Clinton faces electability questions in 2008 race
Hillary Rodham Clinton leads national polls among likely Democratic contenders but faces doubts about electability. Arizona Senator John McCain as GOP front-runner presents a contrasting cross over appeal. Clinton steps up White House prospects with New York lawmakers and governor-elect, while skeptics like Dick Harpootlian voice opposition to her odds.
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Associated Press
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Arizona
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White House
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South Carolina
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Hawthorne Elementary to stage final Christmas program
Hawthorne Elementary School will present its last Christmas program at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Ottawa Municipal Auditorium. Principal Rebecca Nevergold notes the tradition will end with the year’s show, while music teacher Alan Cunningham, in his 17th program, explains the format features fourth and fifth graders in a chorale, kindergartners singing, and a play titled Christmas at the O K Corral by Teresa Jennings. The event marks the end of Hawthorne’s Christmas programs as the school closes at year end.
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O.K. Corral
Teresa Jennings
Hawthorne Gym
Holiday Homes Tour Opened by Local Officials
Local officials opened homes for the holidays as part of the Holiday Homes Tour. Ed Taylor clears snow from the driveway at 38 Wheatland Drive, one stop on the tour where Shirlene Taylor decorated with nativities and Santas. The century of construction influenced the choice of homes.
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Ed Taylor
Wheatland Drive
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Taylor decor debuts on Holiday Homes Tour at Wheatland Drive
Ed and Shirlene Taylor open their home at 38 Wheatland Drive as a new stop in Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Holiday Homes Tour on December 10. Shirlene notes it is their first Christmas in the house. The feature follows an earlier item about the Taylor family and the Weigand family at Washburn Towers.
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Hea Oe
Shirlene Taylor
Wheatland Drive
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Taylors
Taylor
Weigands showcase country living around Christmas
Nativity sets and snowmen will highlight the Comfortble Country Living stop of the Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Holiday Homes Tour on December 10 at Tom and Mary Weigand’s Wheatland Estates home. The Weigands have collected more than a dozen nativity sets in various sizes and materials.
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Ashley Crass
Ottawa Herald
Tom and Mary Weigand
Binder Lane
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Wheatland
Tates
Ottawa
Weigands
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