Ottawa Festive Season Lights Up Downtown Events Shine
Ottawa enjoys a festive Christmas scene with downtown lighting maintained by city crews. The annual events include a 1 p.m. Main Street Christmas parade, OU Christmas Vespers at 4 p.m., a pioneer cabin Christmas display, and a luminary walk at Kanza Park with carols and Santa visits. Community pride and holiday spirit uplift residents.
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Itawa
Ottawa
Main Street
Ottawa University
City Park
Kanza Park
Santa Claus
Government contact details for Kansas officials and offices
A list of contact points for federal and state government officials in Kansas. It includes U S Sen Pat Roberts and U S Sen Sam Brownback addresses and phone numbers, Topeka and Overland Park district offices, Gov Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, plus fax numbers and office locations.
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U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Washington
D.C
Fox
Topeka
Frank Carlson
E. Quincy
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
Washington, D.C
Kansas Ave
W. 95Th
Overland Park
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest
County salaries jump sparks taxpayer critique and calls for change
Reader questions county commissioners raises for elected officials and department heads. They allege flawed comparisons to adjacent counties and urge using Johnson County as a benchmark or private ambulance options. They call for a political wakeup and a change at the next election.
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Charles Mavity
Douglas County
Johnson County
Congress
Washington
Reader Forum Submissions Guide and Rules
Readers' opinions are welcome in the Read er Forum. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author's address and telephone number. Submissions should not exceed 500 words.
Decency standards in art spark Supreme Court review
Albuquerque journal editors weigh in on NEA funding and a 1990 decency law. The Supreme Court will decide if public money may fund art under general decency standards, a stance critics say corrects overreach by national art funding bodies. Guest editorials present varied views.
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Albuquerque
N.M
U.S. Supreme Court
National Endowment For the Arts
High Court
NEA
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Maypole Raids and Rivalry Between Plymouth and Morton
The tale recounts Thomas Morton’s settlement near Quincy amid Pilgrim hostility. Morton befriends Indians, trades furs for guns and alcohol, erects a Maypole provoking Puritan anger, and clashes with Miles Standish. After capture and exile Morton returns, restores Merrie Mount, and faces renewed Puritan suppression.
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New World
Thomas Morton
England
Ben Jonson
Shakespeare
Plymouth Rock
Morton
Quincy
Mass
Plymouth
New England
Virginia
Mare-Mount
Mountain
Merrie Mount
William Bradford
Bradford
Satan
Miles Standish
Captain Shrimpe
Standish
Turbulente
Crewe
New Canaan
Ture
Shrimpe
Pilgrims
Emselves
Massachusetts
John Endecott
America
Massachusetts Bay
New England Canaan
Joint Custody Debate: Congress Resolution Risks Fathers
An opinion piece argues H.R. Concurrent Resolution 182 on joint custody would effectively cut fathers from kids lives by suggesting custody only with mutual parental consent. It condemns punitive gender assumptions, urges balanced parenting, and warns against legal moves that deprive children of fathers or mothers.
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Congress
America
Santa
Hrcr 182
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