Mayor Gillette Hosts Ottawa Carol Fest at Haley Park
Ottawa celebrates Christmas with the Mayor's Carol Fest from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Haley Community Park Second and Main. Sponsors include the city and Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce with performers from Ottawa University and Sacred Heart elementary.
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Ottawa
Charles Gillette
Haley Community Park
Gillette
City of
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Darrell McCune
Stanley
Alice Jo DeFries
Ottawa University
Joyce Stuermer
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium Players
Wilbur
Ellen Wheaton
DeFries
Sacred Heart
McCune
Sue
Sheila Miller
Santa Claus
Jim Hitch
A Community Luminaria Display Lights the Night
A Ottawa Franklin County effort transformed Kanza Park with 1,285 candle lanterns for an annual event. Volunteers from Girl Scouts Cub Scouts and many residents lit and tended the display despite initial wind concerns. The crosswalk lighting succeeded in about 20 minutes with broad turnout and warm thanks to participants sponsors and churches.
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Kanza Park
Joan Tyson
Cheryl Sylvester
Mary Thomas
Jim Lancaster
Gayle Norris
Jack Davis
Ginger Millbern
Brenda van Ness
Luminaria Committee
Girl Scouts
Cub Scouts
Joan
John Heckert
Santa Claus
Ottawa
Franklin County
Eckan
Dole urges means test for Medicare at Rotary Club
Guest opinion cites Bob Dole calling for a means test to filter Medicare benefits and argues the approach would reduce federal costs. He criticizes other options, contends current spending worsens the national debt, and frames means testing as the fairest, most practical path to trimming expenses without harming the economy.
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Overland Park Rotary Club
Dole
Congress
Rotarians
General Treasury
Treasury
Ike
Bob Dole
Kansas
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Disabled veterans pay cut amid congressional pay raises
An opinion piece condemns the 101st Congress for eliminating a promised 5.4 percent cost of living adjustment for service connected disabled veterans while approving a 25 percent pay raise for members of Congress. It contrasts aid to veterans with funding for other programs and notes delays in addressing hostage issues in Lebanon and Iraq.
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101St
Congress
House
Veterans Administration
Iraq
Lebanon
Terry Anderson
Muhhamed Ali
John Connolly
Saddam Hussein
Assad
Syria
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