Practical Holiday Organization Tips from a County Home Economist
MARCIAL MAGES County Home Economist offers simple methods to stay organized during the holidays. Tips cover storing ribbons ornaments wrapping paper and decorations in resealable bags, bundling cookie cutters and baking supplies, and preparing gifts and food for mailing with sturdy containers padding and careful labeling. The piece notes mailing Christmas packages early per Ottawa Post Office guidance.
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Marcial
Mages County
Air Express
Parcel Post
Ottawa Post Office
Weights in Exercise and Injury Recovery Advice
Reader asks about leg weights burning extra calories and potential joint stress. Dr Donohue notes 5 pound backpack boosts calorie burn more safely than leg weights and suggests caution with leg weights. He also discusses quad rupture prognosis, rehab timelines, and returning to sports with targeted physical therapy. A separate note on hot humid weather and weightlifting advises monitoring weight loss and rest as needed.
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DR. Donohue
Book It program drives nationwide reading incentive gains
The Book It program started by Pizza Hut has grown to about 15 million first through sixth grade students in over 544 thousand classrooms. Local teachers set goals and issue free pizza certificates as rewards, with national expansion to Canada and potential future spread to England and U.S. Defense Department Schools in West Germany.
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Wichita, Kan
Pizza Hut
Art Gunther
Steven S. Reinemund
Gunther
Reinemund
Eunice Ellis
Look
Jerry Ayres
Augusta
Libby Eaton
Wichita
Kansas
Ellis
Ayres
Ed Sapp
Andover
Kansas Guard receives federal aid for anti drug efforts
Gov. Mike Hayden's office announced that the Kansas National Guard has been awarded 349000 by the Department of Defense under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act. Funds will cover transport of law enforcement personnel for aerial marijuana field searches and other missions, plus transporting contraband or seized property. The guard received a similar grant last year.
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Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Kansas National Guard
Department of Defense
Kansas Guard
Kansas Lottery reports $43.2 million revenue in two years
Kansas Lottery announced a total revenue of $43.2 million since its November 1987 start. Of this, $26 million flowed to the Economic Development Initiative Fund, $13 million to statewide reappraisal, and $4 million to the Corrections Institutions Building Fund for prison construction. Major EDIF disbursements include $5 million for local government revolving loans, $2 million for industrial training, $1.3 million for saltwater cleanup, $600,000 for a Cherokee County cleanup, and $400,000 to launch a public television satellite station in Lakin.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Lottery
Lottery
Economic Development Initiative Fund
Correctional Institutions Building Fund
EDIF
CIBF
Kansas Industrial
Department of Health and Environment
Cherokee County
Lakin
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