls for holding parents accountable for children’s behavior and preparation, granting sovereign immunity to school districts, and removing political obstacles while criticizing critics and figures cited. The piece urges legislators to consult teachers before enacting sweeping changes.
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America
Decatur
Jesse Jackson
Illinois
Jackson
College of Education
Conservatives on budget see crisis as manageable
Kansas conservatives dispute a state budget crisis citing a strong economy and prior spending, while Gov. Bill Graves explores cuts. Rep. Susan Wagle and Sen. Stan Clark defend restraint despite calls for tax increases, arguing current spending has already grown and that cuts may still leave 2000 spending higher than 1999.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Susan Wagle
Wichita
House Taxation Committee
Agiilabove
Graves
Senate
Dick Bond
Overland Park
Bond
Statehouse
Kansas
Rep
Phill Kline
R-Shawnee
House Appropriations Committee
Stan Clark
Oakley
Kline
Wagle
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