Drunk Drivers Hear Victims’ Warnings At Johnson County Event
District Attorney Paul Morrison gathered 450 Johnson County residents charged with DUI to hear firsthand accounts from three crime victims. Mary Lou Belz, Jim Ralston, and Marsha Sledd described wrecks that killed relatives or left families with lasting injuries, urging accountability for drunk driving.
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Paul Morrison
Johnson County
Mary Lou Belz
Gardner
Edgerton
Proposal to Create Postsecondary Education Board in Kansas
Guest opinion argues a constitutional amendment to form a third state education board overseeing community colleges and technical schools could improve postsecondary training. The plan, from the Joint Committee on Economic Development, would separate postsecondary matters from the Kansas Board of Education and Regents. It notes potential gains in workforce preparation while warning against added bureaucracy and urges study of similar plans in other states. The Lawrence Journal World.
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Kansas
Joint Committee On Economic Development
Kansas Board of Education
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
Committee On Economic Development
Lawrence Journal-World
unsigned letters not accepted for publication policy
Readers are urged to sign letters with a full address and provide a telephone number to speed verification. The newspaper states unsigned letters will not be published and encourages readers to submit signed correspondence with complete contact details.
Christmas wants from kids and adults in tough times
Commentary notes kids request many gifts while parents face recession. Experts Bennett and Harris suggest honesty about hard times, emphasize family time and values, and steer focus from presents to togetherness. The piece playfully recalls marital gift misfires and the futility of hiding true desires.
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Santa
Plains Folk Mailbox Art Across the Plains
A folkloric tour of rural mailboxes in Kansas and Nebraska shows ingenuity and regional identity. Oilmen mount mailboxes on mini derricks or on drill bits, dairymen anchor on milk cans or cream separators, and farmers use odd posts like steel springs or tree trunks. In Gypsum Hills, fences and welded bar rows protect boxes from cattle, illustrating practical folk craft and regional character on the plains.
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Flint Hills
Post Rock
Kansas
Sandhills
Nebraska
Southcentral
Gypsum Hills
Plains
Military ads and the desert wars burden on the young
The piece argues that volunteer recruitment ads downplay risks, causing misperceptions about service dangers. It notes unequal burdens, with lower income groups and minorities bearing the casualties, and suggests limits on government power and a wartime tax to share costs. It calls for candid ads and broader public financing to national security efforts.
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Ireland
Gulf
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